Had to go away for work for a couple of weeks, but back again and back into the Victas....

Dropped a load of stuff off at the Sandblaster today, and took the petrol tanks down to Redi-Strip - Holy Snappin' Duck Sh!t Batman!! They wanted $30 each to dip them.

Bugger that!! I took them home and done it myself with an angle grinder and a plastic stripping disk. I will strip and prep the inside of the tanks with POR-15 Petrol Tank restorer - Its expensive - but I've used it before and its damn good!!

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Anyone got any suggestions how to clean/polish the alloy Muffler thingy (I think that is the correct name for it) the nice alloy bit with the fins on it.... I don't have anything that gets in between the fins - I've got it cleaning in the Ultrasonic Cleaner as Im typing this, but that's not going to get it nice and shiny. I've cleaned one surface, and tried to polish it, but the metal seems quite porous and doesn't seem to polish all that well.

Suggestions?

Once the stuff comes back from the sandblaster - the big question of paint will raise its ugly head. I think I might try and get some of the Galmet Hammertone Avocardo and either brush paint it, or get one of those PreVal hand aerosol sprayers and have a go with that.

Any tips for spraying - I assume I've got to thin the paint down before I can use it in the PreVal. And what type of Primer should I use, the Galmet is an Enamel isn't it? Do I need a specific primer for Enamel paints?

Thanks in advance.



Polybus.