Plastic fuel tanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VMX Andrew]

after you have gotten rid of the paint off your tank...soak your tank in white king bleach overnite..next morning it will be like brand new...trust me i done this to my yz250g tank...well near brand new...

[YZ250H]

What concentration Andrew   I imagine there would be a point where you've put too much in ??
I assume you bleach before you sand etc etc ??

[Quicksilver]

That also work another coloured tanks? With colour loss? Bleach on white I cant see any problems but what about red pastic.

[ianscr250]

hi guys now getting back to stripping tanks of unwanted paint  rossco get a sharp blade gently score the paint in a cris cross fashion then hit it with that water blaste ryou have up home if not give me a yell ill pop up and do the strip an clean for u

[LWC82PE]

paint stripper should be ok on most tanks/guards but be carsfull on some plastics. eg its no good to use it on LH side 74 XL 350 sidecovers made from that clear/yellow gell type plastic . it will make it go all soft. its ok on the grey XL fenders which are a  different plastic.

[TonyB]

Now getting back to bleaching tanks, what ratio bleach do yuo use and does uit not make the plastic brittle?? my KTM "white" tanks is a crappy shade of dirty creamy brown... I am loathe however to put it in something only to find the next morning its brittle or something.

[Freakshow]

What's the go with Laying up bikes with fibergalss tanks ?  Would you think its best to leave them dry so they dont go soggy and weep, or best to leave them fuelled up so they dont dry out and crack ?

[cyclegod]

A 2 litre bottle of bleach + whatever amount of water it takes to fully submerge the tank. Most tanks are made from polypropylene (I think thats the stuff) which is like the plastic bottles the bleach comes in.

[VMX Andrew]

make sure you use white king and just read the directions on the back of the bottle...use the strong stuff too...

[TonyB]

my tank has a thin layer of dry brittle crusty plastic on it ( as does the mudguards) which I will obviously need to sand off, bu do I take this  layer off first? and give it a light sand down or just stick the lot in the bleach as is?