I traded my old headlight for these two gas tanks that I think are from a CB360. They were both in terrible shape, one with extensive rust and another with a coating of some black crust on the inside... not sure what that was. I decided to tackle the one that looked more structurally sound. I attempted to pull the largest of the dents using the hammer and superglue trick but that just wasn't doing it so I used a c-clamp to pull out the dents that I could reach.
I started to clean the inside with vinegar and BBs to remove the heavy stuff. Then a soak in evaporust on and off for a few weeks. After only a few days it looked like a different gas tank. You can see in the pictures the rust that was originally coating the entire inside.
The paint wasn't coming off with aircraft stripper so I went at it with a sanding disk on the angle grinder to get the majority. From there I used an orbital sander to take off the rest and a sandblaster to get the tight spaces. Considered leaving it as raw metal but wasn't too happy with the dents so on with the bondo...
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