I started with Autoglym metal polish. This brought the tank up to a good shine. Then a while ago I was at Carlisle truck show and got some White diamond, a tad dear to say the least. I’ve been using this since. Good results. After taking a week off the guy on my truck had a go. Now there are lots of small scratches on the tank. Back to autoglym to bring it back up.
mcc46:
I started with Autoglym metal polish. This brought the tank up to a good shine. Then a while ago I was at Carlisle truck show and got some White diamond, a tad dear to say the least. I’ve been using this since. Good results. After taking a week off the guy on my truck had a go. Now there are lots of small scratches on the tank. Back to autoglym to bring it back up.
Lucky he had a go at it. Not something I’d do, I’d wash it down but never go to those extremes.
Probably a good plan mate, some of this tank polishers have less of a sense of humour than your average carrier bag carrying limper!
Evil8Beezle:
Probably a good plan mate, some of this tank polishers have less of sense of humour than your average carrier bag carrying limper!
I know, as I’ve had the Wrath of the tank polishers on here countless times as I love winding them up, …but this is the new inoffensive me. 
Well, until I get bored anyway.
I blame the railwaymen of old; Always polishing their coal bunkers and water tanks, now we’re expected to polish our fuel storage.
I’m just off to the garage to polish our Hager board. Anyone know of a good method of getting shiny trip switches?
Confession time, though its not something to be ashamed of, which seems to be the thoughts with some here who have lost much of the pride that carters railwaymen and lorry drivers once shared in doing their work and looking after their equipment.**
My first artic was a S39 Foden with huge brass rad cap mounted proudly on the bonnet and a clasp type solid brass fuel filler cap.
Good old Brasso brought them up so well you could see your ugly mug in them.
When i got it the paintwork, a rather nice two tone blue livery was faded and dull, a quick T Cut brought that back too.
Maybe i was an early tank polisher, painted steel tanks in those days, but didn’t realise it…
By looking after me motors i discovered something else, if you looked after it the mechanics generally looked after it too, present it to them for service work with a clean chassis and looking smart (well in its day it did) and they took better care of it.
That is still the case, i present my tractor clean, chassis steam cleaned off too, its a simple courtesy to the mechanics who seem to appreciate it, in return i never have to ask at the dealership, all the little jobs are done on mine without fail, i just mention any small items they wouldn’t notice or report any dash warnings that have since vanished or excess coolant use.
**poor management at all sorts of companies must take their share of the blame for the loss of that pride, in many places where they still had and still have a ■■■■■■■■ competent drivers who do their best, there will always be a minority of idiots and lazy useless sods.
modern management lacks the ■■■■■■■■ to sort the poor staff out, so lowest common denominator method comes into play, instead of training the substandard up or getting shot of them shortly after it becomes apparent they will never be any use, we instead issue memos stating the bleeding obvious which are really aimed at the 10% of idiots, but instead tars all the good people with the same brush and we train the good down to the level of the worse.
doesn’t take long to knock morale sideways that sort of thing and it takes a lot to get it back, especially in places where management, who don’t, think they know everything.
Maybe this is a modern British phenomenon from early schooldays, where all must be winners yet we lead the developed civilised world in illiteracy innumeracy and lack of social mobility, so why should transport be any different?