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1966 R60/2 Tank coating
- waldoverkill
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1966 R60/2 Tank coating
I have taken my tank in for a spot of rust removal (outside only thankfully). The tank restorer has called me and said that he was cleaning the tank internally with acetone and has found that the red lining on the tank has turned gooey.
Is this normal? Should he not use acetone? I would not have thought that the original BMW red coating would go soft like that. Perhaps it hs had a third party lining put on it.
The next question is - Shall we acid dip it to remove the goo and re-line the tank or remove the acetone and see if goes hard again?
I am sure a lot of you are gasping at my treatment of this fine tank.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Warren
- schrader7032
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I'm not very good with these
http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/fuelmiscl.htm
He has a link there to a product called POR15 which is pretty popular for removing old linings and then relining a tank.
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
Im no paint xpert but any
I used POR 15 gas tank paint ( make different paints) in the gas tank on my 1970 Datsun Roadster 6 yrs ago and still going strong.
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92 R100RT/69 R69S
2004 Aprilia Atlantic 500cc single cylinder Scooter
83 Honda V65 Magna, fastest production bike in1983
2015 Can Am Spider SE6 1,688 miles
2018 Moto Guzzi V711 Special
Thanks neb, There getting to
There getting to be like "old BMWs" I bought this Fairlady over 6 yrs ago and even tho the paint being a little ruff and new interior. Its worth 3 times what I paid for it.
92 R100RT/69 R69S
2004 Aprilia Atlantic 500cc single cylinder Scooter
83 Honda V65 Magna, fastest production bike in1983
2015 Can Am Spider SE6 1,688 miles
2018 Moto Guzzi V711 Special
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I have been thru this myself,
I found Caswell epoxy liner to be far superior to either of the above, in fact the instructions w/ Caswell include a section on what to do when following up a failed POR 15 or Kreem treatment.
Here's a link:
http://www.caswellplating.com/epoxy-gas ... ealer.html
U don't want to do this twice & no matter what u do w/ the paint on the outside of the tank the inside needs to be sanitary & perfectly sealed !
b
Ive been using POR 15 for
I used it in the engine bay of my 1967 Saab 3 cylinder, 3 carb, 2 stroke.
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92 R100RT/69 R69S
2004 Aprilia Atlantic 500cc single cylinder Scooter
83 Honda V65 Magna, fastest production bike in1983
2015 Can Am Spider SE6 1,688 miles
2018 Moto Guzzi V711 Special
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I,ve only used it on my 6 1/2
- waldoverkill
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We stripped it
New paint job done and it looks great.