How to polish a fuel tank mounted on a Semi (In Depth) - Evan's detailing and polishing
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- In this video Evan from Evan's detailing and polishing in Chilton Wisconsin goes in depth in this long how to polish a fuel tank mounted on a semi truck. In this rather lengthy video he shows his exact process on how he polishes while the fuel tank is still mounted on the truck. If you are looking for a short video or just a get down to the action video this isn't it. You will need to check out some of our older videos for a short and sweet video.
If you are interested in the products we use to polish check out goshineon.com/shop to purchase the buffs and comounds we use.
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You still make polishing look effortless! Been watching these videos for quite a while now and thank you for showing us rookies how it's done. I took your 4 hour class in Costa Mesa, Ca 2 October's ago and learned a ton there as well. Thank you for taking time out of your day to help the rest of us.
Glad to help and thank you for watching my videos. Truly appreciate that.
Im thinking ; A master of technique and explanation of such. Thank you to Evan for these excellent videos ! 7 to 1 .
I’ve finally started polishing diamond plate. I work at a fire department and our trucks look so bad. Now that I’m using your advice I’ve got my first piece looking better. I tore through two polishing wheels on one piece of diamond plate though. I need to keep watching and learning more.
"If you're makin' shit shiny..." Best line, ever.
It is as true as true gets.
About a year ago I started watching your videos and now I'm starting to polish some of our fleet and some customer trucks thanks for the inspiration to do this Evan
That is awesome! Shine on.
Thx for the learnin'. I really appreciate your humble attitude. Never was aware of the whole light reflection/angle thing till you demonstrated it. Spot on
Glad you enjoy it. Thank you for watching and commenting. Truly appreciate It.
Evan.....thank you for the great video's and this one in particular. It's awesome that you share this with others.
Keep the shiny side up!
Glad you like them! I'll try to keep putting out great content.
Great video, full of great info,tips and nuggets.
Thanks for making these videos.
My pleasure!
Love that you keep doing how to videos still Evan. I feel alot more comfortable trying to tackle my tanks and wheels after watching these vids. Looking forward to see how you do the rest of the tank at the top as well as the end by the Pickett elbows
Happy to help! Thank you for watching. Truly appreciate it.
Great job as always Evan I really appreciate you and your tips! There is no one else I enjoy learning from more about polishing. Keep up the great work sir...
My pleasure!Thank you for watching. Truly appreciate that.
Great videos man I’ve been looking to start my own mobile polishing business and I’ve been finding a lot of valuable information in your videos!
Thanks! I am happy you have found my videos helpful and I appreciate your support.
That little color "nugget" is a great idea.. that never crossed my mind.. an I noticed you move alot faster from side to side than what I do. Might explain my struggle with lines on endcaps. Thanks for the video Evan!!
Glad to help. Thank you for watching the video.
Great job as usual. I really enjoyed the more in-depth video. Thanks for the nuggets. 👍 🇦🇺
Appreciate that. Thanks for watching and commenting. I’m glad to help. Glad you caught the extra little nuggets.
Luv this man you definitely a good teacher did mine yesterday knowing I have no clue what even a grinder is keep posting man
Glad I could help. Thanks for watching and supporting.
Great job as always 🤟
Appreciate that. Thank you for the compliment.
Top video as always mate! Cheers 👍💯
Thank you! Cheers!
I watched your videos before I tackled my 39 east dump trailer over the new years weekend. First thing is thank you for your well educating videos. Second is I learned exactly what you was talking about when you made a comment about the bottom of the tank "turning black". I didnt really understand this until I did the passenger side of the trailer. The last guy that pulled the trailer ran into everything. The whole side was black. I spent over and hour just scrubbing and scrubbing out the black residue out of the scratches and Knicks in the trailer. I used a lot of your tips in my methods of doing the trailer wheels and my trailer. Turned out pretty well. I also feel like I've been hit by frieght train! Its a lot of work!
