Comments on: How to Paint a Motorcycle Gas Tank

By: Melanie Samsel

Melanie Samsel — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:36:49 +0000

Vielen Dank für den Artikel! Ich würde auch gerne das Design meines Gastanks ändern. Daher ist es gut zu wissen, dass ich die Wahl zwischen einer Lackiererei und eigener Arbeit habe. Da ich handwerklich nicht so begabt bin, werde ich die Arbeit wohl jemand anderem überlassen.

By: Adnane Bensalah

Adnane Bensalah — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:01:27 +0000

In reply to dequin. Bonjour, En général, plus il sèche longtemps, mieux c'est. La peinture et le vernis doivent durcir, cela peut parfois prendre 2 à 7 jours !

By: dequin

dequin — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:42:41 +0000

bonjour,
je voudrais avoir un conseil sur une étape à réaliser sur mon réservoir moto, je dois poser des stickers sur le réservoir, une fois peint peut-on attendre que le réservoir soit bien sec, posés les stickers, et vernir ? car j’ai lu que pour le vernissage il fallait attendre de 30 à 40 minutes après la dernière couche de peinture.
merci de vos conseils.
Bien Cordialement.

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:45:08 +0000

What are good paints and primers to use for this? What are your “go to’s” ?

By: Jester

Jester — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:23:50 +0000

These are good instructions for newbs and do-it-yourselfers, As a tip as well if you have a used tank see if you have an ultrasonic shop near you, some offer chemical dips and will charge $90 total. (pick it up an hour or so later) The tank will come out spotless and once dry it needs primer asap otherwise it starts to oxidize. You can also get them to chemically dip it to a shotgun metal (no primer required) it will halt oxidization and you can clear coat it once dry and it looks sick.

something all should consider as well is that one of the first things everyone notices with a motorcycle is the paint job, unless your a pro get a pro to do it, especially if your concerned about how it looks. It can make or break a build, or the overall perception of your bike.. if your not concerned about the looks do it yourself chances are it will run somewhere or have some imperfections that others will point out eventually.

By: Randy Barger

Randy Barger — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:12:48 +0000

Thanks for your instructions. I am about to tackle this myself. I had the tank front and rear FENDER and the side covers painted on my 04 Harley Davidson Electra glide Classic FLHTCI a couple of years ago. I went to the school and it looked like the students did a good job sanding & priming everything. I had paid a guy $500.00 to take the bike apart & put it back together the pieces once it was painted. Because of an earlier wreak I had bought new saddlebags inner &outer fairing already Vivid Black so I didn’t get any of that stuff painted. Also put a 60 dollar truck on it. This guy at the school called me at about 11am & said come get your parts. I had bought some Street glide badges for the tank. When I got there he was putting them on the tank. I ask him how much money he wanted after always telling me he was not going to charge me anything because it was a school project. Anyway he said yeah I’ll take $150.00.When I got the parts back to the guy who tore it down. He said dam there still wet & he barely used any paint no clear coat. But I must say it did look good. Now 2 years later it looks terrible. So I am going to paint it this time myself. With spray cans. I realize I will have to rough up the outer fairing & saddlebags. Wish me luck & thanks for your step by step instructions. P.S. I took the Trunk off I’m going for the Street glide look. Randy Barger.

By: Joeri

Joeri — Mon, 15 May 2017 02:20:05 +0000

In reply to Tom Adams.

Hi Andrew,

That’s up to you. I didn’t do it, but a quick sand (+1200g) wouldn’t harm the surface.

Good luck!

By: Tom Adams

Tom Adams — Fri, 12 May 2017 11:14:18 +0000

Do you sand after the primer to make it smooth for paint? Nothing listed here.

By: Joeri

Joeri — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 07:48:56 +0000

In reply to Gary Roberts.

Hi Gary,

That’s a bummer man…

Sounds to me like the paint was not “hard” enough. How many layers of primer, paint and clear coat did you apply? And how much time was between them?

What paint did you use?

Joeri

By: Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 07:18:26 +0000

The gas tank respray sounds great and I did it but when I put petrol in and spilt some on the tank,,,the paint ran everywhere. What did I do wrong? What do I put on the sprayed tank that is petrol resistant?
Thanks
Gary