Paint and Keeping Bare metal from rusting questions

[providedrailroad]

What I'm doing with my tank is part of it is going to be bare metal, but there will basically be a black stripe on each side of the tank that follow the natural curves of the tank. The metal is actually looks kind of "brushed", I purposefully left circular marks on it by using roloc scotchbrite disks, I like it so far!

Here's the thing - I need a way to keep it from rust. I'm thinking spraymax 2k clearcoat is one good option, I can't figure out any other good option yet. Thing is, the front forks and headlight are flat black right now, I can't decide whether I want to do the tank in flat black and then clearcoat so it's a Semi Gloss that matches the front end more, or use normal paint for a full blown gloss.

Something in my head says I should just go ahead and try an make it be a full blown, really deep looking gloss black. What do you guys think? Any options other than spraymax for keeping the bare parts from rusting or other suggestions?

 

[locOleoN]

Por-15 PC Glisten... Google it.

 

[providedrailroad]

I guess if I wanted to keep the sides flat black I could use Por 15 on the front, but then the black wouldn't be gas resistant which isn't desirable.

 

[fuggers]

Do you have a pic of the tank?

 

[Haligonian]

If you clearcoat over bare metal, the clear will likely not adhere properly and eventually come off. You should clear primer it first and then clearcoat it. Where I work, we do a lot of painting on aluminum and if a customer wants a bare aluminum look, we use clear primer then a clearcoat over top. I know the stuff we use works on aluminum, but, I'm not sure if it works on steel or other metals. If you like I can get some info on it from our painter.

 

[locOleoN]

you could paint the sides black then Por-15 PC Glisten the whole thing...