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Gas tank resto, Final Phase - Tank |
Pat Garvey |
May 15 2010, 08:27 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
As many of you know, I have a tank problem, from fibe years (almost) gas sitting in the tank. I bought a good tank, with a bad finish. I'm documenting the rstor of it here.
Phase One - the easy part. I used the evap tank to rehone my finishing skills. It was presentable to most, but not to me. Stripped to bare metal, primed, wet sanded & 3 final coats of black satin. Three days later - wet sanded with 800 grit, Turtle Wax rubbing compound, and Meguiars Show car Glaze. Too shiney, but blame it on intense wet sanding! Pics show it all. Pat Phase Two - Fuel collar. Not too bad after some high grit sanding. We'll see how tha finish coat sticks. Stay tuned, because the tank comes next! For those who think I'm sitting on my ass, pontificating - think again! Pat Attached image(s) |
scotty b |
Jun 13 2010, 02:13 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
You do realize that the gas tanks were never finished well right ? Almost all I have pulled looked like they had been spray bombed by a retarded sea lion and were covered in runs. What you are doing is in no way original at all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)
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Pat Garvey |
Jun 13 2010, 06:43 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
You do realize that the gas tanks were never finished well right ? Almost all I have pulled looked like they had been spray bombed by a retarded sea lion and were covered in runs. What you are doing is in no way original at all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) Scotty, All tanks were not created equally. Yep, some were a bit "knarly". My original tank, as pics will show when it's removed, had a perfect finich - right down to the nipples! I've had this tank out twice. Once, when the car was resprayed (1979), and the when I out the swaybar in (1980). Both times I did nothing but polish. There were NO runs, no drips - just a clean finish. I've seen the bad ones. I've seen the not-so bad ones. And, I've seen terrible origonal finishes. Mine was good from the start. I'm re-creating that finish. When I am finished, I'll show side-by-side pics of my original & the refurbished tank. Maybe then you'll be a believer! Btw - almost zero progress this week. Somesanding & priming, but I threw my back out at work (hurts like a sumbitch). Getting older sucks. More progress (hopefully) in the coming week. Gotta get this done! Pat |
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