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Fuel tank repair: Day 4 --- drying

I went to the travel with my family for 2 days. 
Before leaving my house, I washed out the remaining METAL READY inside of the tank by water.


In the manual they suggested to blow the hot air into the tank to dry the inside.  But I put the tank on the terrace of my house and went to the travel.


Because the terrace was very sunny side place and became very hot in summer.  I thought it was suitable to dry the inside of the tank.

So, we went to travel


of course with our dog!

When we came back from the travel, the inside of the tank became perfectly dry! ☺︎

Next would be the sealer treatment process. 


(My original blog was written on 15th Aug. 2008)

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