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Paint disaster / new colour
beardylondon:
My Dad is kindly helping me sort out my bike and he took the tank off, and thought it was completely drained, and turned it over and some fuel leaked out and has destroyed the paint.
I was warned when I bought it that the paint on the tank may be iffy, but I didn't expect fuel to damage it this badly.
Anyway, lesson learnt, excuse to repaint it properly.
The bike is a 1976 CB550 US import, so it should have originally been Candy Garnet Brown I believe, but someone painted it black like a CB500.
So I'm thinking of perhaps going for Flake Sunrise Orange, which I realise is an earlier colour, but I think it is nice and bright.
I just wondered if anyone has had a tank painted recently and had any advice, especially getting the striping correct etc.
cheers!
Bryanj:
Flake sunrise is one of the 3 pack candy colours which mostly come in nasty type paints needing air fed masks
beardylondon:
Thanks, I think I’d get it professionally painted.
However, if too expensive, I may get the correct paint and do it myself, back to black.
And if so, what paint should I be using?
Just found this thread, with some good tips:
https://www.hondatwins.net/threads/arghh-my-tank-paint-dissolved.99961/
Skoti:
I foolishly painted a Honda step thru tank with normal paint and then a few weeks later spilt petrol on it that immediately softened the new paint.
Anyhow after a further repaint I finished it off with Pro XL 2K clear lacquer aerosol and it's been fine ever since.
You may need to take a seat after pricing a professional paint job in flake finish, please report back!
Good luck
AshimotoK0:
If you do it yourself, I would use jet black solvent basecoat (as used on BMW cars) and German made Spraymax 2k in a can gloss aerosol. However, as Bryan says it contains isocyanate and should be painted with an air fed mask. If you are careful you will get a super finish with the Spraymax stuff... The spray pattern from it is superb. If you are using a spray gun then something like Mipa CX4 with HS25 hardener and a 1.2 fluid tip arrangement with give you a good finish (again it contains isocyanates).
https://www.graff-city.com/spray-paint-c128/spraymax-2k-clear-coat-gloss-400ml-p4243 (out of stock at the moment though :( )
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