Gas tank restoration revisited

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geoffbp58
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Gas tank restoration revisited

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Greetings, all. Upon previous advice, I poured a quart of MEK into my badly Kreem-peeling but otherwise nice GT 550 tank. Lowe's only had the MEK- substitute, so that's what I used.... Seems to work amazingly well! At least for what it reached. If I want to fill the tank and leave it overnight, what should I use? I'm thinking buying four gallons or so might be impractical (expensive, if I can find it, and I'm not too sure about disposal). Can I thin the MEK with something and fill the tank? Any advice from experienced folks would be much appreciated!
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Re: Gas tank restoration revisited

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Is this to strip the lining from the inside? If so, there is a lovely step by step article on this topic in the ?September issue of Classic Motorcycles Mechanics magazine
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