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Anyone had any luck lining a fuel tank?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I used glass flower arrangers beads in my 400 tank as a sort gravel to get the worst out by shaking it all around.
Then I used 'Evaporust' for the final clean - expensive stuff to use but it came in handy for other parts on my 400 that had surface rust on them.
I left mine for a few days pretty much full of Evaporust and it ended up spotless.
Being risk averse I did not want to go down the Acid route though it is cheaper. Evaporust is quite clever as it works by breaking the bond between the steel & iron oxide so no loss of good metal but it is a slow process.
Hardest part was getting the glass beads all out before the Evaporust stage.
Only issue I have ever had with Evaporust is if you use it on things like a Gudgeon pin type metal as it attacks the finish turning it black.
Sesman:
Fish tank grave is good.Nice sharp edges.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Sesman on March 28, 2023, 10:19:21 PM ---Fish tank grave is good.Nice sharp edges.
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Especially the nice smaller grade gravel if you have any left from the 1970's - the flower arrangers glass beads are very sharp not round but sort of diamond shaped. It was free & in stock as the Missus used to make floral arrangements for a local hotel.
Sesman:
--- Quote from: SteveW on March 28, 2023, 09:13:20 PM ---Thanks for the info, I’ll try the brick cleaner and diesel first.
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Don’t forget the rinse with deionised water or you will get flash rust.
Oddjob:
Alan Millyard recommends using Molasses. mixed 9 to 1.
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