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The Beginning / Re: Caswells tank liner removal
« on: November 25, 2019, 09:25:00 pm »
i don't recall removal of caswells epoxy tank liner being discussed on the forum. and a search for any such info i cannot find if it has been discussed on the forum.
i have a steel tank where someone did shit for prep if they even prepped at all, as the caswells has let loose and now is in essence a clear, thin, brittle "bag" inside the tank. i broke out what fragments i could and have it soaking in mek to no avail. somewhere i got it in m brain methylene chloride removes caswells, so i have a gallon of the stuff on it's way to my man cave.
fwiw, the liner fragments have flakes of rust impregnated in the caswells and when i rub my finger on the inside surface of the tank, i can feel it knocking off rust flakes and my finger tip comes out rusty red.
i've spent the last couple days surfing the 'net looking for info on what is used to remove caswells and all i find is out-gassing blather of keyboard commando's.
now as i am writing this, it "seems" i am recalling perhaps maybe i might of actually contacted caswells and that's perhaps where i got the idea the chemical used is methylene chloride.
my question is: "does anyone have experience removing caswells epoxy tank liner?"
on a side note, reading http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/topic,275.msg1498.html#msg1498 smeone asked what removes old dried varnished gasoline from a gas tank. Zip-Strip Paint Remover or at least it used to. i guess Zip-Strip no longer has methylene chloride as one of its active ingredients and it was several years ago i used Zip-Strip to remove a 3/4" layer of rock hard dried gas from the tank that was on 2157. dried gas immediately turns to goo when hit by Zip-Strip or at least the Zip-Strip from i used around 10 years ago.
i have a steel tank where someone did shit for prep if they even prepped at all, as the caswells has let loose and now is in essence a clear, thin, brittle "bag" inside the tank. i broke out what fragments i could and have it soaking in mek to no avail. somewhere i got it in m brain methylene chloride removes caswells, so i have a gallon of the stuff on it's way to my man cave.
fwiw, the liner fragments have flakes of rust impregnated in the caswells and when i rub my finger on the inside surface of the tank, i can feel it knocking off rust flakes and my finger tip comes out rusty red.
i've spent the last couple days surfing the 'net looking for info on what is used to remove caswells and all i find is out-gassing blather of keyboard commando's.
now as i am writing this, it "seems" i am recalling perhaps maybe i might of actually contacted caswells and that's perhaps where i got the idea the chemical used is methylene chloride.
my question is: "does anyone have experience removing caswells epoxy tank liner?"
on a side note, reading http://cb750sandcastonly.com/smf_forum/index.php/topic,275.msg1498.html#msg1498 smeone asked what removes old dried varnished gasoline from a gas tank. Zip-Strip Paint Remover or at least it used to. i guess Zip-Strip no longer has methylene chloride as one of its active ingredients and it was several years ago i used Zip-Strip to remove a 3/4" layer of rock hard dried gas from the tank that was on 2157. dried gas immediately turns to goo when hit by Zip-Strip or at least the Zip-Strip from i used around 10 years ago.