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Position the tank so the section you are going to work on is horizontal. Have one made out of aluminum if it is a unique shape.
The tank also gets a final coat of epoxy primer to protect the exterior and keep it looking clean.
How to make a fiberglass tank. In this video Harry Spear shows how to build a fiberglass gas tank. Make Your Own Fiberglass Potable Water Tank. If you plan to build your own tank you will need to use FDA-approved resin.
This is the next in the series. The first is the mold build. Im having the domino effect happening to me and it looks like the next piece to fall is the fuel tank.
Its in pretty bad shape and i could use one anyway. My buddy said i should try building a fiberglass tank and it didnt sound like a bad idea but i have no experiance using fiberglass. I figure build a jig for it then lay the fiber-cloth in there and start applying the resin to the bottom and the sides of the tank.
Then after that hardens put the top on it and then wrap the entire tank. One way to make them is to lay layers of fiberglass mats around a form plywood maybe. It takes three or four layers to make a strong liquid-holding tank.
This is for a do-it-yourself tank. I suppose commercial builders follow the same general procedure. Shape the tank in foam polystyrene and form your tank around it using whatever glass and resin you decide upon.
Then after the glass has cured you can dissolve the foam with gasoline. Ive read a couple articles on the net about making parts this way. Top fiberglass tank molds.
Once removed from the tank the top two molds connect together making a shell of the outside surface of the gas tank. With the bottom mold from above put in place the inside cavity of these molds is an exact replica of the space occupied by the stock gas tank and all its exterior surfaces. If you dont you will be in trouble cos your tanks will start leaking.
Also your tanks will need a full cure before use in operation. Finally best of luck mate you will need it. Hope you are good at laminating.
Make sure you have zero voids to avoid osmosis etc. Consider infusing the tanks from the word go if you know how to minimise voids etc. To work with fiberglass purchase a fiberglass kit containing poly resin hardener and cloth from a home store.
Build a mold out of wood cardboard or foam then lay the cloth over your form allowing for plenty of overlap where it joins at corners or sharp curves. The main fiberglass tank on my 35 Five Islands holds only 130 gallons so I want to add more fuel to fish the canyons. I could use a bladder but I dont want to take up deck space and I have plenty of room under the deck to add two approx.
80-100 gallon saddle tanks along the stringers on either side of the main tank. Anybody ever attempt to make a fiberglass gas tank. I seem to recall the subject coming up before but cant recall any posts about success stories.
I have seen some references elsewhere about problems with fiberglass fuel tanks and gasoline-ethanol mixes and the deterioration of the tanks caused by the ethanol. How to build wooden fish tank with fiberglass-liner - YouTube. How to build wooden fish tank with fiberglass-liner.
For either method you would need to make the tank as an open top box and then make a separate fiberglass panel that would be glued and fiberglassed on the top. A couple of things I would suggest 1 build in two or three baffles inside the tank. Baffles will help to make the tank much stronger and stop the fuel from sloshing around when the boat rolls.
If Im not mistaken the jet guys use kevlar tanks never seen a fiber glass one. You would have to make a mold and glue two halves together. Either that or fashion a disappearing plug that you can fiberglass over and then use gas to.
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Fiberglass tanks are an alternative to stainless steel tanks. Theyre manufactured from reinforced plastic material composed of a woven material embedded with glass fibers laid across each other and held together with a binding substance. Hi all Ive been searching here and around the net for info on how to build a fuel tank.
I want one about 6x10x15 to fit under the front seat of my 14 skiff. So far I cant find one commercially so am thinking I can build one. Maybe out of fiberglass.
Making a fiberglass gas tank. That would be a real waste of time and money since the resins are not compatable with ethanol blended fuel which may be why your existing tank went bad. Plastic tanks are fine - fiberglass not so much.
Have one made out of aluminum if it is a unique shape. Glue-up the Tank and Finish the Outside Surfaces. Now its time to glue the tank up.
We applied epoxy fillets to the inside corners along with fiberglass tape to the outside corners. This made the tank both strong and leak proof. The tank also gets a final coat of epoxy primer to protect the exterior and keep it looking clean.
Position the tank so the section you are going to work on is horizontal. Paint the polyester onto the inside of this side of the tank. Place the fiberglass mat onto the wet polyester surface and paint another layer of polyester over this.