Paint stripping off tank

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by bradders, Dec 17, 2013.

  1. Just about to kick off repairing and painting my track stuff. Its a metal tank, steel I assume, what are the best products to use? Want to get it back at least to original primer, ideally further, then build up paint again.

    any tips welcome
     
  2. There's no need to take it right back bradders. Flatten with a 600 grade paper and then re-paint.

    You only need to go as far down as any defect to get it out, any further is unnecessary. That's assuming you haven't got a load of layers of paint on there already from previous paint jobs. if that were the case I'd take it right back.
     
  3. Alas when I removed the stomp grip it removed the last layer of paint too. I have to repair and dent and want to change all the colour from black to a lot lighter
     
  4. Get the area of paint that has delaminated flat, then paint the tank with a light coloured primer, you should be OK to apply basecoat and clearcoat from there.

    I had something similar happen a few years back on an MV Agusta when I removed a tank pad. It removed the paint with it. I did the above and it came out OK.
     
  5. Just stripped my track tank to bare metal using a brass wire brush attachment for my off hand grinder. Got into all the nooks and crannies and is smooth enough for the first coat of filler primer. Took 20 minutes. Pissed the neighbours off but the job is a good'un. Andy
     
  6. Thanks, was bit reluctant to use sander of any kind in case it puts too heavy scratches on it
     
  7. I personally strip every tank I repaint to bare metal and then etch prime it, prime it again with high build primer and then paint it. If you want a solid finish then this is the best way to go. Painting over the top of anything risks reaction or sinkage. You can seal the tank with an alcohol based sealer if you wanted to and then prime and paint. ICI make Ducati spray colours that do not require lacquering and I use these instead of the base coat and lacquer method. You can still lacquer this paint also.

    If you want to strip paint then use one of these in the link attached, they come in different grades and they are much safer. You can use a mule skinner also for removing decals or small areas of paint. Personally I chemically strip a tank as much as I can and then use the nylon stripper to finish it and get in all the nooks and crannies like the tank welded lip and underside.

    Silverline Non Sparking 100Mm Rotary Nylon Filament Wire Wheel Brush Cup DIY | eBay

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mule-Skin...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item484f736d9a
     
    #7 Red998, Dec 18, 2013
    Last edited: Dec 18, 2013
  8. Cheers, looks like exactly the kind of thing I'm after.

    This is a track bike so long as it looks ok from 10 paces it will be fine ;-)
     
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