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Hideous Tank Seam - Bendable? #343155 07/11/2009 9:19 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 New Jersey, USA Itlnstalian OP Adjunct
OP Itlnstalian Adjunct Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 New Jersey, USA	Hey guys, Has anyone ever tried bending in the tank seam? Is it possible to do so without creating a leak? I'm panting the tank anyway so I so care about scratching it. P.S. please hurry as I may push my luck and do it anyway without advisement lol - Ryan

Re: Hideous Tank Seam - Bendable? Itlnstalian #343156 07/11/2009 9:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,500 Rockwall, Texas nuthin Learned Hand
nuthin Learned Hand Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,500 Rockwall, Texas	Bending it sounds a bit scary. Somebody here (larkfarms maybe?) just used bondo to smooth it out and painted it. It looked good. Learning from my mistakes... again and again.

Re: Hideous Tank Seam - Bendable? nuthin #343157 07/11/2009 9:38 AM
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OP Itlnstalian Adjunct Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 New Jersey, USA	I was thinking of bondo...but seams like you'd have to take the bondo pretty far up if you want that rounded appearance. Thanks though... Anyone else ever see it done?

Re: Hideous Tank Seam - Bendable? Itlnstalian #343158 07/11/2009 5:24 PM
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Larkfarms Adjunct Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 591 Lower Slower First	Not that big a deal, here BONDO http://s410.photobucket.com/albums/pp183/larkfarms/

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