Painting A Motorcycle Tank on a Budget - Step By Step - Ep.46
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Painting A Motorcycle Tank & Dent Repairs can get expensive so here is a step by step guide to doing it yourself on a budget, Make sure you use a 2k clear to lock it all in and protect your paint from fuel spills. (Always wear a respirator, 2k is nasty stuff)
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I can tell you from personal experience, a bristle from the wire wheel hurts like hell when it hits you in the eye.
@@jamesabbott1309 That would also mean you are unable to have an MRI, as the risk of any metal being left behind could result in destruction of the eyeball (and any other tissue it passes through on it's way to the electromagnet in the MRI machine). You have my respect for the understated way you tell it, by the way. I am familiar with pain (in the eyes and elsewhere), but damage to the eyes goes beyond anything else I have experienced.
I hit on this video cause the thumbnail stated “Pro Finish”! Was this the first paint job you did? Most pro shops will never take off paint that is still good. It will be sanded and sealed. Never apply filler over paint, it is impossible to feather the edge, the plastic might not stick. If you get trash in the painted surface sand it out with 800 wet paper then compound and polish, that is the accepted practice. No “pro” would ever use spray cans, the paint is not viscous enough (thick). I know we don’t all have spray setups, just picking the bone with the Pro statement. You did a super amount of extra work but you must enjoy it. I realize this is the way that most guys have to paint, not giving you shit, just giving some facts.....
Hey, what was the paint you used? I'd love to use the same green paint.
What bike or bike frame is that
I would clear coat the bare metal and call it done it looks sweet the way it is!
too troo
I know right 🤣
Totally agree .I did with my cb550 supersport 1977 .looked great
It has to coat to avoid being rusty
@@jianhuang0124 that's what the clear coat is for... Read the comment again... 🤣
Satin clear over a raw metal tank is my favorite look. goes well on any retro style bike
you have good taste :)
Perhaps, however, when one removes the Honda Logo Badge emblem, and have to epoxy or fill it, no longer do you have clean metal to Clear coat with. Green looks nice, but, just not my color. I'm a Metallic Blue fan......😁 Uh, Candy Blue over gold metal or silver metal. Though I have done a maroon clear coat that came out sweeeeeeeet.
Filler goes alway direct on steel. Otherwise it would have popped out some day 😂👌👌
Glad you took it off and put it again.
anyone else get the goosebumps when he pet the tank after the 600 grit. All i can think about is fisheyes because of the oils on your skin can sometimes mess your paint up. Then you get to do it again! Looks awesome and great how too video!
Heat on the vinyl for smooth instal on curved surfaces.
the tank rack sounds like a good idea and will probably give it a more utilitarian/military vibe.
JM F I think I’ll have fun building it to
Another guy said leather tank strap, good idea, or something like you see on a Norton. I like the look you are going for. Whatever direction you choose will suit 💯. I was also loving the look of the primer grey, but any of the earthy drab colours will be great tbh.
OH MY, the bare tank with the brown seat!! so nice! As always, love ya work mate!
I love how it looks, cafe racer style is my favorite style of bike.
Awesome job as usual my friend! But I have to be honest with you, I kinda liked the glossy look better than the matt. But that's just me, looks great!
Matt by a mile.
The bare metal tank looked sweet! You might have sanded through the clear on the tank seam, that could give you the look on the top of the tank that you don’t like. We use fine scotch rite scuff pads are work, I paint business jets, before stripes or when re clearing. I would put a clear or black tape, we call it erosion tape, or abrasion tape, it will also help to keep it from getting scuffle by belt buckles, or pants. I have been following this build from the start and I love the bike. I have a 1980 CX500c that I am working on right now.
I've seen similar finishes. I knew a guy that did a whole pickup truck bare, but he then used baking soda and purposely let the surface metal oxidize, Then he clear coated the entire thing and it Really did look cool.
Beautiful craftsmanship. Love your perfectionism and creativity. Thank you I had a wonderful 1960”s BSA triads 350 thumper and it has a beautiful brush’s Metal tank no paint . Never have seen spray putty .
It reminds me of the iron 833 green version tank, the black and green combination looks amazing. And that matt finish, mmmm, delicious
Bare metal all the way brother! That brushed metal look is killer! The only hard thing is trying to cover the tank badge weld points to get that brush look through out the whole tank.
