Quote from: mikedrees on September 09, 2008, 07:36:07 AM
i actually have no preference whatsoever. i have kream-ed a tank before with moderately satisfying results. just trying to pawn off an extra tank to avoid work.

And what happened to this ?
Yes, no ... maybe ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Do it.


And that wasn't me.\/

Quote from: The Buddha on September 23, 2008, 07:45:59 AM

Quote from: mikedrees on September 09, 2008, 07:36:07 AM
i actually have no preference whatsoever. i have kream-ed a tank before with moderately satisfying results. just trying to pawn off an extra tank to avoid work.

Quote from: KCK97gs500 on September 22, 2008, 01:28:10 PM
smithville Flats  by chance do you get a tank with cap if you did would you mind letting one go.

Are you asking for a cap?
If yes, then sorry mine is bent beyond usefulness, so I need to get one as well.

Quote from: SmithvilleFlats on September 23, 2008, 03:01:36 PM
Do it.


And that wasn't me.\/

Quote from: The Buddha on September 23, 2008, 07:45:59 AM

Quote from: mikedrees on September 09, 2008, 07:36:07 AM
i actually have no preference whatsoever. i have kream-ed a tank before with moderately satisfying results. just trying to pawn off an extra tank to avoid work.

I know that was mike drees, not you ...
Anyway, it meets its maker tommorow ... want before and after pics ? ... Any bets on how many hits it will take ... I wont sand it ... I sand em only cos much of the paint there is flaked off ... but I'll get some cool pics ...
I think 1 hit wonder ... hopefully you dont even have to paint it ...
Cool.
Buddha.

OK its undented ... yea yea you want pics ... later tonight ... maybe ...
Some light bashing still needs done ... I cannot find my baseball ... yes, baseball, more like those rubber things they use at game parlors ... but none the less ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Check these pics out.

http://picasaweb.google.com/srinath.the.man/SmithvilleFlatsTank#

It was a two-fer dent removal. One on the side one in the back ... which still isn't perfect ... need my baseball. I decided I was gonna stop hammering at dark.
Anyway, I may be able to get a little better removal, however the dent is not visible from inside, the outside has a little ripple essentially where I thing the stickers bowed when it got dented, and as its undented they are holding an 'm' shape ... that center of the m is where the impact was. I almost have to sand the outside to be sure, but that means literally having to repaint ... and this tank is about good enough to not need it. Its nearly prefect.
Dgyver did you good, and my blue one was a deal and a 1/2 for the $$ too ... and he packed so well too. I plan to reuse it all nicely and send it off to you.
Cool.
Buddha.

Awesome. Looks good, can't wait to get it.

Yea I then hit it with a baseball ... OK didn't look like it did much ... then like my mexican friend said ... I hit it with a flower ... it made it smell good.
OK then I put acid in it over the weekend and ... its rained the last 2 days ... so that's where it is right now.
You in no hurry right ... through the 15th I do taxes ... didn't do em in april.
Then 20-31 I am in nashville TN, I'll have to start back on it after I get back, but I think I'll do the layer of POR 15 ... the part before welding it ... but you never know.
Cool.
Buddha.

It's already getting cold up here in upstate new york, so I doubt I'll get much riding in this season.

You dont want to powdercoat it or somehting after do you ... cos your paint is all intact ... is it on good or about to flake off where the dent used to be ... I dunno, but it is on ...
Good deal from dgyver ... The tank is comming out looking like its about never been dinged. 
Cool.
Buddha.

I'll put some more pics up ... but the gist is this ... the part I coated without welding back went great ... smooth as glass ... beautiful. I sopped up the puddle when it was still wet, and bingo ... it settled flat again. Beautiful.
Then we cured that, and welded it back. Here I had a snag. If I brushed it on, it wnt too thin ... on the weld you want to have it nicely covered. I had to wait till it thickened and then brished it on, and it got a few lumps ... obviously partially drying paint dries in a few spots and is wet in others ... so the uneven thing.
Anyway, its gotta cure, and I think it should be alright ... just looks a bit bumpy. The weld itself was a bit rough obviously. Anyway, its curing, I think I'll let it cook through my nashville trip. I have to check and let it cook well I guess and then send it ~mid next month. This week it may cook up well enough, and I can send it, but you may have to sit it in a shut in car in the sun and heat till you no longer smell paint. It cooks well in a good 150 degree car IMHO.
I'll also have to do a scrape test ... maybe thursday ...
Pics tommorow.
Cool.
Buddha.

More pics added.

http://picasaweb.google.com/srinath.the.man/SmithvilleFlatsTank#

I should take new pics again, its been welded after these were taken. And coated.

Cool.
Buddha.

Progress?

I got your progress right here ...
Oh wait a min ...
OK ... its done, its been sitting in my truck cooking in the sun for the last 3 weeks ...
OK I'll get off my butt and send you ... happy.
You painting it right ... cos some of that POR15 got outside too.
Cool.
Buddha.

Sweet.
Shipping to 13901?

Finally ... took you long enough ... OK OK its cool, not like I was doing anything on it ... 
Prolly 25 bucks. 13901 - where is that, PA or so right. Between 20 and 25 bucks ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Upstate New York, so yeah, you're close.
So what's the total?
And how should I pay you?

*cough*

Oh yea ... paypal ... watch your PM.
Cool.
Buddha.

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