I'm planning on using POR 15 on my trunk this weekend and I had a thought about wire brushing the fuel tank. Might there be any danger? I'm a real nut when it comes to gas and electricity. I can see the news now: man dies while trying to retore his classic mustang....more at 11...
well, ive noticed that there usually is some amount of gas fumes in the trunk of my car, i dont know how, but there is. heres the rule, fumes are more flammable than the gas itself. if you should happen to create a spark with that wire brush and there is enough gas fumes in the air = kabooooom!!!! i would just be very careful. im scared to death of gas. i just changed my fuel tank myself and it was mentally quite a challenge, although one of the easiest mustang projects
by the way, where does one find this magical por 15 stuff? ive heard it works well and would like to brush it all over the bottom of my car to clean things up a bit!
From what I understand you need to do many steps to apply POR15. Check out Eastwood Company's Rust Encapsulator. It is a brush on product that requires a whole lot less prep. I cannot vouch for its effectiveness, but I have seen some good reviews and bought some myself to try.
Can you drain the tank, remove it, blow out the fumes with a compressor or vacuum, and the POR-15 the whole thing? It would look much better and the tanks are REALLY easy to remove in the early cars.
As for the POR-15 info, I was curious as well and checked out their site last week. I might try to find some for my sailboat.
I just received my starter kit yesterday (MarineClean, Metal Ready, POR15, gloves and two brushes - $21.00). I think it's enough to finish the entire trunk.
If the POR15 works as promised, I'm going to do the entire (floor pans), etc.
Maybe I'll just drive around to use the gas up to reduce the fumes. I don't want to remove the tank. I don't have a gas b-b-que pit for a reason!