Thanks for showing up that not everything goes perfect the first time and how you addressed the problems. I've used 2K clear coat and I think they sold you the wrong product, especially when the 1st coat of matte gave you the results. I thought the brushed metal looked really good. Nice looking bike.
Really fun video mate. It's cool that you show the whole process and don't edit out your mistakes
They say geniuses choose green. That olive colour is amazing, I sank into it like a warm pond, its got depth. The first thing people see on a bike is the tank so good work on paying that extra attention. Yes those little steel bristles on the grinder hurt you lol. I'd cut that loop off the CX frame and do a single spring. That body putty will last a couple years on a weekend bike but on a daily bike you will have cracks in no time. Fill the recess with lead, if the body putty is thick you screwed. Thank you for the video, you a better body worker than me. If you want a bit more matt finish try dust spray from a distance.
1200 grit wet&dry and use a bar of soap to rub on the paper between each coat.
But I really cannot say how much I like your bike, it fraggling awesome 😎
Filler over bear metal never over primer. Unless you key the primer with a course sandpaper first. The filler needs a key to adhere otherwise you end up with the peeling like you did.
But what a sweet looking ride. One thing I would have gone for would be a dark brown leather for the seat but. Wow man. Beautiful.
Well done. I agreed the bare metal looked cool but the green pulled it off. Good job
The milky discoloration is from humidity. I live in the S.E. United States and unless you have access to a booth it can't be avoided. Try to wait for a day where the barometer level is low and always spray in direct sunlight to cook off the humidity.
Love the brushed steel look. Looks fantastic
You talked about not having a painting booth. I have painted tons of bikes outside on nice days with with no issues just use a bug net but hey that's here in FL. All my bikes have come out amazing. You don't even need a huge $500 gun. Start out small practicing with a harbor freight HLVP1.3 gun. With HLVP and shooting a motorcycle you don't need a big compressor.
wow for a rattle can it look Great . you did great job
Instead of using wet blasting, in our aria we use baking soda for blasting any thin body panels. That should work on your tanks as well.
Like the brushed tank dude. Bit of honest materiality and age.
I would fix the imperfection in the center with a tank grip pad. Could cut a cool design of some sort. Get black to match of course.
Finally, a painting video that makes sense, 👍👍👍
damon hendrix Thanks so much mate, definitely made a few mistakes along the way :)
Great work mate. Maybe a decal of a number to keep the army theme going over the blemish you don’t like. Either way you’ve done a great job.
Ya you want to do all yr body work first n always use the filler on the metal un premiered or painted to stick in the sanding grooves n stuff, it will fall out evidentially in time, it has nothing to really stick n grab too once you activate it n it goes to getting warm. But look's good, Idk what that L shape was at first but then realized. Looks awesome thou. Keep it up. God Bless!!
I like the black and white tank scheme, I am spraying my cb125 tank with a silver grey acrylic paint and have a polyurethane clear aerosol , hope it works out!
Pretty bad ass!! Looking at doing the raw metal on my bobber with clear coats... thanks for the ideas!
Nice job!
The tank on my R1100gs started to leak after i cleaned it out. I had to redo it, and used a 3 part system to put a new liner on the inside of the tank.
I would really recommend anyone using an older tank to do this. first you degrease it, then acid treat it, and new liner goes in. easy enough job, and doesn't cost to much. i will definatly do that on my 2 cafe racer builds aswell.
Pristine Projects thanks mate you have a very good point 👍
POR15 degreaser, etch and seal is the best tank seal kit out there IMHO. I used it on a knackered CB200 tank which had a porous weld where the old petcock bung hole was closed. The welder described the metal on the tank as being like Swiss cheese, but the POR15 seal kit still did it's job!
Have a tank bib made in the same material as your seat. With or without a cell phone pouch.
This dude made a video of how he was figuring out what to do. Nice.
Jurica Grčević I usually learn from my own mistakes so hopefully by me making a video like this will help others not make the same mistakes I made. :)
Maybe a metal strap a bit wider than the filler cap that runs the length of the tank. Then use a simple die set to make the round hole for the filler cap and then some others evenly spaced to the seat. Just spit balling. Looks great from the side...
