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70 longbed · 03-11-2003, 01:45 PM

Does anyone have a recommendation for a coating for the inside of a new aluminum tank. I have someone to make the tank for me ( alot cheaper than $400), and I need to find out if there is a coating, or if a coating is even needed?

Earl Junior · 03-13-2003, 05:54 PM

When I rebuilt my bike I used an ancient coffin tank I found in a pile of parts behind what used to be a Harley shop.

I had a local boat builder clean and coat it for me. They make custom tanks for the jet boats they build and do all their work in house.

I seem to remember JC Whitney's motorcycle edition selling some sort of rust eater and coating system.

70 longbed · 03-13-2003, 06:00 PM

Yeah, I ve found tank coating, but no one recommends it for a new tank, just the old ones that you are cleaning out and want to convert the rust and such inside to something useable.

Guess that I'll keep looking.

Thanks

03-11-2003, 01:45 PM	#1
70 longbed Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ Posts: 489	Gas tank coating Does anyone have a recommendation for a coating for the inside of a new aluminum tank. I have someone to make the tank for me ( alot cheaper than $400), and I need to find out if there is a coating, or if a coating is even needed?

03-13-2003, 05:54 PM	#2
Earl Junior Cadillac power Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North Idaho Posts: 296	When I rebuilt my bike I used an ancient coffin tank I found in a pile of parts behind what used to be a Harley shop. I had a local boat builder clean and coat it for me. They make custom tanks for the jet boats they build and do all their work in house. I seem to remember JC Whitney's motorcycle edition selling some sort of rust eater and coating system. __________________ Just for the record, if I'm down to my last potato, I'm not sharing it with a guy who wants to kill me so he can get a better supply of virgins in paradise. That lesson is a little thing I call Economics 101, infidel style. --Scott Adams author of Dilbert

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03-13-2003, 06:00 PM	#3
70 longbed Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ Posts: 489	Yeah, I ve found tank coating, but no one recommends it for a new tank, just the old ones that you are cleaning out and want to convert the rust and such inside to something useable. Guess that I'll keep looking. Thanks



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