Of the people here who have used the por 15 tank sealer has it worked over the years or has it ever failed?

It is the best stuff I know of and I was wondering if it really works or if there is something better.

 

I haven't used POR 15, so I can't compare. I did use Caswell Tank Sealer, and it works great. Used it to line a fiberglass BSA tank about 5 years ago, and no problems since. Fiberglass dissolves with the new ethanol fuels.

Great Stuff, check it out:
http://www.caswellplating.com/restor...nk-sealer.html

 

Thank you for the reply but I am not impressed with Caswell.
I put it in the Taiwanese aftermarket tanks I have and 2 years later it is flaking out like you wouldn't believe.

 

What capacity tanks do you have TX?

 

For now they are 5 gallon but in the fall I am gonna get some FLSTN tanks for it. I think they are 5.4 gallon.

 

POR paint is as tough as it gets, actually used the paint to seal a fuel tank that came out good, didn't know they make a tank sealer but the paint is tops. Don't get it on you because nothing takes it off except wear.

 

I used it on my 98 Heritage.... I KEPT getting trash in my carb and messing up my ride. You could see the trash/rush in my tanks. I finally bit the bullet and ordered the 3 step POR 15 sealing process.... it worked, no more problems.

A few things to watch out for.

1. if you get this stuff on your paint, it will mess it up!!!! I tried to be careful, but still got some on my paint. Mask off the entire outside of the tank. Maybe 2-3 layers of masking/painters tape.....

2. I had a fat bob or fat boy, some kind of fat tank :-) I think fat bob. It was a super wide, two-piece tank. Anyway, each tank, right and left, had tubes with elbows coming out of the bottom. It was a cross over tube, and another one that was the fuel line going to carb..... anyway, Those little tubes filled up and it hardened!! I had to cut them off so they no longer had 90 degree bends, and drill them out..... all in all it worked out ok, but If I had shoved a wire or something up those tubes while the last stage was drying or curing, it would have been better.....

Those are just my two suggestions.... The stuff works great though. I went from having rusty trashy tanks, to takes that looked like a newly sealed and painted garage floor :-) No more trash in the carb

 

How long ago did you do this?
Has it held up over time?

 

Can't help ya there..... I did it 3 years ago, but traded the bike in 8 months after I did it. Sorry. I can tell ya it looked freshly done after 8 months..... But can't tell ya anything about the long hall.....

 

Used it on my '02 heritage about 4 years ago... No problems what so ever...