> I know some here do custom paint on tanks. My question is how do you fix
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Let it air out and it will be fine. Put it near a fan to get air moving
in and out of it. Filling it with water may present other problems.
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'68 L-79 Coupe
'79 Triumph Bonneville
Shut up, Dave.
Steve E.
I assume you're not talking about a nail stud gun used in construction.
If the tank has a strong odor of gas then let it air out for a few days.
The heat generated by the gun won't ignite the fumes. The only problem you
may run into is if there is some type of coating (i.e.. Kream) on the inside
of the tank. The heat may loosen or melt the coating in the spot where the
stud is welded on. Then again the dent didn't do much good for the coating
anyway.
I fix dented tanks all of the time. Never needed water, air, vacuum,
nitrogen, etc. and I've never had one go kaboom!
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hawgeye
www.hawgeye.com
Whenever welding around a gas tank, being lazy southerners, we didn't
want to empty it or drop it out. We actually filled it full of GAS.
The only danger is in the fumes themselves. Top the tank off, and you
are working with a rather safe (that still sounds strange 20 years
later) tank. I thought my "elders" were crazy, but (as I stood in a
far corner) it works.
Since then I've always gone that route. I wouldn't attempt this to
repair a dent though, as you still have to beat on the thing. It just
an amusing anecdote from my youth.
On Sat, 22 May 2004 18:50:15 -0500, "Kirk Frei"
<fang...@muscanet.com> wrote:
While whole gas is not flammable itself, the problem is not letting air get
to the gas.
All you need to do is go a little bit too long on your weld and you got a
hole in the tank especially with the thinner steel used on many Jap bikes.
This process may work for you but I certainly wouldn't try it and I wouldn't
suggest anyone else try it.
With today's stud welders there's no drilling or pounding and the only
sparks you'll have is when you grind the stud off.
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hawgeye
www.hawgeye.com
I agree with Hawgeye. I've come from about 20 years
of the study of Fire Science, and my comment is from
this end. SAFETY.....oh how important it is.
If we know fire as it is....it burns because of just
the right amount of air mixed with fuel (gas fumes).
There's two extremes....the lower flammable (explosive) range and
the upper. On one side it's too lean to burn, and the other too rich.
Yes...like a cars carbureator adjustment. CORRECT....the perfect
mixture is in the middle. Then BOOM! Explosion, flash fire whatever
you wanna call it.
The reason that Clemson says that he had no problem was that he kept
the tank full all the time, which is keeping the mix in the rich end,
and hence....shouldn't really burn.
On the other side of the coin...an empty tank is worst. You actually
have a mixture of air in there, closer to the middle of that flammable
explosive range, making it more dangerous. Same goes for all flammable
vapors etc. Remember it's the 'gases' that burn and not the substance
itself. Ever notice that a candle flame doesn't actually burn the wick,
but burns away from the wick?
SORRY>....on and on! What I'm trying to say here guys is to be safe.
Fill it with inert gas, or water, do what you gotta do, but get that
gas fumes away from welding, shock etc.
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I want all my airbrush friends to be safe.
Take care out there, and be safe.
From Hawaii....
Vern
It was more just an amusement from my youth of the insanity our
parents had. And an FYI if you ever needed to weld on/around a fuel
cell to keep it full if you can't remove it.