LOL that is awesome. Pride in your ride is the name of the game. Much respect. I am glad to help and thank you for watching and supporting.
Awesome vid Evan!!
Well done 👌🏼😎
Glad you liked it!!
Very much appreciated Brotha ! Found you one day randomly! I run a mobile power washing business and been spot working my way into metal polishing! I’ve learned a bunch from your videos and i thank you for your knowledge and time
Thanks
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Truly appreciate you watching the videos. Happy to hear they are helpful to you. Welcome to the world of polishing!
With UA-cam pretty much at anyones disposal it usually takes a good hour or so to find a good video with material you can learn from. Pretty glad I was able to stumble across your channel, kinda remind me of Larry Haun. I mean he was a carpenter but he knew what he was doing and he knew how to pass that information on to others just as easy and you the same. Appreciate the videos and the knowledge Evan catch ya around
Thanks for that! Truly appreciate that.
They will always last longer with better prep but this helps a lot in the maintenance of big rigs.
Hi Evan, love your videos and thanks for the tips.
Hello! Thank you, I am happy you enjoy the videos and I appreciate you taking time to comment.
GOOD JOB EVAN AND THANKS FOR MAKEING THIS VIDEO
YOU ARE AWSOME THANK YOU BUDDY
Glad you liked it! Thank you for the support buddy.
Thank you for your instructions I watch awhile and try awhile
Thanks for watching.
That’s crispy bro 🔥🔥👍👍
Thanks 💯 Appreciate that. thank you for taking the time to watch the video.
Watching this to learn. My husband does this stuff for a living and I want to be able to help. He has zero patience in teaching me so, I’m here to prove I can do this myself and help lighten the load.
Thank you for watching. I am happy you are finding this helpful. Best wishes
So i just spend maybe 6 hours sanding and polishing my tanks the sanding part went great. The polishing part well i didnt use my buffer the same i went opposite so clockwise. Now ik what im doing when i get home 🤣 re polishing amazing videos!
Practice makes perfect. Keep shining.
Really enjoy your videos recently purchased a tritoon and I want to polish out the toons and man you make it look so easy but I just can’t seem to move as fast as you do. I’ve got half of one toon done and it looks great to everyone but me. I see every little blemish and almost want to go back and cut it again and start over 😂
That is the great battle with pontoon boats. I'm never happy with them either. Just an absolute pain.
This guy is good he notices light reflection that's something you w as not when you looking for a uniform shine all around your tanks.
Just a small guy trying to help get quality polishing info out there. Thanks for watching.
Damn nice video man, really appreciate you taking the time to show us how its done right..
I appreciate you taking the time to watch!
Well -- I picked up a Renegade mini alum kit for my factory aluminum rims - I hope I can get results kinda close to your shine
Thanks for your videos
Fingers crossed! Thank you for the kind words.
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Great video, looking forward to the next one! I've wondered how to get in the tight places & make it look decent
Coming soon!
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Thank you for this, you make it look so easy lol
You’re welcome 😊 and it is easy........ after 20 years. LOL
Thanks!
You're welcome! Thank you!
Wow! You’re Amazing!! 😍
Thank you so much!!
You did a really good job I work at a semi truck shop as well and they want me to learn how to polish we do a lot of Peterbilt trucks it would be nice if I had any questions to have someone that can answer and help me out
Excellent! thank you very much?
Thank you too!
Hey great video, I get deboss garage vibes from you.
Thanks. Appreciate that.
Evan , I want to thank you for your nuggets . I really appreciate you . Your products and technical support has really upped my polishing game. Just a do it at home polisher .
I am really interested in to get the top show grade shine . Going a extra step above your two cut system. White and green works good after the first 2 cuts. It gives you a full luster but what after that ? Thanks in advance.
I go white and green as my final step. Just work it a different way.
Very nice
Thank you. Appreciate the view.
