Rust out of a Gas Tank

I have removed rust from the gas tank using various chemicals and a pc of chain....seems to of done a fine job just by looking with a flashlight after the fact....my question is this. When I go to remount the tank and put gas back in...should I rinse the tank with something? Just to make sure any chemicals are gone? I have used rust remover, stripper and phosphoric (sp?) acid...thanks....and I hope I'm not posting more than I should. I seem to be the only one asking questions about these old bikes right now.

 

I need to do this as well...But I have been told you can get a can P.O.R. 15 follow the instructions on it and viola you have a cool tank....

 

P.O.R. 15????? Never heard of it. Can you elaborate? Is that the real name? Where is it available?
Thanks, Dean

 

There is another method called Red Kote. It is a good bladder for these sort of things.

http://www.damonq.com/TechSheets/Red-Kote.pdf#search='red%20kote'

http://www.damonq.com/

 

You should rise it thoroughly. I would probably use water first, followed some mineral spirits, once rinsed thoroughly drying it makes sense. Any remaining residue should not hurt anything but I'm not a chemical engineer. I'm just telling you what has worked in the past for me. Once gasoline is back in it, rusting should be minimal.

If anyone has better idea's I would love to hear them, I have to do my VF1000F tank soon. I was planning on using hydrochloric (muratic) acid, but I'm not married to that idea. I do know the stuff strips steel fast and when rinsed well and covered with WD-40 does not oxidize easily.

POR's instructions indicate to flush with water and dry with compressed air. They use Potasium Hydroxide and Phosphoric Acid in their products. The base (Potasium Hydroxide) strips and the phosphoric acid etchs the metal so that the POR 15 will adhere better.

Mark

 

Man..... You guys ever hear of google? :tongue:
http://www.por15.com/

They have a gas treatment solution.... you can get at almost all of the major automotive super centers or I have heard that the Honda Motorcycle Parts department actually sells it as well.... Rumor though....

That's all I got....:noidea:

 

Thanks...I will look in to that ASAP...

 

Hi, I'm a newbie here but my father used to run a cycle shop and his recipe for rust out of a tank was muriatic acid(pool acid) and aquairium gravel the rinse with gas. NEVER USE WATER IN A GAS TANK. Trust me I learned this the hard way. Good luck

 

i POR -15 on my 86 tank and it works great you should try it

 

I have used KREEM before and it worked well. There's a metal etcher to eat the rust from the tank, then a prepper, and then a liner that you dump into the tank to coat it. Never had rust issues again on that bike.

http://www.instantop.com/CyclePage/Kreem.htm

 

I would say clean (even of chemical residue) and dry is the safest bet. But don't know for sure, only used a Kreeme kit in the past.

 

find a radiator shop and have them clean it out for you. Than have them epoxy the inside of the tank. I had one done for $55.00. Best money spent!!