650 - stripping paint from tank and bondo repair
It was finally time to strip the paint from that XS750 gas tank. I have a sand blaster but some internet research indicated that the heat generated during the blasting process is bad news for the seams of old steel gas tanks. So instead I opted for a chemical stripper.
This stuff is intense. I actually had to take a video of it working just so I had proof. It ate away at the paint in no time. It also eats away at gloves in no time. Even through two layers of latex and one layer of leather, my fingers would go numb pretty quickly if any of the stuff got on my gloves. This is the first chemical product I am truely scared of.
Putting the stripper on is easy. Taking it off is extremely hard to do without getting it all over your gloves.
The result is pretty amazing though. The tank was in great condition under all that old paint. Heck, even the paint wasn't in that bad of shape considering the age. There was only one dent on the tank that I had to repair with bondo and they went extremely well.
The tank is ready for paint.