Making think about starting the convert on my 84’ CB750.
Try a Leather Tank Strap. It Clips from the top and around the Fuel Cap and then down to the Bottom, Should look cool and you should be able to get the same colour.
Great vid!!! Well done with the paint job, videography, explanation, timing & editing!!! I loved watching this!!!
Thank you for your fantastic feedback Jesse👍
Naked tank looks awesome, should of polished it right up for a mirror finish. Great video!!
Nice job documenting and sharing your thoughts and vision as you go through the job. Excellent video skills to show how beautiful motorcycles are and the process of working the job with moments and milestones to pause for.
Thank you so much mate, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos
Great video man, it look tits! I’ve got one tip for you which I leaned the hard way. When you’re adding the last clear coat layer you should take the plug out of the hole so the coat can get down a bit, it’s a risk when you leave a “sharp” edge on the coat that the fuel can get in under the coat and rinkle the paint from under. Don’t know if got what i meant but anyway great content👌🏻🤘🏻
Oldschool Bikes that’s a fantastic tip I would never of thought of that 😁
Thank you mate
Good tip, I'm going to try that as well.
The matte looks great. Nice work. Thanks
Re-watching a lot of your videos as I start my next project xD
I have not done anything as complex as your tank. but if you use the exact same brand and type of paint. Use clear for your first 2 "tack" coats over the decals and the edges of the decals before you change to color it will look 100x better.
do a black leather tank strap along the tank that goes around th filler cap!! maybe a few buckles in there to make it look cooler
I have said it before, and ill say it again...
My dream-bike!
Greeting from Croatia!
hrx1973 Thanks brother it’s definitely been a fun bike to build
Holy smokes that looks fantastic.
Although body filler would go better over steel, you need to prep the surface with 80 grit first to get good adhesion. Putting putty over the top of a smooth surface with nothing to bite into will cause it to bubble out later down the road. You also lay your etch primer on way too thick. You should use etch primer as a light top-coat and then coat over that with your surface primer. Etch primer is corrosive and as such will eat into the metal. Putting on thick coats will cause it to eat away more over time and can cause shrink back in your final paint job down the road. Your stuff turns out O.K. at a home level of craftsmanship and looks good for a short time. But with time and improper care, your job is doomed to fail sooner or later down the road.
27:08, that graying/fog is due to humidity. You may be able to fix it with a heat gun. If there's a lot of moisture in there, you'll have to sand and hit it again. Make sure its a dry day if your doing it outside.
A frame-bracket-thingy! I think that will look awesome.
Top job! 😀👍
Kristoffer-robin Lotze Frame bracket thingy sounds like a fun thing to build to 👌👍
@@CafeRacerGarage Awesome... and a fun video to watch. 😉
Nice video. Since you mentioned being a perfectionist, did you think about touching the raw steel with a bare hand? Yikes. I would have had it glass beaded, then clean with Acetone and an etching primer. That way there are no residual chemicals from stripping. Gloves would keep the skin oils off. After 2-coats of either etching primer or Epoxy primer, a glide coat to keep orange peel away is a big help. Oddly, I do like the brushed stell look, maybe with a stain clear coat.
Use p1000 wet sandpaper lightly on the spots and do a new mat finish very lightly. It probably will fix it. It will be a bit off a risk but that is painting. I love your bikes. I'm thinking about filming building bikes too. Now I do it without filming.
tbh that black color looks more cooler than now! but still great job 👏
Straight into it, subbed!
@4:44 so satisfying!
Man! That's a slick paint job! Well done!
Tulsa Moto Club apart from my few little blemishes lol 😂 thanks for the compliment 👍
Great work man! Yet more evidence that with a little patience and know-how, cans of spray paint can make quality finishes.
I didn't know that about the flash time for the matte spray max 2k. Good to know because i have a client job coming up where I'm going to use it.
15 minutes flash time between layers
Hey mate just found your channel with the imperfection on the tank a repeat stripe of leather from your seat from the filler neck to the base may help
Good idea..nice..I'm glad I thought of that, A nice leather strap up the centre same colour as the seat. They look good. Or mount a fixture on the tank itself, like a bag rack.
