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Offline mic

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tank dents
« on: February 04, 2016, 08:08:21 PM »
hey,

cr125 m1 tank got a few small dents, should i sand blast to bare metal, bog, prep & paint or just sand bog prep & paint?

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Re: tank dents
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2016, 08:40:28 PM »
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Re: tank dents
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2016, 09:06:20 PM »
If that's an alloy tank? don't sand blast it, it will come back distorted and more dented. Just use chemical paint stripper and or bead blast which is less aggressive/less heat.
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Re: tank dents
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2016, 09:27:02 PM »
Geoff Morris did a great job of pulling the dents out of my alloy Maico tank. J

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Re: tank dents
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2016, 09:30:07 PM »
Steel tank on the 125 M1 ;)

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Re: tank dents
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2016, 09:38:12 PM »
fill and paint, less tears when you drop it.

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Re: tank dents
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2016, 10:21:56 PM »
how good a job do you want?  Rider - just bog and paint - any better - send it to Geoff for a top job in fixing.
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Re: tank dents
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2016, 01:36:23 PM »
The general rule is back to bare metal before filler. Reason being if you fill over existing paint & it (the paint) falls off, so does your filler.
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Re: tank dents
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2016, 03:19:14 PM »
The general rule is back to bare metal before filler. Reason being if you fill over existing paint & it (the paint) falls off, so does your filler.
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thats what i thought, thx
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