Daytona

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[Organicjedi]

Wow! It's coming together. Glad you have us along for the ride. 

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Thanks!  I'll ride it yet this year. I've got to start prepping a bike for my fall vacation trip and that will take priority till ready    So back there somewhere beginning of July are the pics of the tank, what came out of it and what was in it. I feel like Job from the old testament  I had started with Simple Green which cut a bit of it, then Dollar General's Totally Awesome cleaner which cut a bunch more. Then I went to denatured alcohol with a splash of acetone and rolled that for a couple weeks and then it would do no more.

As I'm trying to save the paint its been a class in patience draining/rinsing/rattling screws/refilling what seems like a thousand times. Last couple weeks I have had it filled with Zep purple and gave it an every other day rattling of the screws and the lye in the Zep was bringing it forth every time.

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Last friday I put the tank in my retired sleeping bag and put it in the dryer packed with my winter Carhart work clothes and gave it four hours of tumble. Took it back to work Saturday and steamed it once more. My tiny cam showed all the "tar" was gone and it looked like I was down to the rust. So it was filled with evaporust until tonite. Then I rinsed it with near boiling water and Marine Clean. She's ready to coat with the Caswell after drying a few days. 

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Much better to smell Carnuba than acetone and lye. Have the grab strap off the seat to see how I might be able to fix some unraveling from an errant bungie cord I would guess.

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Front brakes on and bled. Solid feel on the lift. Finished up a bunch of loose ends / little things. Tomorrow hope to coat the tank. If the rear master gets back from the sleeve shop this week I'll be ready to ride her next weekend.

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Optimal conditions today for 2 part epoxy, 73 degrees and 62% humidity. Still added a tbsp of xylene to give me more working time. Zero paint lost on the bottom after all that toxicity trying to clean it. Now just need to work on the finish I gave a beating.

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Tank is cured so placed all that back together. Swapped the lock cylinder into the NOS gas cap. The sleeved rear master shipped back to me today. Almost !

[Organicjedi]

Top notch work! People pay good money for those Daytonas. Especially ones that clean and that original. You're going to have a happy customer.