garyab
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06-15-12 07:17 PM - Post#2237629
I'm looking for reccomendations on which gas tank sealer seems to work the best with the 10% alcohol gas that is forced upon us. I just took the tank from my 1950 Chevy in to have it dipped to clean all the rust out of the inside. After I paint the outside I want to coat the inside with a sealer to prevent the rust from startng over again. I was planning to have the tank powder coated but I see a solder joint around the smaller tube that must vent the tank that would never stand up to the 400 degree temps that powder paint is baked at.
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 mahlmann
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06-16-12 12:02 AM - Post#2237710
In response to garyab
The radiator shop that cleaned out my gas tank also sealed it with some rubbery black stuff that they said is modern-fuel proof and guaranteed not to leak for life. Maybe the place that dipped it could also seal it for you. My shop also offered to put anything I wanted on the outside, but I did it myself with 3M rubberized undercoat spray and then painted it black. If you want to do it yourself, I've had good results with Eastwood products.
Good luck with yours.
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arnieg141
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06-16-12 04:18 AM - Post#2237729
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my 2 cents. have not seen many good story's on redone tanks . http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~dynd...
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06-16-12 04:52 AM - Post#2237737
In response to arnieg141
I have been using POR15 products for years with good results.They are expensive but if you put them on as the instructions explain they stay on & are impervious to all kinds of fuel & do a good job of sealing the metal from the air so you get no oxidation (rust).They offer different size three step kits.They are slosh type procedures so you have to be able to block all tank openings during the operations & make sure they are open once you are done.Some paint stores around here handle these products or I bet you could find them on line.Just a thought.
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06-16-12 09:45 AM - Post#2237814
In response to garyab
I used a tank sealer that I got from POR 15 since I'd had such good luck with their other products. So far so good, and that was about six years ago.
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06-16-12 10:08 AM - Post#2237823
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The company that is cleaning your tank should also be able to seal/ coat it for you.
There is a company by me that I have used in the past that charge $200 more or less to clean and coat the tank in and out with a hard rubber product that will nor deteriorate with modem fuels.
You end up with basically a plastic tank as the original steel is basically being used as an internal mould If you can call it that.
I have heard good things about the p.o.r 15 product but would be Leary to use.it as I don't know how good of a job you can do cleaning and coating the inside of the tank. Just my personal thoughts on this.
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06-18-12 10:30 PM - Post#2238970
In response to VANDENPLAS
I used the Eastwood system, and it worked like a champ.
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06-19-12 05:50 AM - Post#2239041
In response to garyab
Change the fuel line as it is subject to internal rust and will cause problems. A case in point occured this past week end on our spring tour. Very nice restoration of a 56 convertible, old fuel line clogged the settlement bowl filter and messed up the needle and seat. Parking lot tear down and clean up cured it. 
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