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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:08 am Post subject: Slosh

Geoff,



This may not be the method you want to use....

Add a bit of red food coloring to whatever you slosh.

The stuff is cheap, very concentrated, and will certainly show your pinholes.

Don't get it anywhere except in the tank....you'll have red fingers for a week.



Juat a suggestion,



Regards,



Zed



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Geoff Heap

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:07 am Post subject: Re: Slosh

Zed to the rescue. Thanks, I'll bear the food coloring in mind but what is it that I slosh.Some kind of sealant? and is it NECCESARY or is it OPTIONAL. Again, this is an alum tank.....Geoff

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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:16 am Post subject: Slosh

Sloshing compound should not be necessary in a welded aluminum tank  

if the welds are any good. In fact, sloshing compound should be  

avoided if at all possible. It's expensive, it adds weight, it's a  

mess to work with and will possibly need to be redone after several  

years in use.



If you think the welds might leak, seal up all the openings, put a  

little bit of air pressure in the tank and use bubble solution to  

look for leaks. If you find any, either reweld them or use some JB  

Weld to seal them up. Don't use high pressure air to pressurize the  

tank, you can easily destroy the tank. You can tie a balloon over one  

of the tank openings and use enough pressure to inflate the balloon.  

That will pretty much guarantee you won't over pressurize the tank



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 Zed to the rescue. Thanks, I'll bear the food coloring in mind but  

 what is it that I slosh.Some kind of sealant? and is it NECCESARY  

 or is it OPTIONAL. Again, this is an alum tank.....Geoff




	




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noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: Slosh

Ingenious use of a balloon.   I like that one.  It could be used to pressure

test heat muffs too.



Noel



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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Slosh

I used the Balloons too. They inflated at 3 psi. Didn't like the noises coming from my tank. I certainly would not use more than 3 psi. I guess I don't need to use any sealing compound in them.

Bye the way  I'm on wheels now I started from plans in 1991 and never thought I'd see this day. ....Geoff

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