Best way to remove rust preventative coating?

[kiss]

My new Spectra gas tank came with a rust preventative coating. It's not waxy like cosmoline, more oily like LPS3. Whats the best way to remove this stuff without causing problems to the gas tank? For instance, if I use acetone, should I worry about the gas tank rusting after? Or are these Sepctra tanks made well and should be OK (galvanized, etc).

Do people paint their tanks after removing this coating?

 

[dano]

It better have something other than pickling to protect it. Methanol, Isopropanol or Acetone should remove he pickling. Have any pictures? Galvanizing is obvious with is patterns.

 

[harrisonm]

FWIW, Eastwood sells a gas tank spray paint that looks REAL good. I have used it on a few tanks, and it looks good and lasts. So if removing the coating leaves it looking poorly, you know what you can use.

 

[kiss]

It better have something other than pickling to protect it. Methanol, Isopropanol or Acetone should remove he pickling. Have any pictures? Galvanizing is obvious with is patterns.

It says zinc plated

 

[dano]

^^Which is galvanizing.

If you want to paint or cote it there are primers for galvanizing.

 

[dibbons]

see next post

 

[dibbons]

I use powdered laundry detergent, water, and a scrub sponge. Then I use naval jelly, rinse it off with water and follow with Rust-Oleum Rusty Metal primer (red oxide), followed by a Rust-Oleum color coat. The "John Deere" green-painted tank (probably not your color choice) on my '65 Formula S still looks great after about ten years:

P.S. Still wondering how it ended up with a 8 3/4 rear end with a later "489" carrier.

 

[pishta]

P.S. Still wondering how it ended up with a 8 3/4 rear end with a later "489" carrier.

Cuz someone cared enough to put it down there when the 7.25 blew.