Media blast gas tank?

[procan]

Hey guys! I took the gas tank out of my car during my restomod. The beige coating on it is chipping and peeling in places, and the seal between the tank and the front pan was all brittle and all that.

So I'm wondering how to get all this janky beige coating off. Can I sand blast it? I'd like to sand blast it since I have access to a Sand blaster hood. If so, what do you use to plug up all the holes? I was just going to tape around the filler neck and the small suction neck at the bottom, but what have you guys done to block off where the fuel level sensor inserts? I was thinking of making a round price of wood with a rubber seal on it that bolted right into the bolt holes. Thoughts? Suggestions?

[Porboynz]

Seal it good if you plan to blast it, you could silicone some tin plate in place or ply if you prefer. I used a wire wheel in an angle grinder to clean the flaky under seal off and start again.

[E Sully]

I used a wire wheel to strip my tank. I don't like to media blast items like gas and oil tanks. Any contamination with the media would not be good.
I did use a piece of wood and rubber gasket to seal the sender opening.

[javadog]

Warm the rubberized coating with a heat gun and use a putty knife to remove it in strips. It helps if you point the heat gun so that the putty knife blade gets hot, too. When you get most of it off, you can then use a wire brush to remove the remainder.

I would not media blast it.

JR

[Bergo]

knotted wire wheel on an angle grinder is what I found to work best. coated the tank in POR15 afterwards, then masked of the top and undercoated the bottom. I chose to leave the top of the tank shiney black. I also picked up some small knotted wire wheels to use with my pneumatic die grinder, to get into the tight spaces.