[SEL] Calling all Red-Kote User's - Need Advice

[Curt]

Paul,
I could get a single one of these links to come up.....you know of any 
problems with it?
Curt

Paul Maples wrote:

>Well gang today I started my initial preparation for sealing my Stover gas tank using Red-Kote. I have had the bottom of the tank brazed up by a local welding shop:
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild311.jpg
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>However after the welder brazed on it off and on for three weeks he quit as he said the more he welded on it the more it cracked. When he quit he was still getting some leaks out of the bottom through some small cracks that he had not gotten sealed.
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>I used a variety of tools to break loose most of the rust in the bottom of the tank, keep in mind that the bottom had really been subjected to a lot of heat over the last three weeks as the brazing process went on. Once I got as much rust loose as I could I took the tank to a local car wash and washed it out using the pressure wand. Brought it back home and used air to blow it out as well as I could and then put a 120 watt light bulb in the tank and sealed up all of the holes to let the heat further dry out the moisture in the tank. The tank is still out in the shop drying now but I took these pictures of the bottom of the tank just a few minutes ago:
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild320.jpg
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild318.jpg
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild317.jpg
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild316.jpg
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>http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Rebuild315.jpg
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>Now my question: Do I need to try to figure out a way to sandblast the inside of the tank, it only has about a 4" opening in the top to get to the inside, and then apply some JB Weld to these cracks before I apply the Red-Kote sealer? I have been told that if the Red-Kote ponds anywhere in a tank it will skim over and never cure out. I am afraid that as wide as the cracks are the Red-Kote will go in the crack and pond up and skim over. 
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>I will appreciate any advise you Red-Kote users can give me as I want this to be successful.
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>Thanks,
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>Paul
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