rethinking my brilliant idea, gas tank padding Options

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So, I have my gas tank out and painted it yesterday and now am looking for replacements for the pads under the tank. The one I took out looked like it was made out of cloth or cotton-ish material. In searching for a replacement that won't hold moisture (the one I took out looked like it caused a small patch of rust on the tank which I cleaned before painting) so I was in a dollar store and found a 5 pack of scrubbing pads. PERFECT, $1 for 5 pads which only need to be cut on one side to match the original size; the thickness was a great match. Now I'm second guessing my selection in that this scrubbing pad might scrub off the paint on the body and tank. I wonder if it would move enough to scratch off the paint? What do you think?

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I used 2" wide rubber mastic wire splicing tape found at electrical supply houses. I think I doubled it up. 3m akes good stuff

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I used 2" wide rubber mastic wire splicing tape found at electrical supply houses. I think I doubled it up. 3m akes good stuff

You are fine the way that you did it. These cars will see less and less miles per year per year. I would be remiss not to say that the original was high density felt. Available as hats and shoe inserts. A bit of something the brits use called waxoyl would keep it from ever rusting, but so would any oily waxy substance.