I'm new to your channel...I watch and love the videos. How can I get the materials I have chrome on my semi quaterfendes and tanks would love to do mines
@@markrob9752 goshineon.com/shop is the place to get everything I use. We sell kits and individual products.
Hey Evan I've learned a lot from your videos. Infact i only started polishing my trucks cuz of your tutorials. Could you please do a video on the buff trails and best possible ways to eliminate them. I just did the my dump truck, everything turned out great except the flat sidewalls of dump box
That is a hard video to make. I've tried shooting this video a number of times and it doesn't show up right
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing yeah i believe you on that. Cuz when i try taking picture of the finished tuff it just looks flawless through the camera. Guess the new cameras have their pros and cons lol
Would love to learn about the previous sanding on the tanks
I have a video specifically for sanding tanks. Check it out. You'll get a ton of info from that video
The nugget at the end was the best part
Glad you liked it.
Wires and the buffer are no joke. You don’t care about taking the extra step until you get hurt. I was polishing my boat when I touched a loose wire and it ripped 10 other wires out and lashed me
Yeah it makes a mess in a hurry.
like the tip of cut verse sanding
Thank you
Been watching all your videos man great job just got assigned a semi looks like it's never been polished in its existence any tips to bring the shine out on the steps and tanks?
Lots of elbow grease or sanding. Start one piece at a time and just work up from there.
I really appreciate your video. Everyone has their own style of doing this and I like yours the most. It took my a while to figure out what y'all meant when you say "color". I think you mean to mirror it? On a side note how do you feel when people cry about wearing a thin mask with covid lol. I know I have a chemical mask and some times i wear that for 3 hours straight when dealing with hard core chemicals.
I wear a mask all day everyday and I was built for this headache we call covid. LOL But color is just the mirroring part or the equivalent of turning the lights on in a room. All it does is highlight how good or bad something is.
Hi Evan, you mentioned needing a different buff and compound for the stainless straps. Would the orange and brown work if a guy had nothing else available or is that a bad idea?
Enjoy watching your vids. I'm a novice at buffing and have been trying to get the hang of it. Watching your video's have helped quite a bit. I do have a question. What polish do you use when doing by hand? I've been having some issues with surface scratches showing when using a microfiber rag and a metal polish. I use Chemical Guy's light and heavy metal cut's. They work great on area's like diamond plate but show surface scratches when wiping down my tanks. Any way to prevent that? The 378 I drive has been neglected for years, I just got in it in Sept and have been working to get it looking nice. Hard to keep clean being a dirt dummy though. Look forward to watching more in depth videos.
Check out my hand polish video. I never use microfiber on aluminum. That video explains that. Check the hand polish video and let me know if you still have more questions.
Great video.......
How do you know when to add compound to your pad? I usually use too much and have a lot of residual when I'm done.
Thanks for the videos !!
Good question! that is where the art of polishing comes in. There really isn't a good answer to that question. The shitty answer is that you put more on when the pad starts to dry. But when is the pad dry is the unknown variable that changes everyday based on the condition of the metal you are working on and the condition of the weather and elements you are working in. I hope this info is helpful
Bad ass I watched it untill the end
Thanks for sticking around to the end.
does it matter if you use different bars on the pads or do you need to use the same bar on the pad you started with?
Great video. Quick question, can you color without cutting if your tanks aren’t bad and you just want to bring out a little more shine. Basically is cutting always necessary
I never color without cutting.
I’m new to polishing I’m gonna be doing my truck for a show. In between the different coloring stages should I use hand polish? Would it have any effect?
So It appears half way up the middle section of the tank. During the cut stage you are moving up as you go left to right. Then it seems you are moving down then going back across. Is this because you are trying to build heat and shine? or more so your cut is even with no white lines?
Good work what’s a good basic one too start off with been thinking bout starting to polish My own
Thank you. I have a lot of helpful information and tips in my other videos too. Thanks for watching.
Are you using the same buff for all your cuts and the same speeds?
