Recent content by mwlehman

mix some liquid soap with the water , put a couple drops in it, the soap break surface tension of water and sands much better. I would start with the finest paper you can that cuts the ruff parts down..try 1500 and wetsand the area. and then up to 2000 then to 3000 if you want, that grit...

this is the absolute best to use...I work at a very high end restoration shop and this is the only thing we use on fresh bare metal.. rust inhibiting wash primer, PPG DX 1791/1792 https://www.repaintsupply.com/files/DX1791-TDS.pdf

you can also clean area well and use a hot glue gun to glue metal tabs to tank and then pull outward on tabs, might pull paint off but then just glue to bare metal

sandblast larger area and braze hole shut...nothing I know of in industry that is a two part glue that will hold up over long term

yes they will work fine, I have used the WSB nozzle for solvent base paints and it sprays fine, I would not pay more than $175-200 per gun, make sure nozzle holes are unmolested and look perfect.. WSB size is about a 1.26 and solvent based nozzles run from 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and up. I have a...