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BobbyPaulk(at)comcast.net
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 Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: Tank Sloshing |
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List,
I can add to the list to NOT slosh. I have a Pitts and I removed the tank ( about 10 yrs ago ) to slosh since it was weeping at one of the welds. The sloshing compound was the best you could buy. It started to flake off and I spent many hours removing the tank boiling it out with paint removers, MEK, and soap and water. I used proseal on the Outside of the seam and have had no further problems.
A friend pulled his Cessna 170 tank this year due to large flakes of the sloshing compound floating at the nozzle when topping off the tank. He had to have the tank cut apart to clean and re-welded.
Hope this helps someone
Bobby
601 XL
Florida
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 3:52 pm Post subject: Tank Sloshing |
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I bet it probably didn't work out ok.... Sloshing a tank that has had fuel in it for any extended period of time will usually lead to poor adhesion of the sloshing compound. It is VERY hard to properly prep the tank without either removing it from the wing, load some sharp edged gravel or removing the whole wing and getting some strong guys to shake. flip and shake some more to abrade the inner tank surface. Doing that along with multiple flushings with MEK will prep the tank to let the compound to grip the the surface. Just sloshing the tank without removing the existing fuel varnish thats stuck in the inner surface is asking for trouble. YMMV..
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Ben Haas
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www.haaspowerair.com
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