Tank restoration

[festy]

Hey all i have a pretty scruwed up tank that had a ton of pin holes all over it. instead of buyin a new one last year i had to actually cut it open and get all the shotty cream coat out then weld it back up to get a different pro coat in it then bondo shape and paint. now i am actually re doing it b/c of 2 reasons. 1 bondo can eventually crack and also i rushed the job so it didnt look that nice up close. sooo yesterday and today i cleaned it up with a flap wheel and 80 grit sand paper to finish to get smooth.

next step is to shape using icing, which is like bondo but its a polyester filler that is better it cost 20$ and you get a big tube of it n some hardener. i should be doing this next week after work one day.

 

[ECP89]

"Bondo" is poly filling too... Its all the same. Icing is just thinner.

As long as you dont build it up too thick; make sure your metal is clean; and seal it as soon as you are done filing it, you shouldnt have any problems.

 

[Wolfe_11B]

Get some quality epoxy, use cab-o-sil or microbubbles as a filler, and you'll never use that store bought body filler again.

 

[festy]

i used an MEK that we have at my shop to clean it good before using the icing almost done with the 1st coat n sanding. got some dents i need to address hah

 

[drewpy]

Get some quality epoxy, use cab-o-sil or microbubbles as a filler, and you'll never use that store bought body filler again.

just checked out cab o sil, is it silica and you mix it with epoxy or as the site suggested, resin?

 

[Wolfe_11B]

just checked out cab o sil, is it silica and you mix it with epoxy or as the site suggested, resin?

Yeppers. Pretty much you use your own resins/epoxy/whatever, and then turn it into your own filler. I like the cabosil since it is easy to get different consistencies for different jobs. It cures a lot 'harder' than bondo type fillers, but sands just the same. And on the plus side, it is water resistant unlike talc fillers.

 

[drewpy]

Yeppers. Pretty much you use your own resins/epoxy/whatever, and then turn it into your own filler. I like the cabosil since it is easy to get different consistencies for different jobs. It cures a lot 'harder' than bondo type fillers, but sands just the same. And on the plus side, it is water resistant unlike talc fillers.

cool, its really cheap too