Topic: Two color gas tank paint

[kennydean2000]

I am restoring a 1974 CB750K and have finally reached the paint stage.  Picked up the sunflake orange paint kit from DonDirtbiker that includes everything.

My question is how to best paint the black portion of the gas tank?

Specifically, I'll need to mask the new orange "good paint" to paint the black portion prior to applying the new tank stripes and clear coats.  I'm concerned that taping off the new paint before it's fully cured will ruin that part of the paint job - unless I let the tank sit for quite a while (days?) before applying the black, then clear.

Any ideas?

[grumburg]

Have done same colors with same paint. (see avitar). Waited about a week. Lightly sand area to be painted with wet 1500 to remove any orange peel before spraying black. Don's clear makes an excellent base . Can also lightly sand painted area with 1500-2000 to remove any orange peel (no pun intended), but be sure not to break through the clear!!!

[grumburg]

Send an email to Popwood. He just did the same tank with excellent results!

[kennydean2000]

Thanks - I have done the orange keeping the black area masked off.  I did end up with an orange peel finish, almost looks like the "hammered" finish paint they sell now but it's even.

So I should let it cure a week or so, wet sand the orange already there to remove the orange peel, spray the black, apply the tank stripes, then a few more coats of clear and wetsand?

Also - here's what mine looks like now (sorry about the double tank photo??)

I bought a 70's era Vetter fairing and painted the bottom of that the same orange color.  It's a bit darker than stock, I think I may have applied too many Kandy coats over the base - but I like the way it turned out.  I also had lost the two "750Four" emblems and bought a replacement set from a company in the UK.  Gotta paint those (they're just black plastic molded pieces now) and add those with the diamond emblem and the refurbished "Honda" tank emblems.

[nancy]

How much do you pay for these paint kits over there?

[faux fiddy]

Also - here's what mine looks like now (sorry about the double tank photo??)

I bought a 70's era Vetter fairing and painted the bottom of that the same orange color.  It's a bit darker than stock, I think I may have applied too many Kandy coats over the base - but I like the way it turned out.  I also had lost the two "750Four" emblems and bought a replacement set from a company in the UK.  Gotta paint those (they're just black plastic molded pieces now) and add those with the diamond emblem and the refurbished "Honda" tank emblems.

I was working on a rattle can paint job for a car, and looked it up on the interenrnt for gigglers.

The basic advice was  rattle can work good with prep, the better the prep (Masking and no overspray on rubbber, etc)  And a good prep and application and  you get 10 years out of it and it looks okay. I wasn't so lucky with duplicolor, but it sure looked quite good just finished.

Darker might be cool if in ten years you still have the bike, and  the only failure of the coating was to fade towards a lighter original color.

[kennydean2000]

Sorry for the delay in reply - business trip got in the way...

The paint kit cost $149 plus I think $20 more for the black for a total of $169.

The kit came complete with instructions, cups, stirrers, the whole thing.  The only thing that was not clear was wet sanding question I mentioned above.

You'll need a bit of time.  In addition to the prep the primer is supposed to cure for 24 hours and then the following coats have to be applied about 20 minutes apart.  I applied about 4 light coats of primer.  The next day 3-4 coats base, 2-3 coats Kandy color without flake and 2-3 coats of candy with flake, then 4 coats of clear.  Like any painting the prep and light coats seem to make all the difference.  The second day of paint was a full day, figure 12 coats 20-30 minutes apart and you've got 6 hours there.

Like any of this though the fun is doing it.  I plan to wet sand, mask and apply the black, etc as outlined above.  When I do I'll post the photos.