Sunday, February 21, 2010

Does anyone know of a clear coat I can put on my gas tank that the gas wont eat?

I have painted it once and now it looks like crap from minor gas spills. Considering getting it professionally painted how much should I expect to pay?Does anyone know of a clear coat I can put on my gas tank that the gas wont eat?
get a pro Job, its not that expensive, You can get a decent job on a tank for around 300 bucks, maybe a little more for red(red paint is expensive.) You could get a good super quality job for around 800, it depends how much you want to spendDoes anyone know of a clear coat I can put on my gas tank that the gas wont eat?
.........BASE AND CLEAR COATS


Time for the color coat. Spray on the color coats as per your paint manufacturer鈥檚 tech sheet.


Now comes the clear. After the first round of clear has dried, wet sand it down with 600 grit. You鈥檒l notice ripples appear in the clear as you sand. Keep sanding until the clear is even and the ridges are gone. If you鈥檙e painting graphics on, now is the time to do it. After applying the graphics,cover them with another round of clear. It may take one or more coats of clear to completely bury the graphics. Be sure to wet sand flat with 600 grit between coats of clear. After the last coat of clear is on, sand it down flat with 600 grit like before. When it鈥檚 nice and flat, finish it off with 1500 grit. If you want to get it crazy smooth, go for a final session of 2000 grit.





POLISHING


Now for the gratifying part. The final step is to polish it to a mirror finish. You鈥檒l need a variable speed polisher, a buffing pad, and some polishing compound. There are many different kinds of buffing compounds available. Your local body shop supply store will be able to recommend a good buffing compound.
Gasoline shouldn't hurt clear coat. Everybody has spilled gas on their bike at one time or another, and the paint is still on.
Gas will not hurt regular old clear coat, you must have used something really different.

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