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Fuel tank painting #3

The painting of the lower half of the fuel tank was continuing.
I removed the old paint on the fuel tank patiently.  Finally I removed the old paint to this level using sand papers.  I guess I would have a pain in my arms tomorrow.


In the next I would paint the tank with remained tank sealer as rust preventive paint.
Last time I thought the inside of the hardened surface was still usable, but after 1 week it was becoming harder. 
I cut the surface by knife and could paint.
Viscosity was like mayonnaise.  I painted it with a brush. 


Finally I painted the lower half part of the tank with chassis black as a top coat.
Upper half was silver color of tank sealer.  I might paint with black if I change my mind.


To avoid hardening of the sealer paint, I separated the remained sealer to some small cans.  Plastic wrap was inserted between can and lid to avoid the lid sticking with the can.


By the way I knew that POR is hard to remove if it applies on hands.  But my hands became like this.


From next day I would be on business trip and had to hand my business card with these painted hands. ☺︎


(My original blog was written on 7th Sep. 2008)
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