I just finished removing rust and dirt inside a gasoline reservoir. Can some one suggest me a good paint for inside the tank, a paint that could be found locally. This is for an old motorcycle! thank you for yours reply! Ronald.
Red Kote works good, just follow the directions. Ive used it.
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I had very good luck with Caswell tank sealer on the old Farmall BN. https://www.caswellplating.com/epoxy-gas-tank-sealer.html# Not sure if they ship out of USA but worth a check by email. I was lucky as they are only about an hours ride from me and got a discount for paying cash when I picked up at the shop. Even comes in a few different colors! Being a Farmall I "had" to use the red stuff!
Years ago I used a 2-part product for a rusted motorcycle tank. It's been years so I am a little fuzzy on the details and product name. The first dose cleaned and etched the tank. Then the second batch went in that when dry, formed a seal that was a layer about 1/16 in thick. The stuff worked good. You might ask around at a bike parts shop.
One thing that can not be said too load or too often: No matter what product you decide to use preparation of the tank is the number one most important thing to a successful repair.
DIYDAVE, Another option is to wait till wife is out of town and then wrap tank in a bunch of blankets and put in clothes dryer on "Air Fluff" for an hour!
Ive sent tanks to the rad shop. They boil them clean in the hot tank . I believe the coating they used was called Glyptol.
Kshansen The options I see are cleaning tank or wife divorcing you Tugger2 This is the method I’ve always used.
Some what OT here is when painting small parts backing in oven at around 200-250ºF works great and hardens the paint. Just don't do that in the kitchen unless wife is out on a 2 week vacation to give time to air it out! The solution is to buy a new stove for the kitchen and move the "old" one into the garage/shop. One other good point about having the "old" electric oven in the garage/shop is if you have a small portable gen set you can use the stove as a load bank to test the generator so you know it's good to go when power goes out! Turn one burner on at a time to adjust the load.
Thank you for all your reply, finally, I used "Gold Standard TANK SEALER". The job made a very good result, the gaz tank was built in 1967, a small Yamaha motorcycle! Ronald.