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82 GS1100GL Gas Tank

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Well I have been working on this for some time and have learned alot. There have been many disapointments and a few successes in getting to here. And as you can see from the pictures there is still work to do.

This is after the 1st session rattle can base code - Rustoleum AUTORF SSPR 6PK GEN PURP GLOSS BLACK. Three coats about 10 minutes appart.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ibfkILlAyQA/UEPjn62NX0I/AAAAAAAAC_U/EVk0sFKpkDA/s743/IMG_0324.JPG

You can see a few places in this picture where something fell or flew onto the surface as it was sprayed, dadgummit!
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MrSHZ69SqzA/UEPjpKmEANI/AAAAAAAAC_k/H3jyVvL1fY4/s743/IMG_0326.JPG

Guess a little wet sanding and another painting session and if I get a nice and smooth result I have a 2K rattlecan clear to put over it.
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spray-paint/spraymax-2K-clearcoat.aspx


And I found out from my wife I have a PHD. That is - Projects Half Done, on 2 motorcycles, a boat, a guitar, a fence.... I never knew I was so educated.
 
Thanks, there is still some work to be done and I am not sure I want to leave it just black. I was thinking about something close to the OEM paint scheme, this one was the metallic grey/green ish insert but I am not sure about that. I do plan on trying to at least put the gold pin stripes on. And being a very linier minded person do not feel a lot of confidence on pulling pin stripes off.
 
Well,

An interesting thing happened today, I decided that I wanted the pain scheme to more closely patch original so after wet sanding the tank I sprayed a coat of metalic grey on the sides, then masked out the side of the tank that would be left metalic grey and sprayed 2 more coats of the grey. After the paint had dried to touch I started removing the masking tape and on the left side this happened, right side had no issue.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...AAADCA/kr5SRLqMStU/w410-h306-n-k/IMG_0332.JPG

This is the sheet of paint that pealed off pretty as you please, it was just nice a pliable, the area on the tank was real tacky too but the pain skin was not...
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-...AAADCI/pca4TbOCCi8/w410-h306-n-k/IMG_0333.JPG

Well now it is another round of sanding.... ugh.
 
Well progress is being made, now it is time for 2K clear.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAADCg/pDOqeXw9Qq0/w318-h238-n-k/IMG_0339.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAADCw/v-llwUOdL_0/w329-h247-n-k/IMG_0341.JPG


This isn't a pro job by any means, but will look better than a 30-30 (seen from 30 feet or 30 MPH) job. I started it out to "save a few bucks" but I may have spent almost as much on materials asI would have if I had taken it to a pro and that is without counting my time. But I have learned a bunch and to me, that has been fun for a 52 year old desk jockey.
 
That looks really good. Even though it might come out costing about the same as a professional job you can take pride in the paint job because you did it yourself.
 
The pinstripes look like they came out nice too. Can we get some closer pics?
 
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