Hey all, what’s a poor mans alternative to the acid for exterior cleaning of fuel tanks, and other alum/stainless tanks?
Here is W Texas the water is soooo hard and full of minerals, everything has a dingy grey after power washing. Any ideas would be grateful.
Alternative to acid cleaner?
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Lazer, Oct 30, 2020.
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Citrus may take some of the discoloration out and won’t make it bright white like acid. I think pricing for that at the truck wash is about the same as acid though.
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Maybe try CLR or vinegar?
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Was thinking that, have a whole 9200 gal trailer that’s dingy has all heck.
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Back when I used to haul fuel one of our senior drivers used jeweler's rouge and a high-speed buffer on his trailer. It looked really really good, but I doubt you want to spend that kind of time on yours.
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The tanks on the Mrs's truck get acid about twice a year. The rest of the time, i spray them with Simple Green and let it soak for a while, then scrub some with the wash brush and rinse slowly with the pressure washer. They stay looking pretty nice just doing that every week or two.
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The elderly ‘22 Alcoa lock ring tube types on my old Diamond T were acid washed and polished years ago by some guy my uncle paid. They were not removed from the truck for years. When I took them off 2 years ago the unwashed acid had eaten the aluminum on the rear inners. No way i’d do that again.
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That's not acid damage, Caustic/lye [base] solutions eat aluminum like that.
Aluminum brightener usually has hydrofluoric acid sometimes mixed with Nitric acid.650cat425 Thanks this. -
As far as I know no chemicals could have gotten to it were it was parked except maybe some airbourne fertilizer vapors for a short term.650cat425 Thanks this. -
Many cleaners are caustic based [sodium hypochlorite/potassium hypochlorite] and will eat aluminum. Who knows what solutions were used over the years.
Tankers are often in cleaning racks that use caustic as a cleaning solution and are driven thru puddles of dubious concentrations
Perhaps the guy was a regular at the Streakin Beacon...650cat425 and SmallPackage Thank this. -
This is what I was discribing. It seems that only one out of 6 is doing it like this in 3 different spots. On the bottom pic that one spot looks like it is cracked through but that is just a hammer mark from a tire man with a bad aim.
I figure the chemical must have gotten in between the wheel and tire bead and tube flap somehow. Tire coulda been flat at that time. Who knows.650cat425 and Itsbrokeagain Thank this.
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