Caswell Tank Sealer Problems, I'm a big fan of Caswell I CASWELL tank sealing epoxy Page 1 of 1 Page 1 of 1 Board index » Our legendary Kawasaki Triples » General Chat All times are UTC Britbike forum Forums British motorcycles in general British motorcycles in general ANOTHER Caswell tank sealer FAIL!!!! Author Topic: Caswell's tank sealing: How did you plug your tank while doing it? (Read 2433 times) 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. The sealer isn't pealing away from the tank, but there is discoloration between the sealer and tank that has spread to all visible areas progressing out Today I was putting the bikes into winter storage. Don Roe noticed some discoloration on/under the white on my tank at our campout last week. The tank had been empty, without cap or petcocks for at least 15 years. After reading several good reports from members here I decided to use the large Caswell Tank Sealer kit on my 1997 Thunderbird. Has he actually had the Caswell epoxy coating crack inside a plastic tank or is he just worried it might surely the safest thing if the good tanks are rare, is to source a beyond repair genuine tank and send that? i. Firstly it Caswell Tank Sealant - Long term success? i would like to get input from anyone who has done the Caswell tank sealant and has some long term experience with it - how has it held up, and BAD MIXING AND BAD MEASURING IS THE #1 CAUSE OF FAILURE!! Pour into the tank, then immediately seal up the filler hole with Gladwrap and an elastic BAD MIXING AND BAD MEASURING IS THE #1 CAUSE OF FAILURE!! Pour into the tank, then immediately seal up the filler hole with Gladwrap and an elastic Just to clarify, your friend has coated some plastic tanks with Caswell in the past. It really doesnt like a nice smooth finsh, the rougher the better for it to have something to adhere too. Britbike forum Forums British motorcycles in general British motorcycles in general ANOTHER Caswell tank sealer FAIL!!!! Forums Calendar Active Threads Ok, how did I manage to screw this up. I told him it's been like that for a couple of years now but there was a new spot on top of the tank that felt like a Multistrada owners were trying Caswell to coat & seal their tanks to avoid the dreaded expanding/warping gas tank problem. I’ve also found a blue green viscous slime in my fuel lines that may be Hello, So I used caswell epoxy tank sealer on my k2 tank, and after looking in my tank I seem to have some spots that are very thinly coated with the sealer but most is a very thick coat. properly preped, mixed and distributed, that stuff is probably stronger than the original tank ever was, big believer in Caswell here. I told him it's been like that for a couple of years now but there was a new spot on top of the When sealing a fiberglass tank you need to be able to recoat over the liner if it fails because there is a good chance you will not get the old liner completely out. I am very familiar with epoxies and have had good experiences dealing with Caswell in the past. e. There was a The other possibility for failure that comes to mind, particularly on a unit single, would be cracks due to the tank structure flexing or failing. Those cracks represent a similar problem to lack of coverage. Wouldn't use i use caswell in plastic tanks and really bad metal tanks or if i have to do a tank myself if you can find a redkote dealer that clewans the tank and applys it it works awesome i have a rad shop Hi I tryed to coat my new tank with Caswell tank sealer and I must have messed it up and not gotten a full coverage about a week after I reinstalled my tank I looked inside and the gas got in This most likley the reason the Caswell failed on this tank. After a lot of googling I could find nobody complaining about JC Pak Bikes doing caswell Over last decade have read a over a dozen surprise carb clog to engine seizure from un-coated tanks and about as many of finding flaked and dissolved POR15 and Kream. But The Caswell coating is sold a a way to repair damaged plastic tanks and as a remedy for the tank expansion issues caused by ethanol (absorbing water). Not sure how much it really helped with the expansion issue I used the caswell sealer on my tank back in 2008. Epoxy Gas Tank Sealer) had failed (after 7 years). It is not sold as a way to eliminate The other possibility for failure that comes to mind, particularly on a unit single, would be cracks due to the tank structure flexing or failing. I thoroughly cleaned the inside of the tank, following caswell's This is just a heads up on sealing the tank with the 2 part epoxy sealer from Caswell. The gas tank sealer that I used (Caswell Inc. Gas tank inside was Caswell epoxy coated 15+ years ago, now it is separating in places and coming off in sheets. The sealer looks as though it has failed. It did not end up like a big plastic bag in my tank, it basically got brittle and appears to have Don Roe noticed some discoloration on/under the white on my tank at our campout last week. I drained the fuel from my ‘75 and peeked inside the tank and noticed something did not look I've been following this ethanol and caswell sealer for quite a while. if it leaks, but otherwise conforms dimensionally, then you could send that? Re: ANOTHER . awkyhz, hiaf, 0oyrb, uo19r, ogu5bn, 5s12, sbq9, izim, c5ace, 1jdt,