I'm prepping a tank for painting, and need to re-coat the inside.

My original stock tank, 2007 FLHR has a black colored coating that has been deteriorating over the past few years. It's slowly dissolving and leaving the fuel pump strainer black and eventually plugging the filter.

The tank that I'm prepping also same age, CVO.
It has a gray coating that is flying off when hit with compressed air. Looks like gray epoxy primer.

So, I need to recoat, I haven't heard great things about some of the products out there.

Any advice?

 

I have been using kb coatings. Cycle Tank sealer.it comes with tank stripper,to get the old one out. KBS Cycle Tank Sealer PLUS Kit . 52005-S-NM.$51.95. ..

 

I use a product from Caswell. It's very popular with antique bike restoration people. Just follow the directions for prep and you should have no problems.

http://www.caswellplating.com/epoxy-...k-sealer.html#


I used it on an antique BSA fiberglass tank some years ago. The new ethanol formulations attack fiberglass. I've had no issues since coating the tank.

I have seen a lot of problems with a common sealer named K???M. Has a tendency to flake and come loose. I don't know if they have improved it in recent years, but I would avoid it.

 

Red kote tank sealer. Have used it for years.

 

yeah that was the one that I didn't hear anything good about. That makes enough people heard from for me not to use it!

 

I have used several and had trouble with the K??M too

The best stuff I have found is Bill Hersch tank coating and the only one approved for aeroplane tanks. If it is certified for a plane it is fine for my bike!

If possible, I blast the tank insides rather than mucking about with removers

 

My bike painter's tank guy swears by Caswell. He does a rotisserie process to coat everything evenly. Sent him a new J&P tank and that's what they sealed it with before painting.
Another ebay bought tank that I had on the bike for several years had the coating start coming off. Not good. Local service manager says that Kreem starts breaking down 8-10 years out and believed that's what the tank had been treated with.

 

I have several of my antique bikes coated with por15. No issues whatsoever. I'm talking big buck original paint tanks here too.