Ok...so I’ve been slowly chipping away at this gas tank.
You may recall that my brand new petcocks leaked and drooled gas on both my newly painted side covers ( which had no effect on them! ) and also the underside of my gas tank around the petcocks, unfortunately the paint on the gas tank is not of the same quality as the side covers and it melted some paint off around the petcock mount.
So I went off in search of a clear epoxy to spread around my petcock. And this is what I bought.
I mixed it up and applied it all around the mounting flange with a small art brush. This stuff is quick set to begin with , but combine that with our extreme heat and low humidity and the big shop fan I had blowing at the time. And well,
Let’s just say the results weren’t pretty, in fact they were down right fugly. The stuff is thick to begin with and it started setting up on me almost immediately, making it very hard to work with. So instead of the nice level , smooth finish I expected, I got epoxy that looked lumpy and had brush strokes in it. The more I tried messing with it, the worst i was making it, so I stopped the bleeding. And no you can’t see it! Haha!
It’s not my usual pretty work.
Fortunately, I believe I got a good seal with it, and the petcocks obscure almost all of it. I gave it a couple of days to cure and worked on my petcocks. Before I installed them I had them apart and applied a light coat of Hylomar to every sealing surface
except these washers.
So naturally that right where they leaked!
I gave them a light coating of Hylomar and also the threads and put everything back together. Today I mounted them back on the tank, then re installed the gas tank onto my bike, and gave the tank and side covers a coat of wax.
I’ll give the Hylomar a day or two to set up and put the gas back in the tank, and I’ll be good to go for riding on our mild summer days!
Well......a guy can dream can’t he?
Later, Bob