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Philip
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The tank on my 1995 Suzuki Vitara looks to be bare metal inside, I can see the grain of the metal where it's been pressed and I don't see any lacquer or anything. It's not the original tank, it's an aftermarket one, but the original tank looked the same inside.
I wanted to put it in my electrolytic stripping tank but someone just warned me there's no way it's bare metal inside and I will damage whatever coating is in there.
I want to get the shop primer off it as it's peeling after just a year, and paint it with 2K.
If it is bare metal, should I treat the inside? If the last tank lasted 20 years as bare metal then maybe no point treating the new one. I've seen the gloopy resin that they sell for tank treatment but does it do a nice and even coat or does it just bunch up in there? And it's £60 to buy enough to do a car tank, so not cheap. And some people have complained that it comes off and causes serious fuel blockage issues. Maybe that's the old stuff that wasn't designed to cope with modern fuels.
I wanted to put it in my electrolytic stripping tank but someone just warned me there's no way it's bare metal inside and I will damage whatever coating is in there.
I want to get the shop primer off it as it's peeling after just a year, and paint it with 2K.
If it is bare metal, should I treat the inside? If the last tank lasted 20 years as bare metal then maybe no point treating the new one. I've seen the gloopy resin that they sell for tank treatment but does it do a nice and even coat or does it just bunch up in there? And it's £60 to buy enough to do a car tank, so not cheap. And some people have complained that it comes off and causes serious fuel blockage issues. Maybe that's the old stuff that wasn't designed to cope with modern fuels.