Tank work

To go with the industrial "rat rod" look, we've decided to strip the paint from the tank.  Because this stuff is seriously dangerous, Mr. S decided to tackle it at home, with rubber gloves, eye protection, a mask, etc.
After several applications, and a bit of 100 grit sandpaper, it looked like this...

Then, after rubbing the tank down with alcohol, our custom decals were applied.

The bare metal will be protected by a treatment called "Gibbs".  Mr. S has used it on a number of other projects, and it is pretty amazing.  After a couple of treatments (which we will do before its auctioned off), some WD40 is all that's required.