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Where can i get my fuel tank acid washed and re-coated??
Vw nutter - September 30th, 2005 at 06:11 PM

hey guys im in melbourne and i am wanting to clean the inside of my bay kombi fuel tank, i know where i can get it acid washed but does any one know where i can get it re-coated in the inside?? if any one has done this before or knows where i can get it done all in the one shot please let me know, also if you can recomend a place in melbourne which does this all in one procedure (acid wash, then re-coat) can you name the place,
thanks heaps


Robo - October 1st, 2005 at 06:19 AM

Don't know if this will help. I used to restore old bikes for a few years and if I got one that had a tank with some some light rust in it, I would take it to a big car radiator mob and they used to clean it out for me. Then I used to use a tank liner called Kreem, It is an epoxy liquid you just pour it in and coat the whole inside of the tank, and let it dry. I think POR 15 have a similar system. There are business's here that bring POR 15 in I would assume they could get it for you.
Have a look here.
http://www.por15.com/subcat.asp?id=42 
Rob...


HotRodMatt - October 1st, 2005 at 08:09 AM

Yep, instead of paying extra for someone else to do it, grab the POR15 kit. It's great.

Go to a rod shop in Melbourne to get it. If Melbourne is anything like Sydney the VW shops that have it ask about 40% more in rip-off margin.


Vw nutter - October 1st, 2005 at 12:20 PM

awersome thanks heaps, Robo and HRM, i will try and find one of these por15 kits. im not too farmiliar with the hotrod scene but does any one in melbourne know of a hotrod shop that sells this stuff, or another shop that sells it fairly cheap??
thanks guys


oval TOFU - October 1st, 2005 at 12:37 PM

dude, there's a paint shop on Lacey St (All Paints?) that sell the fuel tank kits - I used a kit on my beetle tank (40L tank) and I only used half of the kit.... it rocks and I'm never going to have to worry about rust or crud again!


Vw nutter - October 2nd, 2005 at 05:20 PM

sounds good, ill have to try that place Oval TOFU, does any one know of any other places that might sell these kits?? around croydon (melbourne)ish??
thanks


PurpleT3 - October 2nd, 2005 at 08:19 PM

Buy the fuel tank resto kit from Permanent Painted Coatings http://www.ppc.au.com/index.htm. Keep the used prep products for reuse on other bits.


Vw nutter - October 3rd, 2005 at 06:54 PM

yeah thanks purple T3, i had a look at that site, is very helpfull and i managed to locate some stores near me!, ill have to try the paint shop in croydon, i couldnt find the fuel tank repair kit on the site, only could manage to find the catalouge, oh well i will check the paint store out.
thanks all heaps for your helpfull and usefull info!
cheers

GO POR-15!!


PurpleT3 - October 3rd, 2005 at 10:03 PM

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


oval TOFU - October 3rd, 2005 at 10:51 PM

The shop's name is all Car Paints - they should be in the Yellow/White pages and the kit should be $100 or so..


Vw nutter - October 4th, 2005 at 07:18 PM

thanks heaps guys for all your help, really appreciate it!
now i know what im lookin for, woohooo
cheers guys


vw54 - October 5th, 2005 at 07:40 AM

I would take the tank and have the outside sand blasted first to see if there are any rust holes.

If there too big you may havet ofind a better one cause the Por 15 or Kreem wont fix them only welding in a new bit of metal will fix.


Vw nutter - October 5th, 2005 at 06:53 PM

yeah i might try that aswell just to make sure there are no leaks or holes, where bouts do you get something sandblasted? any one know?? around croydon?? then ill probly give the outside a treating to some powder coating mmmmm or hammer tone paint!,
cheers guys


vw54 - October 6th, 2005 at 07:13 AM

look up in the phone book usually the same place as a Powder coater as most items are blasted before applying powder coating


Vw nutter - October 6th, 2005 at 04:45 PM

will do cheers vw54!
thanks 4 ya help mate.