If you send the bottom of the fuel tanks when you color it will it still turn black?
What's the wood for? I use a battery powered hand drill with the buffer attachment, but I can get that deep shine. What am I doing wrong. I use that stuff they have at the pilot.
Really nice. Great job.
Could tell me plz what kind of pad u used for it.
Check description I have a link to my website for everything I use. Thanks for watching.
Have a new truck tanks ned a mirror shine do I have to cut it go straight to a green first?could you text me what I need start to finish?
Excelent bilriful
Thank you.
What is the difference between different color buffs
Top de mais,😱
Thank you.
You know that moment when you wished you done it yourself that’s where I’m at.
I think we can all relate to that at some point in our lives. Thank you for watching and commenting. Means a lot.
Hey Evan,is it possible for bars to dry out? Bought them probably five or six years ago for son to start learning to do truck but he never followed through. So,amongst other things I’ve began watching your vids and attempting to keep truck up. Paid a guy to do all of my aluminum and stainless. When I strike bar on buffer don’t get anything like you do. Thanks
Anything is possible. I've seen bars dry out before but not too often. But possible.
What speed would you recommend on the buffer I'm 17 new to this I have been doing it by hand with just rags but I just bought a Makita and some zephyr polishing compound and wheels I'm trying to practice on my dad's fuel tanks on his truck and some other stuff that we have laying around before I take on jobs
Sorry for the late response i hope you were able to get good results. I prefer the Makita GA7021 at 6000rpm
If I have a 7inch grinder what size airway buffer do I use and what brand do you use I didn't see anything in the description also the trioli polish link?
I run all 9" buffs myself from goshineon.com. The Tripoli I also get from time2shine on goshineon.com. It is my own brand and blends that we developed. But you can use 8", 9" or 10" buffs on a 7" grinder. Just 10" buffs will burn the grinder out faster than using an 8 of 9". I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
niceeee
how much pressure you put on that buffer
like you push hard or just a bit ?
Enough that I can hear the tone change and feel the torque kick in.
Good day Evan; When will you be back in California for a polishing class?
I no longer work with that company out there but if I had a company that wanted to host a class I'd come out anytime.
How much should I charge per fuel tank to get it just shined. Been polishing couple of years but never started to get customers until now
Check out my how to price things video. It will help you a lot. Every area varies in price.
What is that buffing wheel called &what compound do l ask for? I'd like to try this on my tanks. Thanks
Goshineon.Com 2 step aluminum kit.
I’m getting black specks during my color step. Any help? Full sand and using your two step products. Thanks
What is your humidity level? what is the temp? All those variables will play a factor. All the sanding out? Is it super smooth or still a lil rough. Send pics to my cell for more help 9209790386
It took you 3 minutes to put the second cut! it would have taken me 10 minutes lol. Which centerless buff do I click on, to get the green buff, was it the pink? Thanks for them little nuggets, they’ll help a ton
We only have green with center plates currently. Still getting rid of all the pink buffs.
Do you acid wash them before , or you start cutting etc. I'm barley new and learning ppl wash them with acid 1st
I NEVER use acid ever.
hello, I would like to know how you do to polish between the exhaust and the tank?? because the buffer cannot go there…. Thanks
Check out my how to hand polish a tank video. Or how to blend video. Both will show you how we do it. Thanks for watching.
Hey Evan, how often do you do your training? How much does it go for?
I do it anytime. It is a one on one thing and we schedule them all winter. They cost $500 per day per person. Most people take 2-3 days to get a good grasp on it all.
is it really that quick and easy? I have been working on a 5 inch tall rail that is 12 feet long for 2 days now and it only shows a reflection if you look at it at a very sharp angle.
Aluminum can be quick and easy. But remember I have been doing this for 21 years this year and done thousands of fuel tanks and hundreds of thousands of wheels. If I don't make it look easy by now I have a serious problem. LOL Thanks for watching.
