Painting a 90 fuel tank?

nobber

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• Apr 23, 2018

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What did you guys use? Its new and in that black primer they come in.

 

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lynall

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• Apr 24, 2018

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I just slapped mine on and it gets a dose of chassis wax every year or two, been on there 3 or 4 yrs now with no rust that Ive noticed.

 

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discomania

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• Apr 24, 2018

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nobber said:

What did you guys use? Its new and in that black primer they come in.

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Issue with these is painting the usually unpainted metal between the tank & cradle.

I ended up sealing mine all the way round and then filling the void with Dinitrol before finally sealing the gap where I sprayed it in. I then painted the whole tank.

 

zeaphod

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• Apr 24, 2018

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Make sure its clean first, then I spray on several coats of hammerite - easy. If you fit extended front mudflaps (i.e. extended up into the wing) you will find that much less crap gets flung onto the tank and it needs less attention over the years.

 

Gmacz

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• Apr 24, 2018

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Red lead from screwfix and then tractol chassis black. Screwfix black is rubbish.

 

payydg

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• Apr 24, 2018

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I had some left over 2 pack epoxy chassis paint so I used that. Then sprayed with hammerite with waxoil (this stuff is actually pretty **** but I had a few cans so thought I’d use it up)