Electrolysis is your friend. Use a small wading pool with a dilute solution of washing soda, lye, or baking soda and a battery charger. It's the only way to make sure you get all the rust off. In my younger years I used fiberglass and epoxy to reinforce the rusted tank on my 59 VW Beetle. Did not have the car long enough to see how it held up. Ended up selling it for a Opel Manta.
-Dave Walton On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to restore a gas tank. The little sandblaster I bought was > just not up to the job. Luckily it was cheap -- so I'm back to > chipping and scraping. > > The rust is flaky under the paint. Some of the pieces are stuck > pretty well, but they will come off with hammering and chipping. > > I'm concerned about how much solid metal is remaning. The rust comes > off leaving a fairly smooth solid surface -- does not seem like it's > too eroded. Yet the flakes are so thick I can't imagine there's a lot > of original metal left. However perhaps forming under the paint the > rust sort of swells and looks like a lot more than it is. Anyone have > experience with this? > > I think I need to get all this rust off or it will just loosen up and > start to flake off again soon, even if I cover it with a good layer of > rust-oleum, or even POR-15. > > I'm thinking of trying a pneumatic needle scaler. Do they work well? > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
