gas tank clean repair?

[Howdy]

I have never used Red Kote or Kreem on tanks, so I was wondering, what do you do with the petcock drain?
How do you stop it from getting plugged up with these "treatments"?

I wondered this same question before I did the coating. What I did was to put a piece of tape over the end of it. I did remove the filter screens on the 200s style. Once I got the tank rotated enough to coat the whole inside I simply removed the tape and drained the excess out of the tank via the drain hole ( putting it back into the can ). You do have to tilt the tank so it all runs towards the drain. Once it was done draining I simply wiped the end of the drain off and let it dry. The Red-Kote goes on so thin enough that the filter does fit back in the drain. It's snug, but it does fit.
Howdy

[firefirefire90]

I have used POR15 on my tank and it seems as eas yas all this Kream treatment. Prettymuch tape the holes, shake around then emtpy. Easy as 1, 2, 3. Only problem i had was i got the stuff in and around the top of the gas tank so i couldn't rotate the cap. That was my only problem.(Edit) This is just another option to Kream.

[freewheel3]

I wondered this same question before I did the coating. What I did was to put a piece of tape over the end of it. I did remove the filter screens on the 200s style. Once I got the tank rotated enough to coat the whole inside I simply removed the tape and drained the excess out of the tank via the drain hole ( putting it back into the can ). You do have to tilt the tank so it all runs towards the drain. Once it was done draining I simply wiped the end of the drain off and let it dry. The Red-Kote goes on so thin enough that the filter does fit back in the drain. It's snug, but it does fit.
Howdy

Thanks for the info Howdy.

[bigred1]

can J-B weld be used to patch small holes like the size of the tip of an ink pen on a gas tank?

[Howdy]

can J-B weld be used to patch small holes like the size of the tip of an ink pen on a gas tank?

Yes, it can be. But I have never had any luck with it lasting more than 4-5 months.
Howdy

[Somekindofjerk]

iv found that a small(90amp)mig works good or brazing. the only backfire to brazing is all the heat makes your paint peel off, but mig works very well!

[Howdy]

iv found that a small(90amp)mig works good or brazing. the only backfire to brazing is all the heat makes your paint peel off, but mig works very well!

Be 100% sure you have all the tank washed out and all the fumes removed before doing this. I know a guy that made a round tank because he didn't wash his out. Can you say: KABOMMMM! I sold him another tank.
Howdy

[Somekindofjerk]

Be 100% sure you have all the tank washed out and all the fumes removed before doing this. I know a guy that made a round tank because he didn't wash his out. Can you say: KABOMMMM! I sold him another tank.
Howdy

That just makes my day, poor guy!

[i58829]

Is the red-coat stuff that comes in a silver and red can i think its about 35.00 for a quart? My local Honda shop tried to sell me some but i wasn't sure if it would work well or not, i'd like to line my X's tank as it has some slight suface rust from all of the moisture down here...