painting motorcycle tins

[niget2002]

Thinking of picking up a larger tank for my bike. If I do, then I'll need to paint it.

I've painted a lot of stuff with airbrushes and paint sprayers, but never metal.

Anyone have any good links to tutorials for this? I was thinking of using House of Kolor paints, but only because I've heard of them before.

I did a good ghost flame paint job on a RC car one time, but that was using acrylics. Not sure I want to try to do something quite that extensive for a first tank.

 

[sberry]

Whats the worse can happen,,, you got to repaint?

 

[niget2002]

Whats the worse can happen,,, you got to repaint?

Yeah. The more I think about this, the more I think I'll just pick up a new front and rear fender too. That way I can paint and repaint a dozen times if I have to while still having the bike rideable.

 

[zmotorsports]

Yeah. The more I think about this, the more I think I'll just pick up a new front and rear fender too. That way I can paint and repaint a dozen times if I have to while still having the bike rideable.

On several of my past bikes I would watch for used tanks/fenders so I could have a new paint scheme about every other year. Paint one set then swap them out and over a year or so repaint then swap again.

I would do the same for a friend of mine but he'd have me paint his each year so over the winter he would refresh his bike and be ready for spring riding.

As for painting, I liked HOK paints and their Kandys are especially nice and easy to use. For substrate materials I always used PPG product as well as PPG clearcoat but just recently switched over to SPI epoxy sealers, sandable primers and their Universal Clear. Their products so far have been amazing and I highly recommend using them.

 

[bigguns69]

Paint Society, on you tube has a good video series. Get over the fear of messing something up and just do it. That is the biggest obstacle in life to overcome. You will do a good job, you might make some mistakes but that's how you get better. Summit racing has affordable quality paint in many different colors. HF guns work well enough for the average painter.

 

[hawkeye2]

I’m not a painter, but it might be worth getting a couple of these Trailer fenders for $19 to practice on. https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200649345_200649345

 

[Notgrownup]

If you have a Carquest around they normally carry PPG, I like their stuff... HOK has some sick colors though... my SIL painted a 66 Nova in Creamsicle orange and looked like you could reach in and taste it it was so deep looking.

 

[niget2002]

I’m not a painter, but it might be worth getting a couple of these Trailer fenders for $19 to practice on. https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200649345_200649345

I followed your lead... Sort of.

I went on ebay and picked up a scratched up air cleaner cover for my bike. I figure I'll clean it up and practice painting it. It has some good curves I can practice on and it's fairly small, so it won't take a lot of paint.

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