Painting a tank........ questions

[Huffa]

[QUOTE=350xBomb]

This Big Red 200 tank is in great shape on the inside (you wouldn't think so) and was wondering how to paint it proper. I want to leave decals on, mask them up and use a spray can.

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wouldn't it be easier to get new decals off ebay or something? I haven't done much painting but seems like working around the decals would make it look uneven around the them.

I agree with you 100% and was thinking about that since I posted. My out look was just to get it presentable though because it's from a parts bike BUT it may fetch and SHOULD go for over 100 if I did the tank with fresh decals.

One of those things that time wise I wouldn't make much money on for the effort put in. Maybe I should just sell it as is?

[Huffa]

Huffa, if you have a bud who paints cars and stuff bring your tank to him.

That is what I did... he had paint hanging around and used left over clear coat from his car paint jobs. Did a fantastic job. He took care of everything... removed the dents and all. It took him a week but it cost me close to nothing!

Phil

Pics before and after:

You should ask him if he is interested in painting tanks for a side job and if so what approx he would charge. If he bought the red it would be good for almost all the Honda models.

Swing it by him and see what he says!! I'd ship one out possibly to him if it stayed with in reason with shipping and all. Maybe it would be too high?

[mx600]

[QUOTE=Huffa]

I agree with you 100% and was thinking about that since I posted. My out look was just to get it presentable though because it's from a parts bike BUT it may fetch and SHOULD go for over 100 if I did the tank with fresh decals.

I seriously doubt it'd get over $100. Maybe if it was a mint 200x or 350x tank, but the 200e isn't that popular. Of course you could cross list it for the 200m, 185s and 200s, and 200es, assuming it'd fit all those, but even then I wouldn't expect more than $30-$40.

Save yourself all that trouble. Remove the decals, sand it down a little and spray a top coat on it, put new decals on and put a few coats of clear on it. If it was for one of your trikes then I'd say do it up right. But I don't think you'll get enough back from it to justify all the work in restoring the tank. Just make it clean and presentable and get what you can for it. Just my $.02.

[Huffa]

[QUOTE=mx600]

I seriously doubt it'd get over $100. Maybe if it was a mint 200x or 350x tank, but the 200e isn't that popular. Of course you could cross list it for the 200m, 185s and 200s, and 200es, assuming it'd fit all those, but even then I wouldn't expect more than $30-$40.

Save yourself all that trouble. Remove the decals, sand it down a little and spray a top coat on it, put new decals on and put a few coats of clear on it. If it was for one of your trikes then I'd say do it up right. But I don't think you'll get enough back from it to justify all the work in restoring the tank. Just make it clean and presentable and get what you can for it. Just my $.02.

I'm talking a quality paint job for that 100 with new deacals. I just saw an SX tank that was not perfect go for over a 100. Heck, it went close to 200!! Granted that's not the norm for a tank like that, they got carried away for sure!
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I'm now thinking though that maybe the guy that buys it has paint connections so it would be dumb to put any labor into it. It is worth painting it nice because the inside is great and the outside has no dents. That's insane!!!

I think that will go along with the 185 to make the sale a bit more appealing as you have mentioned this before. I'll take a pic with stock tank and a pic with the tall tank. Might look cool with a tall tank?

[mx600]

yeah, I'd just put it on that 185. You said that tank leaked anyway, right?

The taller 200e and es tanks are probably similar to the Clark plastic tanks in size. I've seen a few 200s and 185s with the clark tanks and they look ok. The stock tanks give it a more sporty/streamlined look though.

[Huffa]

yeah, I'd just put it on that 185. You said that tank leaked anyway, right?

The taller 200e and es tanks are probably similar to the Clark plastic tanks in size. I've seen a few 200s and 185s with the clark tanks and they look ok. The stock tanks give it a more sporty/streamlined look though.

NO, the tank doesn't leak a drop and has been that way for a while. His repair might be good forever but in case it is not the guy will have another tank to pop right on.

The stock tank looks great yet and decals are in good shape too. Don't know how the inside is though till I pick it up today and look.

[Maine_Triker]

You should ask him if he is interested in painting tanks for a side job and if so what approx he would charge. If he bought the red it would be good for almost all the Honda models.

Swing it by him and see what he says!! I'd ship one out possibly to him if it stayed with in reason with shipping and all. Maybe it would be too high?

If you can find a way to ship it here without spending a fortune... he said he'd be happy to do some more tanks for us. We were planning to have him do our SX and 200e tanks as well as some of our frames and other random parts.

I think he has all the paint and everything in stock allready... left over from car jobs.

Phil

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Heres a couple pics of paint jobs on cars. I had to scan the pics in so the quality is not that great but with some effort they can look good. The car was my girlfriends first car I picked up at the dealership where I had just started learning to paint. This was a $400 grey beater when I bought it and it lasted her about 5 years. The other is my 85 3/4 ton. Most of this truck was painted with also and then cleared and buffed. Murals were added by a friend who did most of them by finger painting with one shot. IWhen I bought the truck it was all black so I had a pretty good base to work with. The pics of the chevelle show the guide coat I was talking about, I was teaching my buddy how to paint and let him put the guide coat on and he sprayed it a little to heavy to what I'm used to.

[mx600]

Heres a couple pics of paint jobs on cars.

Those look great. I ned my first car too, and it came out pretty nice. But it always had that "needs to be waxed" look, which was still a lot better than what it originally looked like.