I had the same problem when wet sanding the clear coat and when down into the base. I’m now repainting the lot as it annoyed me to much. The pains of learning how to paint😂. Maybe a brown leather tank strap
You need to rub over your primer with say 180 before you put any filler on or the filler will keep breaking back and not stick , hope that help buddy 👍🏻👍🏻
I will be painting my Honda shadow and sidecar to replicate the Bat Cycle from the 60's TV show. I have watched DOZENS of how to videos and WOW!! Yours has been THE MOST informative. How many coats of the black base and then how many coats of the green did you use? Thanks again, I think I might actually be able to pull this off!
Etch primer should go on very lightly and you should be able to see the steel underneath if it is use like a primer and and you can't see the steel it won't stick properly. It goes on thin and it will enable the acid to bite into the steel.
My dad is an auto body pro for over 40 years. He says you always use bondo on bare metal. It should have been the first part of this repair.
After the rust mitigation of course.
Beautiful. Great job and persistence.
Oxalic acid disolves iron oxide thoroughly, although you would be left with pitting where the rust had been.
Beautiful paint job mate!
Thank you Tyler
Leather strap over the tank centre!
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His garage tho 😍😍😍😍
I wish he was my neighbor 🏆
The Moto Guzzi racer has a very neat leather strip down tank centre. Would look great here in brown with the seat.
Nice work brother
Tank frame would be awesome
Straight Line Cycles Couldn’t agree with you more :)
@@CafeRacerGarage check out my latest video if you want to see a frame flip on a kx125.😁😁😁
For your first one you did a hell of a job, the gloss was beautiful too though.
I know and thank you, It was a shame to go over it :)
I think a checkered flag decal going down the middle would look nice and would cover the bad spot
...hmnnn....olive and black Thruxton stripe perhaps....
For getting decals right on curved surfaces look up Micro Set and Micro Sol from Microscale.
Looks bewt. Definitely better Matt. 👍🏻
Leather tank strap down the seam from filler cap to the seat
Beautiful job. Looks great.
Gloss looks good, matt looks crap but as always beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Love that gloss ........... but yea, prolly doesn't go with a Cafe Style.............looks damn good.
Love the matt look Dan! I’ve got the Triumph Steve Mc Queen Great Escape edition with the matt green military colour & like yours, it looks great!👍🏼😎
Wire wheels are awesome but the bristles smart when they go 1/2 in. into your thigh.
As you’ve proved, you can get a good finish with rattle cans. I usually use them, but clear coat them with a spray gun! 👍
Damn. Had no idea you could just use spray cans. Going to try this technique. Any tips for keeping the coat really smooth?
@@chelseabrown462 yes, you must build the coats up in light layers until you have complete coverage, then once that has dried you can go a bit heavier, but do NOT stop when spraying, always keep moving!
A warm room and warm paint helps the finish as well!
The clear didn't came out matte because you didn't leave enough time for the first coat to dry. Usually double time. 30 min to 45 min to completely dry. The same applies to the other coats.
I like the bare metal look!
I have seen the leather strip up close in person and it looks great. Easy to get one made without the logo but your imperfections will still be underneath. Just teasing. Ha ha.
awesome camera work
I’m actually doing a brushed look on my cb550. Love it 👍
Leather tank strap matching the seat would be sweet.
I’m curious if you wanted a fine metallic effect could you spray that in clear to get a consistent finish? Fine metallic matte might looks stunning?
11:00, yeah I was about to say, filler should go directly on sanded steel.
The raw tank is pretty gnarly (aka "cool" in Californian)!
you won me over. Love the video!
That clouding under the matt clear coat looks to me like the different paint (brands) reacted a little bit. Try using the products from one brand next time (primer, putty, filler, base, clear coat from one brand).
Ive had lots of problems mixing up different brand products in the past...
That tank turned out awesome, tho!
Chris thank you so much mate :)
Ooo...the brushed finish looked so good! Love the green though....nice job as usual :)
Darren Alchin thanks so much brother really hard to keep that brushed metal look unless I want to put badges on the sides
bike looks sick mate ! great job
How about a 4" brown leather strip down the center of the gas tank. DIY or buy a prefabricated one online.
For that decal, a heat gun is your best friend with curved surfaces
Heat gun for that graphic and those creases will vanish! Great video by the way!
Thank you mate 😊