I am in the process of sealing the gas tank on my dream. I am using the Por-15 kit. I ran into a little trouble trying the seal off the petcock holes and I came up with a solution here. Thought I'd post it, maybe it can help someone else.
I used a piece of steel I had laying around and cut it down to size to fit over the holes. Then drilled 3 holes into it in line with the screw holes for the petcock. I then cutout I piece of rubber (I used my old tubes as they were still laying around). Cut 3 holes into the rubber that lined up with the screws. Tightened down and it worked real well.
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Well my seal for the petcock area worked pretty good. However not wanting to coat the gas cap I really didn't have any good options for the gas cap. I used it for the cleaners but didn't use the gasket. I tried using a similar method I used for the petcock but I had a lot of leaks from the top. The sealing off of the gas cap I could not seem to get no matter what I had used. So I ended up with a mess at all 3 stages of the sealing.
The 2 stage cleaners leaked through and that wasn't to bad until I realized that once the tank was dry it left what looked like bad water runs in the paint. Then When I put the sealer in I had wrapped the tank in newspaper and used duct tape over the gas cap hole. The sealer leaked through. I had what looked like silver paint drips all over my tank.
The POR-15 Sealer does not wipe off with a wet rag. I was able ]to get the bulk off with a dry rag but still left silver all over my red gas tank. I tried a few things to get this off the paint while the sealer was still wet. I eventually used PB Blaster on a rag and it came right off. It also helped to clear up the water run marks.
Besides my dilemmas that I had with leaks throughout the process, the tank came out real good. If I can I'll try to take a picture of the inside. The sealer definitely leaves a nice hard coating over the inside of the tank.
The 2 stage cleaners leaked through and that wasn't to bad until I realized that once the tank was dry it left what looked like bad water runs in the paint. Then When I put the sealer in I had wrapped the tank in newspaper and used duct tape over the gas cap hole. The sealer leaked through. I had what looked like silver paint drips all over my tank.
The POR-15 Sealer does not wipe off with a wet rag. I was able ]to get the bulk off with a dry rag but still left silver all over my red gas tank. I tried a few things to get this off the paint while the sealer was still wet. I eventually used PB Blaster on a rag and it came right off. It also helped to clear up the water run marks.
Besides my dilemmas that I had with leaks throughout the process, the tank came out real good. If I can I'll try to take a picture of the inside. The sealer definitely leaves a nice hard coating over the inside of the tank.