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18-02-12, 22:41
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some good ideas guys, thanks. I am thinking of either sandblasting the worse of the two tanks or if I can find someone who acid dips them locally maybe that. There is a lot of solder around the seams though, so unsure how the acid will affect that. Anyway here are some photos of the tanks. All pretty solid, one small how, just pretty grotty inside.
  
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19-02-12, 04:02
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If you have the tanks dipped, talk with the staff first to find out if their chemicals will cause the solder joints to let go. I know the place I used here in the USA had chemicals that would dissolve the rust on steel with no adverse affects but it also dissolved pot-metal and some other things which was a bad surprise for me with one T-16 part.
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19-02-12, 13:33
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Soft solder,which is an alloy of tin and lead, is completely impervious to any of the acids normally used for de-rusting steel. This includes spirits of salts which is very evil stuff made up of a mixture of sulphuric and hydrochloric acids.
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19-02-12, 15:47
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interesting that the baffles on a T16 tank run lengthways rather than width ways like earlier universals
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19-02-12, 22:46
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the slot in the baffle is for guiding the sender arm. ( sorry if thats obvious). Not sure why they would be set the other way around, other than the fact the T16 climbs better than a U/C and spends less time on its side !
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20-02-12, 00:41
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hahaha.. no idea.. but mine are width ways rather than length
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20-02-12, 08:33
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Does anyone know what sort of acid dip I should go for if i can find someone locally? I had heard that the guys that do furniture stripping can do this sort of thing. My nearest specialist company I know about is 240 miles away, so really looking for someone near Kent.
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