Paint damage

Fuel tank arrived from Breakers today
they did'nt bung up the holes so fuel has dribbled all over the top
(packaged upside down)
looks like the paint has reacted and there is visible bubbling, in 3 streams
accross the top
Excepting Angle grinder comments - any idea if this is fixable or should I
send it back?
(T-Cut? ouch don't fancy that much, would I lose the gloss?)

 

It's fixable, but only with a repaint and that could cost close to 200 squid
at a prefessional stylee bodyshop.

T-cut will make dull paint shine, but it won't shine up bubbles of lifted
paint.


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Beav

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Depends on what you paid, and how difficult it is to get these tanks. Only
way to sort the paint would be to respray the whole thing. Its not likely to
have been affected by petrol, unless its been painted at some time with a
paint system thats not resistant to petrol.

k

 

Wot 'e said. Bubbles in the paint indicate that the paint has lifted,
which can happen for various reasons. Paint not being petrol resistant
is one of them, heat or contamination another.

 

Yeah, but there's resistance to petrol (most paints) and petrol proof (not
many).

Splashes and small spills don't usually affect paints, but soaking a painted
part in petrol is definitley not a good thing if you want to keep a good
finish unless the paint is petrol proof. That's be an epoxy paint then.



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Beav

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Far more likely that its been done by brake fluid. After all even a complete
fucktard is not going to send a tank thats still got fuel in it
surely.................

If you paid by card contact the card issuer, and stop payment if they wont
refund or send another tank.

k

 

Any minute now, someones going to grill you for top-posting...

 

Any moment now, someone's going to grill you for feeding the troll.

 

Der, it came from a brakers... like they have hundreds knocking around
waiting for sale.

 

There's your stuff then. Brake fluid. Should've got it from a breakers.


like they have hundreds knocking around

Get some pics up somewhere so we can see exactly what the problem is.


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Beav

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the photos don't show up the area :-(

on closer inspection, its like the tank was rusty, been rubbed down, then
resprayed
thats the look of the slightly rippled area, its raised ever so slightly to
the touch
but it most certainly hasn't been repainted.
I 'll live with it it think, its gotta look better than the bloody great
ding in the current tank.
and the missus could'nt see the marks till I pointed them out.

 

The soaking in juice has probably just caught the lacquer then, and "may"
benefit from a smack with a piece if 2000 wet and dry, followed by a quick
T-cut and wax, but to be honest, I'd prefer to see it before I said "Do it",
IYSWIM.

There's always that.

Not a real eye sore then.



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