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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) |
Pat Garvey |
Jun 22 2010, 07:23 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 |
Well, I now have 3 coats of L43 on the front half of the tank. Laid down nicely.
Problem is - it isn't gray enough! Don't know what the code would be, but I suspect L43 with twice as much gray to match my original tank. Very disappointed! Priority will be to finish this nice tank for a future owner. Also, since I have no choice, I'll take my original tank to a local shop for interior cleaning & pay extra for them to preserve the exterior finish. Disappointed! Pat |
Tom_T |
Jun 22 2010, 07:39 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Well, I now have 3 coats of L43 on the front half of the tank. Laid down nicely. Problem is - it isn't gray enough! Don't know what the code would be, but I suspect L43 with twice as much gray to match my original tank. Very disappointed! Priority will be to finish this nice tank for a future owner. Also, since I have no choice, I'll take my original tank to a local shop for interior cleaning & pay extra for them to preserve the exterior finish. Disappointed! Pat Pat, too bad! Can you plz post pix of your original & this one with L43 side-by-side (2 pix) so we can all see what you're talking about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I have my 73 tank & another out of a 71 which both look to be the same satin black color, so I'm confused on what's "not grey enough" on your L43 repaint job? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Also, if the black is laid in too glossy &/or sanded too smooth, then the black will look blacker because the minute roughness of the flat & satin finishes refract more light making them appear grayer to the eye. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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