1 a.m. and working on the bike....

[New2meCB]

Been pissing around with my tank for a while now (paint/new cap etc) and as I pulled some masking tape off tonight, I managed to pull some paint off with it!

Faulk you 3M!!!

God damn it! I basically dropped a dozen or more "f" bombs, packed my shit up and took off. My wife knew I'd be WAY too pissed to sleep so......

Here I am.

I really hope I can fix this without having to start over.

Damn it!!

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

That blows!
There are ways to keep it from happening like tracing the mask line with an X-acto knife before peeling it off... but I usually ignor that step until it's too late myself. :

 

[spotty]

in theory the best way to avoid this little 'problem' is peel while its still wet.......i usually forget too, also sometimes not possible like when you're doing a 9 colour urban camo scheme
better luck next time

 

[New2meCB]

Yeah................the tank is faulked.

I refuse to give up though. Mainly because I'm too pissed to give a sh.t anymore.

I'll be returning today, masking the top of the tank (because OF COURSE THE SECTION THAT HAD TO PEEL IS DEAD CENTRE ON TOP OF THE TANK) sanding flat, re-priming, and then laying the color back down. I hope I can save this as my design turned out really nice on the sides.

I doubt I'd be able to reproduce the designs.....................again, because I'm sick of working on it and pissed off. : God damn I've spent a lot of time on this trying to make it nice.

Faulking bummed............

 

[New2meCB]

One step forward 2 steps back....

Spent a TON of time masking the sides and getting them even. Done, looks good.

Shoot color...

Great! Goes well.......right?

WRONG!!!!!!!

The tape I had used as my centre line DESTROYED the paint. My stupid fault though I figure. It had been there for a few days.

Now I'm hoping to save this and not have to start over.

Rough mask, re-prime, sand, blend............we'll see when I'm done. :evil:

It may be ruined. :'(

 

[yorkie350]

Hang in there fella colour scheme is awesome worth going back to get the finish ya after i knew that feeling on chainguard of my little project was so pissed even had put original info stickers on lost 3 days on that shit stay cool open a beer lets know how it goes tommorows another year haha

 

[sasquach]

When you tape it off next time rub take 1 swipe across your leg with the sticky side of the tape .

 

[frogman]

Hang in there bud I know the feeling, my 360 tank took 3 tries mainly due to the shitty weather we had.

I second the open a beer and relax.... hmmm beer... sounds like a good idea. ;D

 

[New2meCB]

............swipe across your leg with the sticky side of the tape............

Funny you mention that. I started doing that as well when I was back trying to fix it.

Going to head out shortly and hit it all up again to see if it's salvageable.

Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Cheers.

I'll try not to snap if I find I can't save it. I will NOT throw the tank across the shop.

 

[Tim]

I gotta ask - what's all the tape down the middle top of the tank for anyhow? You're spraying the black on top of the silver base right? Would have thought you'd just have the tape at the edges with paper across the top - maybe wrapped with tape to hold it down but not adhering to the tank itself.

Clearly I'm no painter though Never done it. After I learn to weld, painting is next up on the things for me to learn how to do properly.

 

[New2meCB]

It's written in the post if you read it.

I used a strip of tape lined down the centre of the top of the tank to use as my centre-line reference mark. That way it was "easy" to make my designs even on both sides of the tank when measuring down from there.

Many ways to do it the same thing and I decided on this one this time (never had issues when painting stuff in the past) but this time I left it too long I guess.

Off to try and fix it more now. When I left it earlier it looked much better but we'll see if it's good enough for me to keep.

Frig sakes.....

Cheers.

 

[New2meCB]

Possible save!!!

We'll see. I sanded, re-primed, sanded, painted (blend), sanded, blended, sanded the entire thing, gave it one final quick coat on top and it is now drying. If it looks good in the morning (or afternoon) I'll wet sand the entire thing (1500) and then spray the clear.

It's not show-bike good, but, it's good. 8)

 

[gk45011]

Congrats on the save. Looks good from what I can see. The light wetsand with the 1500 should help blend it and a couple coats of 2K should help hide anything else.

GK

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

That'll do!
With the clear you'll probably never see it.
I understand you are excited but let it cure and degas before applying the clear. Hate to have it heave now after all that.
Next weekend looks good.

 

[New2meCB]

Congrats on the save. Looks good from what I can see. The light wetsand with the 1500 should help blend it and a couple coats of 2K should help hide anything else.

GK

I hope so! ;D

I'm going to really take my time and sand it nice and evenly. I really want those sides to gloss up.

2K is EXACTLY what I bought as well. Wasn't sure where to find some locally but managed to.........thank goodness.

 

[New2meCB]

Uuuhhhh.........................

Holy shit is that Spraymax ever nice stuff 8)

Tank's got some pretty good orange peel after clear but I put it on nice and thick so, I know there is enough there for a good sanding before buffing.

Bummer, I'm kinda tired of sanding ;D

Tank's looking good so far (despite that nasty setback). I'll post an updated pic later.

 

[New2meCB]

Took the kids tobogganing until they were worn out.

After that, I swung by the shop to see how the tank was making out. Well..........aside from the orange peel, I'd say it's doing AWESOME! 8)

I'm leaving it at the shop where it's quite warm. I'll pick it up after dinner tomorrow and leave it a while longer before wet sanding the peel out.

Can't even see where I blended.

Faulking STOKED! Glad I persevered.

 

[yorkie350]

Cool 8) fella looks like ya started 2013 with a result looking good great colour scheme wish i could say same bout my wiring haha

 

[New2meCB]

LOL I'd rather paint

I can get by but, I'm no wiring guru: that, I can assure you.

Hahaha

 

[yorkie350]

I kinda feel the same :-\ got headlight working then now when i first put ignition on the horn sounds also gonna have a go at painting seat / hump & tank going gloss black with silver stripe got the vinyl stripe once i get the paint ile give it a shot ;D