anyone a fan of red kote?
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anyone a fan of red kote?
Seems good as far as I can tell, anything bad has been installer error or bad patch. Anyone here have good pr bad to say about it? Thanks.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Was a fan but not anymore. Bout 8-10 years ago I took a gas tank to a rad shop. they cleaned and coated with red kote. Paid a bunch of money. this past year my reserve quit working and I looked inside. the entire coating had failed. Looked like probably a half inch of blackish powder in the bottom of the tank. Luckily i had a really good filter. Not sure what caused it but I will never use it again.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Yikes! That's not awesome....my tank is great on the inside, but a bit flakey around the emblems, thought maybe a extra barrier would be a good idea, maybe not.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
That's all I've used, 4 times so far. No issues. My oldest application is 12 years ago and holding up fine.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Interesting...perhaps preparation was different. I guess I would t know until I knock the rust off. I'm prob going to need to weld a new petcock in so maybe just weld/solder any holes I find.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Yea no idea why it failed. Maybe the product used was old or may have been prep or something else
This is what my filter looked like, it was packed in there. and this is what I flushed out of the tank
This is what my filter looked like, it was packed in there. and this is what I flushed out of the tank
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Wow....nasty
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
I use kreem. No issues,and being white,you can inspect the tank easier.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
I also like Kreem. Still working after 15+ years
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Is there a 3rd brand often used? Seems there was but I can't remember what....
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Oh duh....por15...
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
I've had my best luck with just using POR-15 paint. Pour it in, slurry it around.
Impervious to fuel, made to work with rust. Ideal when welding a tank.
They make a tank sealer too, have never used it. I'm guessing it's probably pretty good too.
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Impervious to fuel, made to work with rust. Ideal when welding a tank.
They make a tank sealer too, have never used it. I'm guessing it's probably pretty good too.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Another product is Caswell. I've used it a couple times and it worked well. I don't know how long it lasted though as I no longer have either bike.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
Red coat vapors are rough.
Make sure to ventilated well.
Only problem I ever had with red coat; it turned my gas red when I didn't let it fully cure before filling the tank.
It eventually cured and offered no other problems.
But
I like por15 better.
Make sure to ventilated well.
Only problem I ever had with red coat; it turned my gas red when I didn't let it fully cure before filling the tank.
It eventually cured and offered no other problems.
But
I like por15 better.
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Re: anyone a fan of red kote?
I believe red-kote is dissolvable with acetone
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