Tanks for the memory

Previously wrote:

Having tried KURUST in my rusty interstate tankand found it wanting , I"ve stumbled across something called Hydrate 80 by an outfit called Bilt Hamber .It makes all the usual extravagant claims. Does this ring any bells out there in Norton land? Many thanks

I've used Bilt Hamber's DeoxC with extremely impressive results so, on that basis, I'd be inclined to accept whatever claims they make for Hydrate 80.

I can recommend 'reverse electrolysis' - which I've recently tried - works a treat!

Check out the process here

Peter

After a good long soak with Deox (24 to 48 hours) the tank has to be rinsed out with clean water and thoroughly dried (I used hot sunshine but that's a bit difficult to get hold of at the moment so a good fan heater or hot-air gun should do the trick) then immediately apply the ethanol-proof tank treatment of choice. Frosts do a good one (being American they've had years of experience in combatting the effects of ethanol in petrol) and I've also used Sureseal from Tank Care products with very satisfactory results. Incidentally, don't just chuck the Deox away, drain it into a suitable container and you'll be able to use it for other de-rusting jobs in the future as it lasts almost indefinitely (I've used it successfully up to two years later).

The reverse electrolysis idea looks interesting.

For my internally rusty 16H tank I bought but haven't yet used a fuel tank rust remover from the Yamalube range, two bottles - presumably acid in one and a neutraliser in the other.

Iain

I have used reverse electrolysis on 2 tanks and both are doing well 3 years later, bit messy but easy to do but you do need to clean the nail of gunge a lot.