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Is that the best you got? OK.. now my TURN...
Fish said:Hey leoN,
I am still planning on doing something with my tank and I was wondering if you had a thread where you described how you stripped and treated yours.
One of the other guys in the thread made it sound like it was risky to remove the rust protection but I don't see how a few coats of clearcoat would be any worse than regular paint...??
Thanks for your help,
- Chad
Hey Chad,
I didnt initially strip that tank down, it was Tim who did it with a hand sander. However, I did the exact same thing with my cb350 and my cb750f tank. I sanded it down to bare metal by hand with first 60 grit sand paper then 80 grit.
Surprisingly with both tanks, the stock paint came off real fast.
On the bare-metal cb550f tank thats on my bike now, ( I got from Tim on a trade), I just simply clear coated on a hot day with 2 cans of Canadian Tire clear coat.
HOWEVER.... if you polish and buff the tank to a chrome finish, the clear coat will not stick and peel off like wrapper.
I made that mistake the first time I clear coated that tank and had to redo it again after sanding the tank rough again.
I plan to do the same thing to one of my cb750f tank again, but this time, buff it to chrome finish, then brush-on some Exterior Hardwood floor high-gloss lacquer clear varnish finish that you can buy at Home Depot. Apparently, from what I hear from others, that will permanently seal the outside of the tank and stop it from rusting and you can have a tank that looks like its alloy, even nicer than Tim's!!.. LOL..
I plan to strip down my other cb750f tank next weekend. I"ll post some pics
I hope that helps!!
Cheers
N