Topic: going to clean rust out of tank .

[cadaver]

I've read all that i could read on getting the rust out of my tank ... I'm not sure if I'm gong to use this tank for long so i didn't want to spend a ton of money on getting it clean ...but found a product ..its called skyco ospho....says that it stops rust prepares rusted surfaces for painting .found it for 10$ its 32oz bottle, hope this will do the trick .. any suggestions on making this go any better ?

[cadaver]

hay thanks john ...but I bought it and i think that ill try it out ..ill update you all with the results ...I've just gotta get all the damn 1/4inc nuts out off the tank LOL .. Ill update you all tomarrow once I can get the time to crack into that can o worms

[Caaveman82]

I tell you what I did, just left the gasoline in there, put in a big a$$ chain closed it up and shook it till my arms were ready to fall off. It scraped all the rust off. I just continue to put 2 stroke oil in it every so often, it's good for keeping that rust gone, plus those tank coating systems only last for so long. I'm not a big fan.

[ColinMc]

Just get the POR15 motorcycle gas tank re-lining kit. Includes the tank cleaner, prep, and sealer...All for about 50 bucks or less depending on where you get it. Throw some ball bearings/nuts or something in with the cleaner...just make sure you count how many and get the same number back out lol.

[cadaver]

wish i would have thought of the chain in the gastank ..its hard to get all the nuts out

[KingCustomCycles.com]

Damn it people, toilet bowl cleaner, $4.00 

[WHALEMAN]

King, How careful do you have to be about getting a drop on the tank paint? Thanks Dan

[coyotecowboy]

Milkstone Remover, they use it for cleaning lines at dairies, heard it works great (Via the H.A.M.B )  Vinegar is supposed to work also, just not sure how well.

[ColinMc]

actually the POR kit is not a lining like Kreem or other kits. It's a true conversion coating. It chemically bonds to the metal and cannot come off...even if you tried to sand blast it, if that were possible lol. Try getting some on the outside of a bare metal tank, then get it off...you'll have to go at it with a grinder.

[jimz]

Had good results with reverse electrolysis, kind of fun to set up also.

[cadaver]

I've looked into the electrolysis... and i have all that i need to do it ..but wasn't sure about that ..Ill try that one on some small parts first ...I've just gotten all of the 1/4 size nuts out of the tank ...man I shook the tank like if i had a flash back of my kid being bad and the tank was my kid lol..I would really never do that ..but I just count to 3 or 20...so I put the solution in my tank and ill tell you how that comes out once i wash all that out with the hose.

[cadaver]

well I think that I'm done rinsing it out ...now its getting dark and I don't  have time to dry it out with a hair dryer or put some gas in it ... is this bad ? do i just need to suck it up and do it in the dark and not wait till tomarrow ?

[Really?]

What is this about nuts and chains in the tank?

[cadaver]

sorry if i was confussing ....I've allready put the nuts in the tank .. took them out ...and put the phosphoric acid product that i was talking about in and let it set for some time on all sides of the tank .. removed the product and put a hose in the tank and flushed out the tank ...now since its dark out and i cant remove all the water because its dark should i be worried ?

[mystic_1]

I would 100% try to get all the water out.  Not doing so is probably asking for trouble.


mystic_1

[cadaver]

well guess tomarrow ill half to redo the solution, after i get back from a funeral and buy a cheep hair dryer ..dint think that my girl will let me use hers .

[Caaveman82]

Go down to your nearest gas station with a nail and go to the air hose and depress the thing so it because a ghetto air tip and just blow the tank out man, that'll make the hair dryer much more effective. You want to get the bigger drops out first and that'll do it.