Roland Dudley says:
>
> sure what kind of paint to use. I suppose I could use Imron. It's
> difficult to find decent paint in a spray can anywhere in California
> these days. So, whatever I decide on, I'll most likely have to use my
Up here in the green zone, Pacific Northwest, I can still get good paint in
spray cans. The local Ace Hardware store even sells a Hammerite spray that
has a finish similar to old barbeques. It comes in a number of colors,
including semi-chrome, whoch would look pretty neat on the tank I'd think.
Prices were around $2.75 a can. I think that if you are interested, there
are a couple of folks making the PDX to SJC connection via auto in the next
few weeks.....
>
> The insides is another matter. Maybe I'll try removing some more of the
> crud. One method I've heard suggested is to dump a can of small nuts
> and bolts inside the tank (or perhaps small diameter gravel) and roll
> the tank around and let this loose stuff knock the worst of the rust and
> crud loose. I'm going to scrutinize the inside as best I can this
> weekend. Maybe this won't be necessary.
>
> Roland
>
Reminds me of the method I heard an old Harley motorcycle jock used to clean
the carbon out of his engines: he'd pull out the spark plug and drop in a BB
or two, then start the engine back up. Apparently, the BB would clean off
all the carbon deposits....as well as give a neat mini-ball peen effect to
the inside of the combustion chamber.
Kidz! Don't do this at home......
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