Re: Gas tank installation question
Shields rubber and hose has a closed cell neopreme that has no carbon in it, that is designed to be used for that application. It comes in 2" wide by 1/4" strips, and cost about a buck a foot. It is glued on to the tank with 5200, so it doesn't really touch the tank anyways. The other alternative is foam, which I would suggest NOT using. It holds water against the tank and WILL corrode there.
As for the supports, I looked at a tank last week that came out of a buddies proline, and it was touching the hull on the corners. It didn't fail there, but it was VERY thin where it was rubbing. BTW, it had holes in it where the foam had held water against it.
When I did my tank, I put neopreme strips every 16 inches attached with 5200 on the bottom, and then 5200ed it to the platform. I have bulkheads in front and back of the tank, and put neopreme strips between the tank and the bulkheads.
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