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Original Posted By: ken.beanlands(at)aurean.ca
What the heck it the equavalent.In other words, What is everyone making their tanks from ?Steve.________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Hi,> > What the heck it the equavalent.> > In other words, What is everyone making their tanks from ?> > Steve.> Although not a Piet, There is a series of articles on the Christavia MK IV web page on the construction of a fiberglass tank which I used for my MK I.The Page can be found off of my Christavia page:http://www.aurean.ca/~ken/christavia.ht ... __________
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Original Posted By: "Dr Paul S. Collier"
>What the heck it the equavalent.>>In other words, What is everyone making their tanks from ?>>Steve.Stevee- Frank P. and his Dad used tern plate and had leaks and________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
wrote:>I would be grateful if you would let me know what you used to coat the inside ofthe fuel tank.Many thanks,Paul S. CollierSchool of PharmacyThe Queen's University of Belfast97 Lisburn RoadBelfast BT9 7BLN. Ireland, U.KTel: +44 (0)1232 272009FAX: +44 (0)1232 247794________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: GMalley(at)aol.com
>I would be grateful if you would let me know what you used to coat theinside of >the fuel tank.>>Many thanks,>>Paul S. Collier>Paul- I will stop by at the airport tonight and write down all the specs. on the sloshing compound. I believe it may have been a DuPont product. It is specifically for aircraft fuel tank sealing and works very easily and quickly. Cost by the gallon is very high and since it only requires a cup or so to do a Piet tank it would be great to share some already available. Actually, my tank probably took less than a 1/2 cup. Best Regards, M. Cuy , Clev. Oh.________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: Ted Brousseau
As a precaution, I, too, had used a sloshing sealer, a Randolph product atthe time, in both wing and fuselage tanks; it worked well for about a year.But repeated use of auto fuel caused it to turn into a molasses-like gelwhich blocked everything and was very difficult to clean out. I have sinceremoved the sealer, everything works fine with much less worry.Jim Malley________________________________________________________________________________
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