I have a question for you Evan. I’ve been polishing for about 2 years now and even though I’ve never had any unsatisfied customers, I can’t seem to figure something out that’s been driving me insane. When I’m sanding, cutting, coloring a pontoon, fuel tank, etc I use LED lights and sometimes it drives me nuts because no matter what I try I keep seeing these very faint yellowish, grey, tan lines through my shine, but only when I hold an LED up to it at certain angles. Am I doing something wrong? At first I thought it was running a green/yellow wheel on the 6000 and I was baking in the color but now I run color only on the variable and only cut with the 6000. I’m not seeing as much lines but I can still see them in the finished product and I keep wanting to cut at them to get them blended out but sometimes it makes it worse. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Led is artificial light and the light refracts in directions unnatural. So it’ll show you things that aren’t really there. Check out my hash mark video here on my channel. It’ll help explain more.
How do you know when you need to add more compound
When you run out is the best answer. LOL There really isn't a good answer to that question. I go off how well it is cutting and how thick the line is in front of where I am working.
I want to start polishing rig tanks how much $$$$$ will need to start
Couple thousand invested you can get a great start.
Those tanks looked like mine when I did them only i used a yellow wheel with yellow bar
To each their own. I like how I do it but my way isn't always the right way.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing I have been whatching lots of your videos to see what you do. After whatching your videos I shoulda did white wheel with the white bar
@@bradholstiene6728 Some do it that way. I never use white bars on aluminum. But that is a personal preference thing on my part.
Ok good to know before I went and did it
Can you fit a 9 inch wheel on that 7 inch grinder? And how so?
Yes you can. Check out my how to mount a buff video.
Hey brother , I notice you brown it and than green on top , most guy acid wash an than green to not have a contamination, but you did it smooth, how come?
When using compounds from the same "family" you don't have to worry about contamination. I use all of the same brand bars found on our site. www.goshineon.com. Acid is not something I like using.
how do you blind the top of tank that you cant reach with your buffer
New video dropping this week on how to do that.
What kind of buffing pads are those If you don't mind me asking
check them out at www.goshineon.com
Were are yall located ?
Chilton WI
Evan does fuel to be emptied first?
I prefer them to be full when I polish them. But that is a preference thing.
Can you tell me name of mops green yellow and other one?
Goshineon.Com/shop
Have uver been stuck where a customer dint want to pay, just saw a polishing team at kenlly nc and they did a superb job and the trucker was so nit peakey sad, me as a novice polisher part time i paid them good things but sorey as trucker ended crashing up the road
I don't have that happen too often anymore but it has happened in the past. I now keep the keys and if I had to I would put a mechanics lean on the truck. If you did the work they need to pay. If they aren't happy with it then it needs to be negotiated.
Im not a polisher. Im a stripper... lol thats all the time i can get being a towman. very clear on color
Thanks for watching.
how long did it take tou to do this??
Less than 30 minutes.
Karl here in Denver.
What does 'color' mean?
Color is one of the finishing steps to help reduce hash marks and bring out the color in the metal. It is similar to going into a room and turning the lights on.
Yo Evan I have 2 tanks to polish how much would you charge
Depends how rough they are. I go off how much work I need to do.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing they have a haze to it
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing I don’t think they never been polished and some guy wants me to polish them
Are you u my buddy
Yessir.
Is that aluminum tank?
Yes. Thank you for watching.
Always ask myself why not just take off the whole tank so everything can be the same ?
I do polish tanks that are not on the truck but that is not always what the customer wants and can be time consuming for something that is not going to be seen.
NOPE I I USED 9227C makita buffer
Keep shining bud
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AREN'T you worried about inhaling aluminum dust?
Yes I sure am. Which is why I wear a full face respirator.
This is how you polish a peterbilt fuel tank
Yessir.
HAY Evan lol work is great so you can have a pizza from pizza hut
Haven't had Pizza Hut in a while!