[TR] Gas tank seal or not seal?

Greg Lemon grglmn at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 17:00:02 MDT 2020


My feelings about sealer have changed a little over the years.  But to
start, I will say I have used the Bill Hirsch kit with good results.  I
sealed an Austin Healey many years ago with good results, when I tried my
Triumph not so good, and ended up getting another tank.  If it is not too
bad I think sealer works pretty well if the tank isn't too bad, but if
really rusted it may just bind the rust up and cause it to break off in
bigger pieces.

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 5:49 PM John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com> wrote:

> The previous owner had the tank in my Spitfire sealed with Kreem.  That
> was at least 15 years ago, and I have had no issue whatsoever with the
> tank.  The work was done by a local radiator shop, so I suspect they did a
> good job of prepping and installing the product since it is still working
> great.  About 10 years ago I installed Kreem in a motorcycle tank that had
> minor rust issues.  I did the whole process outlined in the instructions.
> Including the rinse with distilled water and MEK.  I only owned the bike
> about 4 years after installing the Kreem, but I never had any issues with
> it.  Installation was a bit of a pain, getting the product evenly
> distributed and keeping it moving until it was time to drain off the
> excess.
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:35 PM Bud Rolofson <levilevi at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Listerati
>>
>> I'm refurbishing a Spitfire gas tank and trying to decide to seal it (or
>> not) once all the prep work is done to de-grease and de-rust it.
>> What say you, seal or not.
>> If I seal it what sealer have folks had good luck with? I'm looking at,
>> Caswell, Por-15, Kreem, and Eastwood sealers.
>> I've read good and bad things about sealers.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bud
>>
>>
>>
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