Looking real good. You do excellent work

Thanks, AllDodge.

I have been experimenting with various household chemicals and cleaning agents to see if I can remove all of the oxide and get the tank surfaces back to shiny aluminum. I used my wire wheel on some of the worse areas, but I want to avoid using it on the milder oxidation areas (mostly discoloration)

After some web searches, I finally came across "Aluminum Jelly" which is a companion product to the more popular "Naval Jelly". Anybody try that stuff before ??? I have not seen it in stores, so I may have to buy it over the Internet.

Never heard of the stuff, hope someone has used it and can advise

Here is a reproduction of the fuel tank label that I made. The original label got trashed, but fortunately, I had a picture of the label to work from.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3940.jpg

This label will have to wait until the tank is re-painted.

Yea, I had not heard of it either. Supposedly has phosphoric acid, similar to Naval Jelly.

Man your good, with all the details. All I can saw is WOW your the dude

Thanks, AllDodge.

Here is the picture of the label that I started with. It was a little rough . . .

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...lTankLabel.jpg

It took me a while to clean it up using various graphics editing programs, etc.

Big weekend with the bulkhead project . . . of course things have expanded a bit beyond the bulkhead at this point.

I got some aluminum cleaning & prep supplies in town at the local hardware store.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3943.jpg

I used "Aluminum Jelly" to remove any remaining oxidation from the tank surfaces.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3944.jpg

I also cut into the sole of the storage compartment that is just forward of the fuel tank bay. My thoughts have been that there may be water beneath the flooring that has been 'wicking' into the forward fuel bay bulkhead. Sure enough, I found a fair amount of water and the substructure is starting to rot.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3962.jpg

I removed the foam and opened things up a bit.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3970.jpg

Here is a picture of most of the storage compartment decking removed.

http://home.comcast.net/~tpenfield/F...s/IMG_3989.jpg

I decided to replace the sub-structure and the decking. I'll have to let things dry out pretty well first. Space is tight in the storage compartment, so cutting out the ribs and cross members is a bit tough. I may need to get a cutting wheel for my high speed drill. . . might work better than the sawzall.

The cabin bulkhead has a fair amount of moisture in the lower portion where it meets the storage compartment sub-structure. Moisture readings of this bulkhead are fairly low just a few inches up from the floor. So, I think that I will stop at this bulkhead (the cabin bulkhead) and apply some E.G treatment to the lower portion.

If I replace the carpet in the main cabin at some point, I can do a core sample for moisture in that section of the sole.

The good news (if there is any good news) is that I am getting to this fairly early in its progression.

Wow! This is a big project. Thank you for keeping us up to day with Photos! I have be fallowing this post 1

This project seems to get bigger, but your doing the right thing catching it early. On a positive note the weather is looking better.