How to: Fuel tank rust hole repair using solder. First Time!

The last step in this tank repair process I started a while ago was to fix this rust hole on the bottom of the tank. I knew I was going to either solder, weld, or braze is closed but I wasn’t sure what one. Thats is when I stumbled across Tulsa Moto Club’s video of their tank soldering process and I decided to emulate that for my project. I wasn’t confident in the tools I had for soldering, I usually only solder small gauge wire, so I decided to lay out everything I had. To my surprise, all I needed was my little butane pocket torch as well as the solder and flux. Initially when I tried to get the solder to stick you can see how the liquid solder just rolls off the tank surface, at the point, I didn’t have the tank material hot enough to draw the solder into it. Taking my time to heat up the tank seemed to work well once I got the tank position to where to liquid solder didn’t want to run away from the hole. A little more patience, slowly adding solder around the hole to build it up and eventually cover it seemed to work quite well.
Not too bad for my first time! I painted the work area to cover up the bare metal underneath and that’s it. I also added my new petcock as well as buffed the tank with Meruiars Mirror Glaze #7 and it did wonders to that old, dull paint!
Tank is finished! Next up, the plastics.

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Here is a list of the tools I used in this video:

* Bernzomatic Mirco Torch:
https://www.amazon.com/BUTANE-MICROST500-BERNZOMATIC-MfrPartNo-335258/dp/B01B3O8XIM

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bernzomatic-ST500-Cordless-Soldering-Iron-and-Micro-Torch-Kit-with-7-Settings-Lead-Free-Rosin-Core-Solder-and-Case-368600/304813553

* Soldering Paste Flux:
https://www.amazon.com/ALPHA-METALS-AM51012-Leaded-Paste/dp/B001B0C5RY/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=Alpha+Fry+Solder+paste+flux&qid=1602204118&sr=8-12

* Solder:
The solder I used is discontinued but this has the same makeup. Play around with solder selection, a different solder may yield better results:
https://www.amazon.com/Tenma-21-1046-Lead-Rosin-Solder/dp/B001DPVT1A

* Scotch Brite:
https://www.amazon.com/3M-pad01-Heavy-Scour-Green/dp/B001KYQBX0/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=scotch+brite+rough&qid=1602205711&sr=8-9

* Tank Polish:
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-Mirror-Glaze-Show-Car/dp/B0002UQAM0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Meguiar%27s+mirror+glaze+number+7&qid=1602205516&sr=8-1

* Fuel tank petcock:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KTL4JS1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here is a link to Tulsa Moto Club’s tank repair video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tGleMt8ws&t=14s
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