From:	David Cooper	e-mail:	dfcbkk-A-yahoo.com
Subject:	RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Work on WL	Date:	Thu Mar 11 09:30:29 2021
Response to:	2007

Thanks Dave!! David ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- My KH gas tank sat for more than 20 years with gas in it - which eventually evaporated. The bottom of the tank was very, very rusty. I found that deck screws were the best for shaking - they have many sharp edges, and they cut the rust pretty well. I used the POR 15 sealer kit - a rust remover, a glop remover, and finally the "paint" sealer. If your tank is already painted, you might try that Evaporust instead of a phosphoric acid rust remover. Whatever product(s) you use, you need to get the rust out, then any dried gas "glop", before drying and then "painting". When the directions say "clean", they mean clean. Not kinda clean, not sorta clean - but really, really clean. When the directions say "dry", they mean dry. Not kinda, etc. This is difficult as water tends to cling to the corners, especially where you can't see. I used a heat gun set on low stuck in the filler and exhausting through the petcock hole. And let it run for several hours. If your tank is already painted, you might want to use a hair dryer instead of a heat gun, and multiply "several hours" by some factor. The sealer will not stick to a dirty or wet surface. One non-stick spot will produce an edge that makes it easy for the gas to slowly get under. So, when the directions say clean... ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- I like Evaporust. My oil tank was crudded up. And I put in a bunch of steel nuts in with it to shake around inside the tank.