gas tank paint

just removed the tank, replacing the sender/float, all new rubber lines.
and in the process of cleaning, but its not looking good,
any suggestions on paint?
really didn't wanna do black, was thinking silver, or zinc, or???
NOT a show car, but an cleaning painting everything I touch,

and to think, all this started over a gas stain, ( was worried about a leak)

 

tank is out of 72 skylark, tank is good cond, just funky ........

87WE4, is done,
425 Rwhp, 440 torq. and V6 !
lots of boost and Alky.
after untold amount of $$$$,

 

lol, lol, I keep saying that, "what another $100" lol
for a supposed to be budget build, sure has spiraled out of sight.
but,,, you may be right,

 

And you can't take it with you. might as well enjoy it while you're here.

 

I used some left-over Krylon Chrome-Aluminum; has actual metal flake in it. I was accused of buying a new tank. LOL. I should take a picture of that.

 

I've used silver header paint on my 65 Ford & 69 Skylark, looks pretty good to me; after a couple years I brought a new one for the skylark.

 

I used Krylon hammered metal finish on mine and it came out nice.

 

forgot about the "hammered metal" paint, did a roll cage with it, and looked great!
thx

 

Eastwood sell a gas tank paint. Worked well for me and painted 16 years ago.

 

well, wire brushed it, pressure washed it, wiped it down with thinner,
and shot a coat of satin silver on it, let it cure, and probably another coat or two,
I looked inside, it was spotless, so did n't see the need for a new one,

 

Got any pictures?

 

tomorrow,

 

I used Krylon satin silver,
not saying its the best, but it works for me,

 

That looks great! I was hoping to do the same to ours, but we dropped the tank today, poured out the 3o year old gas and found the tank wasn't worth saving. A new one is on the way...hopefully it will look as good as yours!

 

I gave thought to buying a new tank,
but after looking inside, why? my tank has couple small dents/ dings,
so? its not like I'm building a show car,
I use krylon "satin silver" its not like alum silver, looks more natural ,
I use it on small brackets, bolt heads, etc, where I got tired of " everything black"
I actually did my new disc rotors (where the pads do not hit) to keep them from rusting.
post up your results, please.,

 

made some progress today, alot of cleaning to do, so progress is slow,

 

If it’s not a show car undercoat it like many gas tanks were back in the day and don’t worry about the finish.