Read through this entire thread and can't decide if I really want to buy a tank and go to town this winter, or if this is way more work than I care to do...
The desire for a Nantucket Blue tank with two white stripes going on either side of the tank cap is strong.
I would for sure want to keep my current tank as is then pick up a new one to paint. Checking eBay it looks like there are some reasonably priced tanks that I wouldn't mind picking up and giving it a shot myself, but shipping absolutely kills it. If I was going to spend $150+ on a tank after shipping, I'd want to make sure it looks good by the time its done.hi fixthe,
depends on how close you want it to look good.
Looks OK from across the street just needs stripe-tape & rattle-cans.
Looks great up close needs skill & effort.
I would for sure want to keep my current tank as is then pick up a new one to paint. Checking eBay it looks like there are some reasonably priced tanks that I wouldn't mind picking up and giving it a shot myself, but shipping absolutely kills it. If I was going to spend $150+ on a tank after shipping, I'd want to make sure it looks good by the time its done.
If I could pick something up cheap locally or find one within Canada for a good price after shipped I could definitely see myself picking it up as a winter project to mess around on.
Winnipeg!Where in Canada are you located fixthe?
It is a rather big place.....
One year and a day ago I started this experiment. This is the Boeing certified fuel tank epoxy primer. Every airplane built by Boeing has their fuel tanks sprayed with this stuff. Here's the test pieces after a yr and a day of sitting in regular unleaded with 10% ethanol. The paint is still solid.... won't scratch or rub off.
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Also, this spring (April?) my garden tiller wouldn't start. The short of it is the tank and carb was all rusted up. Cleaned 'em out with hydrocloric acid and coated the inside of the tank with this primer. Ran the tiller a few weeks ago and the primer is still solid.
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So, I'm callin' this a viable solution for rusted tanks. The advantage I see is it's a paint and not a liner. If it ever does break down, there's not much there to cause problems... just a coating of paint vs. chunks of epoxy or goo for a liner.
The main sticking point is it comes in 2 gallon kits... at 200 bucks a pop. One idea I'm kickin' around is buying pint cans and dividing it up into 1 quart kits (1 pint paint and 1 pint hardener). That would give you enough to slosh 3 to 4 tanks.... at 25 bucks a kit plus the cost of the cans and shipping. Anyone know how you go about shipping paint?
What's the normal cost for the traditional liner kits (Redcoat... POR15...etc.)?
Don't know. This is all just thinkin' out loud for now. I'll keep you posted.Could it be shipped to the UK Jim? I’d certainly be interested!