Subject: Re: Rusty Tank
Author: Robert Hawkes
Date: Sep 24, 2001, 9:10 PM
Post ID: 1708362740
Ooo, Joe sounds like a good tip. I like using the wifes' appliances to work
on motorcycles, 'course I can't let her know! Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: joe jump <jum-@hotmail.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Rusty Tank
| ============================================================ SAVE 10% on your first online order at Fingerhut.com (introductory offer good on almost every product on the site; click here for full details). http://click.topica.com/caaadc6b1dfltb1FlG8a/FingerHut ============================================================ I agree-the cost for the Rusteco treatment makes it out of reach for most except for the "Cost is no object" crowd. I can offer a couple of alternatives. I would say there are two ways to address the problem of a rusty tank-chemically & mechanically. This subject comes up from time to time on Brit Iron (British bike list). |
| few years ago "Treakle" was all the rage for a slow, harmless, enviro-safe way to remove rust chemically. Treakle is just molassas & water-that's it. |
| tried it on a fist full of rusty bolts I had to clean. I made up a batch |
| a 3# coffee can-about a cup of molassas and a quart of water. I tied the bits together with some bailing wire and put it in the mix. It worked, but it was slow. I think I let it go for a few weeks, and there were a few |
| that didn't come all the way clean, but a few strokes with a wire brush |
| they were fine. To be truthful, I wasn't real impressed. But the stuff |
| attack the base metal-only goes for the iron oxides. I once tried muriatic acid in a BSA tank. It was somewhat successful, but |
| didn't leave it in long-I was afraid it would eat all the way through. I shook it up in the tank with some nuts & bolts, and a dribble streaked across the chrome side pannels, which left a stain. Not real happy with |
| either. On the mechanical side, my buddy used a cool trick on a Yamaha tank that |
| said was in real bad shape. He put a couple handfuls of nuts & bolts in |
| tank, along with a bottle of Simple Green. He then put the tank inside a couple plastic trask bags, wrapped it in an old sleeping bag, then placed the lump inside wifey's dryer & tumbled it for a few hours. He reported |
| it came out spic & span-like new! He then coated the inside with POR-15 |
| sealer to keep it from rusting again. I like this method! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer athttp://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ============================================================ You have been selected to get a 1000 Free AwardMiles from Topica. The process takes less than 30 seconds... Click here and join Milesource for your Free AwardMiles! http://click.topica.com/caaadsvb1dfltb1FlG8f/Milesource ============================================================ |