Polishing tanks

In a few weeks I'll be getting a new truck. It's a bobtail lube truck with a flatbed/lift gate and a 2500-3000 gallon tank. I am very excited and I plan on polishing the tank. I know that if I took it someplace it'll cost me a few grand that I cannot afford. I've polished other trucks in the past such as the wheels, visors,grills,fuel tanks etc but never a full tank. In the past I've used mothers polish and some terry cloths from Costco and did it by hand. This is going to be a huge job and I know doing it by hand hand would take months. I plan on spending at least a whole weekend to do the job. I'll def be buying a buffer/polisher for this. Anyone ever polish a tank? What tools and polish etc did you use? I'll post pics once it's done

 

I load out of San Jose at chevron sometimes. That and kinder Morgan. So I should do what now???

 

Well I got a look of the new ride. It's a bobtail and it will be impossible to get a buffer in front and to the rear of the tank bc of the cab and the flatbed platform to the rear. The sides also have a few hard to reach places that'll be difficult to get a buffer in. I still would like to maybe polish it by hand with some mothers??? I'm not so sure. It could never have a mirror finish without a buffer but maybe it'll look great with some hand polishing. Any advice?

 

Thank you. It's a brand new tank so sanding and acid washing most likely won't be necessary