Favorite Tank Paint in your Neck of the Woods
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:06 pm
Hello and Thank You All
for this collaboratively created resource!
New user, first post, please shake me gently.
I’ve embarked upon a 1978 40+ MkII restoration … and have found so many mechanical Qs answered here that I’m focused on paint while parts are in transit. Holy Sheen Man, there are some killer paint jobs on display here.. I’d name names and ask directly but fear leaving someone out.. a n d see most are in nonUS localities where Seagulls saw heightened popularity. Kudos all around on the brilliant restoration results seen here. I’m impressed.
Not to forgo any worldwide paint brand suggestions (sure to help future readers) but yep, I’m in the US, and am concerned to see poor petrol contact tests on YouTube re rattlecan paints. An early 70s 4x4 I frame up reno-ed in my youth showed me the value of single phase automotive paints like Imron, especially when it comes to touch-up, shake open apply with match stick, sand buff wax voila. But I’m not too interested in huffing that if I don’t have to. Same goes for POR-15, A+ killer results, but can’t I keep this simple?
Looking for a black tank paint in a line that provides a solvent similar clear coat I can use over the water slide decal.
I see duplicator is said to do well on tanks as a paint, but not a topping clear because that coat becomes a gooey mess when gas is added. Appealing to your experiences? Looking for black and clear to top it over the decal.
Please chime in if you’ve struck ore and found a go-to brand that doesn’t become a bog from petrochemical contact it’ll be sincerely appreciated and I hope help others with the same question who come back from the future, hallewww.
As no finish can exceed the quality of prep, I’m on that bent now. Wish it were brass, but this is a steel tank, in solid condition, but scoping the insides showed years worth of gradoo, dried and shrunken into the familiar alligatored surface also known as plate tectonic islands of ick. It’s all currently soaking in gasoline with some GumOut plus 23 nuts for inner abrasion… I shake it in cycles as my energy returns. Hmm, should I follow up with overnight Apple Cider Vinegar inside? Has anyone tried a soak in coke? If it’ll consume coinage will it remove tank rust? All suggestions besides seeking a body shop accepted.
Looking forward to being initiated as a gas friendly paint applicator,
Hope others do the same for you
Mhops
for this collaboratively created resource!
New user, first post, please shake me gently.
I’ve embarked upon a 1978 40+ MkII restoration … and have found so many mechanical Qs answered here that I’m focused on paint while parts are in transit. Holy Sheen Man, there are some killer paint jobs on display here.. I’d name names and ask directly but fear leaving someone out.. a n d see most are in nonUS localities where Seagulls saw heightened popularity. Kudos all around on the brilliant restoration results seen here. I’m impressed.
Not to forgo any worldwide paint brand suggestions (sure to help future readers) but yep, I’m in the US, and am concerned to see poor petrol contact tests on YouTube re rattlecan paints. An early 70s 4x4 I frame up reno-ed in my youth showed me the value of single phase automotive paints like Imron, especially when it comes to touch-up, shake open apply with match stick, sand buff wax voila. But I’m not too interested in huffing that if I don’t have to. Same goes for POR-15, A+ killer results, but can’t I keep this simple?
Looking for a black tank paint in a line that provides a solvent similar clear coat I can use over the water slide decal.
I see duplicator is said to do well on tanks as a paint, but not a topping clear because that coat becomes a gooey mess when gas is added. Appealing to your experiences? Looking for black and clear to top it over the decal.
Please chime in if you’ve struck ore and found a go-to brand that doesn’t become a bog from petrochemical contact it’ll be sincerely appreciated and I hope help others with the same question who come back from the future, hallewww.
As no finish can exceed the quality of prep, I’m on that bent now. Wish it were brass, but this is a steel tank, in solid condition, but scoping the insides showed years worth of gradoo, dried and shrunken into the familiar alligatored surface also known as plate tectonic islands of ick. It’s all currently soaking in gasoline with some GumOut plus 23 nuts for inner abrasion… I shake it in cycles as my energy returns. Hmm, should I follow up with overnight Apple Cider Vinegar inside? Has anyone tried a soak in coke? If it’ll consume coinage will it remove tank rust? All suggestions besides seeking a body shop accepted.
Looking forward to being initiated as a gas friendly paint applicator,
Hope others do the same for you
Mhops