Is It Really That Hard To Polish a Tank??? Amateur Gives It a TRY!

On this video, I polish a 20 year old Freightliner fuel tank. This tank is filthy, scratched, and scuffed. It's as nasty as you'll find, but still in good enough shape to be used on a truck.
I'm not a professional. No, no, no. However, I have watched a few polishing tutorials. I'll be honest, the professionals make it look pretty easy. So I want to give polishing a try on a big fuel tank. And I want to get down and dirty with it. Cleaning, sanding, and polishing - the WHOLE NINE YARDS!
I have done some minor polishing on wheels and such. But I've never completely sanded something down as aggressively as I must do on this tank. I'm a little too nervous to try this on a nice tank. So trying this on an old tank like this makes it a good experiment. And if it works out, I'll even make a little money when I put this tank on the market.
Let's find out if polishing is something worth doing as an amateur, or if we should leave it to the professionals!

[@ubertalldude]

I'm impressed with how shiny that thing got

[@nedstephens]

Yeah, aluminum can really be brought to life with some work.

[@dawnmantle9888]

Turned out awesome!! Good job!

[@nedstephens]

Thank you!! 😊

[@Gregknows-uj8gg]

Pretty awesome

[@nedstephens]

Thanks a bunch 👍👍👍

[@dwightvoeks9970]

That turned out nice. I tried polishing an aluminum boat built in 1954. I couldn't cut through the pitting and oxidation. That surface was awfully hard plus I have difficulty moving that slow. I was able to swirl the surface which actually looked pretty good and left it at that. I did have success polishing some valve covers for a 1974 Kawasaki Z1

[@nedstephens]

Exactly. It’s not easy to do. Big respect to those guys that polish for a living.

[@JohnWhite-xc3md]

Looks good. I bet its not as much fun to do as it looks. 😂

[@nedstephens]

😁😁😁It’s a lot more fun to drop it off with a professional.