Bros 400 tank respray at last!

[Pol Anorl]

So when i got the bros the tank was a mess, paint cracked bubbled and ruined.

After putting it off i decided to get on it, the rest of the bike was done i just couldn't be botherd to do the tank but i decided to bite the bullet and do it.

I forgot to take a pic before but from the pics with the filler you can kind of tell how bad it was.

All filled ready to be sanded down.

https://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2511/img20120211133405.jpg


Petrol resistant lacquer
https://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7804/img20120213124055.jpg


All lacquered up and drying sunbathing dog lol.

https://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1986/img20120213123948.jpg

https://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8701/img20120213123927.jpg


All done with a rattle can, i admit its quite a crappy job but its a shit lot better than it was before.

Now to wait for it to dry then i can put it back on.
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[mysterious_rider]

Looks good. Just done some spraying myself. It requires a real knack to it.

[Pol Anorl]

[B10Hazard]

looks shite
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[ajbsmirnoff]

Time to learn wet sanding to get a nice shine.

[mysterious_rider]

[ajbsmirnoff]

Wet sanding is the process which flattens the orange peel effect of spray paint or clear coat to give (eventually) a high shine. Its also used to remove swirl marks and light scratches.

Essentially a few days after clearcoating (the longer the better) you use coarse -then increasing fine wet/dry sanding paper to even out the rough clear coat surface. Usually followed by some fine polishing compound (or T-cut for cheapos like me). It does require a lot of elbow grease.

Initially it appears to utterly ruin the surface of the paint/clearcoat, and creates a huge mess - but as you get to the T-cut stage it starts to look as good as professionally done painting.

I learned how to do it while painting guitars, but its a very useful technique.

[Frost]

So you did: Filler, sand, colour?
Should it not go: Strip, fillter, sand, prime, sand, colour, laquer?

[Drake]

[Frost]

I also missed 'remove tank from bike' along with 'drain out fuel so the paint will actually dry'

[Pol Anorl]

Couldn't be botherd to fuck around with it as selling soonish so just wanted to make it look tidier.
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[HD]

The paint on your filler cap is gonna chip so quickly and your gonna be pissed that you didn't just take it off...
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[WannaBeDude]

The dogs face say's it all tbf ..............

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[HD]

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[Nexus Icon]

It looks like an improvement in the pics but a bit of effort with the wet or dry and it could've been a half decent job. I can still see the filler.
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[StormCrow]

Pretty sure you can't wetsand petrol resistant lacquer - although I may be wrong... (best to check first)

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[nowhere.elysium]

Fuxache.
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[robs321]

If your attitude is you cant be arsed to spend a bit of time doing a proper job on your tank, then how well is the rest of the bike looked after?
Look what you can achieve with a little bit of effort!

https://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/robs321/Image046.jpg

[waffles]

Can you open the filler cap or has the drying paint got into it and sealed it shut?
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