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Title: plastic tank liner
Post by: twj1958 on August 01, 2008, 08:05:38 pm

Anyone know of a plastic tank liner product to stop petrol fumes bubbling decals & staining the plastic. I have heard of a pour in product that lines the tank but don't know the name.
Thanks TJ

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: PEZBerq on August 01, 2008, 09:13:49 pm

This has been covered on another thread in the forum.  Use the search function and you should find what you want.  Cheers

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: LWC82PE on August 02, 2008, 11:32:34 am

search 'blue lightning'

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: crs-and-rms on August 02, 2008, 05:38:37 pm

or try kreem tank prep

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: vandy010 on August 02, 2008, 06:28:29 pm

i've used kreem on two of my steel tanks and am very happy with the result but am unsure how it would go on a plastic tank.

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: E74 on August 02, 2008, 06:44:53 pm

here is a link to PPC

http://www.ppc.au.com/kits3.htm

it says in the info page to call for advise when using their kit on plastic or fibreglass tanks, I would give them a call and see what they say..

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on August 02, 2008, 10:43:17 pm

friend of mine has a bit of an RM site and shows a photo of his restored tank and has used Blue Lightning?

http://www.youngerdryas.com/1982_suzuki_rm250/restoration.html

I am also about to try some wicked tough graphics to see how we go?

cheers

Rossco

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: felix7 on August 07, 2008, 06:57:41 pm

The liner sounds good. But once that's fixed, how do I fix the hairline cracks in the outside of the Bully's fibreglass tank? It has leached oil through and looks like black hairs drapped down the blue tank. Erk. Any solution?

Title: Re: plastic tank liner
Post by: Maicojames on August 09, 2008, 03:25:28 am

You need to refer to standard fiberglass repair techniques. Typically, you would try to grind a "v" shape in the cracks-though my personal experience is that the cracks are ususally shallow-and grind off easily. The one which leech fuel are through the tank-grind a v-fill with resin and cloth-grind smooth repeat as needed. I never liked any of the fiberglass "trick fillers" myself, prefering to use resin and matt-then plastic filler over the corrected glass work to fill small imperfections, pinholes etc.