Paint Questions

[hancadam]

What kind of paint do you guys use on your frames? Also what paint is best for a gas tank, that won't run due to gas? Thanks for all your help guys.

[kloby]

Powder Coat ?

[Yamahauler]

What kind of tank is it?
If its a metal Honda tank, you can use regular automotive paint, Powder will work as well.

Hey kloby..looks like you got yourself a custom title already :lol:

[kloby]

I know. How did that happen? :wondering

[hancadam]

When you say powder, is that something you can buy and do yourself? If so, where is it availible. Yes, it is a metal 200x tank. Thanks, Adam.

[Yamahauler]

Maybe its because thats the most posts/day anyone has ever seen :lol:

[kloby]

I would highly suggest letting a paint shop do it. - nodz -

[kloby]

What can I say? I LOVE riding. And trikes are the BOMB! :p Nothing i would rather talk about

[Yamahauler]

When you say powder, is that something you can buy and do yourself? If so, where is it availible. Yes, it is a metal 200x tank. Thanks, Adam.
You can do powdercoating yourself, but you'd need over $100 in equiptment at the very least, this is for a real cheap powder gun.

Powdercoating is basically just a dry powder that you spray out of a special gun, when the powder goes through the gun it gives it a positive charge (i think its positive) and you give a negative charge (i think its negative) to the tank, using the negative cable that goes with the powdering kit.

The powder then sticks to the tank and you bake it in an oven for a while and it comes out rock hard, stronger than paint.

Your best bet, though, is to find a powdercoat shop in your area to do it for you. Or just paint it;)

[hancadam]

So just use auto paint for the tank? It is gas resistant? Thanks again guys. Also I have to do this myself. I don't have the money to send to a pint shop. I filled and painted the tank already, but gas ruined the paint. It looked really nice until then.

[Yamahauler]

What kind of paint did you use?
I know some will disagree, but you wont have much luck with spray paint.
I dont think you'll get great results without a professional doing it.

[kloby]

No, I don't beleive it will be gas resistant. But will be better than the paint you can buy from Vatozone ( Autozone )

[Yamahauler]

Auto paint, professionally sprayed, should be gas resistant to an extent, look at paint on cars, you can spill gas on it and it wont peel off, it might yellow after a while if you dont clean it off.

[Tri-ZNate]

I have spray painted my gas tanks twice now. The first time I didnt use a clear coat and it went all to hell with the gas, then this last coat I used a clear coat on top and it has held up real well. Spilled gas on it several times now and no side effects yet.

[hancadam]

Thanks, I will use auto paint. I used normal sray paint with a clear coat last time. It wasn't pretty once the gas hit it.

[Dave223]

If your going white, there is a spray paint available at Lowes an Home Depot that is used to repaint appliances. I cant remember the name or the brand off hand, but I have used it on my 250sx an my sons 70 with really good results. I will look into it more if your interested, Dave

[kloby]

If your going white, there is a spray paint available at Lowes an Home Depot that is used to repaint appliances. I cant remember the name or the brand off hand, but I have used it on my 250sx an my sons 70 with really good results. I will look into it more if your interested, Dave


The paint your talking about only comes in white ? :wondering

[J Ipock]

If you want one already painted, I'll sell you mine, (parting out trike on another thread) fresh basecoat clearcoat, only needs the honda decal to be complete. $50.00 shipped to you. If your interested, send me an E-mail and I'll get you some pic's.

Thanks,

Joey
jipock@houston.rr.com

[hancadam]

Thanks for the offer, but no thanks. Mine looks perfect except where the gas made the paint run. The appliance paint sounds real promising. I love this forum. You guys are very fast to respond.

[kloby]

Thanks, I will use auto paint. I used normal sray paint with a clear coat last time. It wasn't pretty once the gas hit it.


Sounds good to me. Good luck, and post some pics of it ASAP! :p

[hancadam]

Sounds good to me. Good luck, and post some pics of it ASAP! :p
Will do. I just ordered some new decals and scoops for it. Have you guys seen the new tank scoops that Denniskirk has for the 200x. I like them.

[kloby]

Yes, I think they are very nice. Two thumbs up from me ( not saying much ) :lol:

[Dave223]

The paint your talking about only comes in white ? :wondering


from what Ive seen it comes in almond , white, and black....how many red stoves and fridges have you seen?:naughty:

[kloby]

this is true. :lol:

[breastman569]

just to let you know that the auto paint is all gas proof as long as its a urathane and just make sure you let it dry. hope that helps.

[hancadam]

Yes it does beastman, Thanks.

[ATCT]

Will places powder coat a gas tank? I thought they wouldn't based on the possiblility of leftover gas in the tank. Maybe not though.

[DaMadman]

Sand all the old paint off and clean ALLLLLLLL the gas out of the tank, you can dump the gas out and rinse the tank with alcohol, or GUNK FOAMY ENGIN BRITE or any kind of Degreaser and then use dish soap and water MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAN OF ALL GASOLINE AND GASOLNE RESIDUE OR FUMES and let it sit a couple days. Spray the tank with a good primer, MAKE SURE there is no gas smell to the tank and put it in the oven on low heat down around 200 bake the primer for a couple hours and turn the oven off let it cool, then get some auto touchup paint and repeat the process.

Just a word of warning I am not telling anyone to put a gas soaked fuming gas tank in an oven and bake it. It is very important that there is NO, NONE NADA, gas smell to the tank at all to do this.

Anyway if you spray and bake the paint at low temp (around 200 ) when your done it it should stand up to a little gas spill without ruining the paint.

I learned this from refinishing old mil-surplus handguns

[Bigred200]

Well there used to be green and orange stoves in the 70'S......lol

[kloby]

Yeah, make double sure you have no gas or gas fumes in the tank before you powder coat. Fumes are more flammable than gas itself. If not, you will probablly be out of a gas tank. :lol: