Very Sharp, I like it!
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Painting Tins. No really...
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Group buy on Badges?
I'd be in for a set or 3.
I'd be in for a set or 3.
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Lookin' good.
designbum
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Designbum, fantastic paint job! Those colors really work well with the matte finish.
That looks really great! I love that scheme designbum!
That is a lovely paint job.
In the garage, I have a spare W800 tank which will be painted n 20202 - needing some inspiration for a colour scheme . . .
In the garage, I have a spare W800 tank which will be painted n 20202 - needing some inspiration for a colour scheme . . .
Sounds nice, but that is a long time to wait to have it painted....
....sorry Raymond, somebody was going to get you on that one. They never fail to snag me on arithmetic errors.
designbum
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This the tank on my ‘75.
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Sounds nice, but that is a long time to wait to have it painted....
....sorry Raymond, somebody was going to get you on that one. They never fail to snag me on arithmetic errors.
Hahaha - clearly the bits shoogled round after I hit the submit button. Hoping to paint it next year in fact.
Designbum, the '75 tank styled after 1966 Triumph T120C? One of my favourite Triumph colour schemes. A very cool looking bike with the short TT pipes . . .
Jim those decals are some nice and will look great on that tank you are doing. 
Designbum that is a great looking paint job.
Designbum that is a great looking paint job.
Hi designbum,
nice paintjob. But why does the tank have a coffee pot for a filler cap?
designbum
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A teapot wouldn’t fit.
Hi designbum,
alas that you tell me a falsehood.
A trip to my own kitchen plainly shows a 4-cup "brown betty" teapot is 6" tall, a 4-cup French press coffee pot is 8" tall and a 4-cup coffee percolator is 11" tall.
Perhaps the filler cap is also a turbo-encabulator or an Inter-rossitter?
Tank's ready for prime. I'm using an epoxy primer for the initial coat. It's past it's shelf life but I've used it in the past when I had a batch that was 15 yrs old and it worked just fine. But.... just to be safe, I did a couple of test pieces. Specs call for dry to the touch in 15 min.... and it was. Full cure in 4 hrs. I'll let it set overnight and see how it is. Boeing, Airbus and all the biggies use this stuff, so it's well proven. It's designed for fuels and chemicals, so I also made a test strip to drop in a jar of gas. If it holds up, it might make a good tank slosh.
Amazing stuff. Less than 2 hrs in and my fingernail absolutely will not scratch it.
Jim, are you aware of any advantages of 2K epoxy primers vs 2K isocyanate primers in relation to fuel tanks? An issue some have encountered is paint blistering around fuel cocks. Also, in some forums regarding auto applications I have seen it mentioned that 2K epoxy primers cannot be sanded. Have you heard this said, or know what they are getting at? Perhaps it is just much harder to sand 2K epoxy compared to the 1K primer option?
Thank you.
Thank you.
This guy gives a pretty good explanation. Me personally... I prefer epoxy primers. They just feel much more durable. As far as sanding goes, epoxy sands just fine as long as it's fully cured. As the guy in the link says, the bad rap comes from the slower cure times and guys trying to sand before it's cured. As with most primers, there's a "recoat" time... after which the primer is too hard and you have to sand it for recoating. Epoxy's are no different in that respect. This stuff I'm using has a "recoat" time of 48 hrs. After that it must be sanded.
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It's been a little under 24hrs but here's our test results. Sanding with a red scotchbright pad fairly aggressively... enough to remove some of the old primer and 3 of 4 held up good. the single coat thinned started to cut through to metal. The rag soaked with lacquer thinner hardly touched any of it after 30 seconds of rubbing. There's a slight greenness to it, but I suspect that's more from the sanding dust than actual softening of the paint. Looks like it's still good primer. I'll let the gas test piece cure for a week or so before I begin the test on it.
Primed and Ready.
Shot one light coat and two full coats. Minor imperfections and pinholes are now standing proud. Ya gotta love a gloss primer for highlighting stuff that needs fixin'.
Shot one light coat and two full coats. Minor imperfections and pinholes are now standing proud. Ya gotta love a gloss primer for highlighting stuff that needs fixin'.
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