PaiNt issUes

[Queso]

     


I put all this time into painting my bike, with about a dozen layers of clear coat. Lookin great... Then whaddya know, I am needing the gas. Add gas, no problem. Little gas droplet on tank and BOOM. &@^%*#& up paint. Acrylic Enamel apparently can do nothing to protect itself at the hands of gasoline (ARRRRRGH GASOLINE HANDS!!!).

Please purvey preferable petrol proof paints.

[annguyen1981]

that bites dude.

you got any pics of how bad it is?

[Jughead]

Well as far as Clearcoat Rattle Can Plasticoat High Heat does a Great job.Buffs out very well too.

[Queso]

Well... I've since fixed it and been careful when gassing up. It basically just ate the paint. I'll try the high heat stuff, thanks

[Chuck]

You gotta let that stuff set for about two months before pouring gasoline on it.  At that point, if you wipe it up quickly, you shouldn't have a problem.

[Onlypastrana199]

About a month after I got mine painted, I overfilled on a hot day and gas spilled all over my tank oops...I was scared my paint was gonna be wrecked...my clear wasn\'t rattle canned, it held up fine, I wiped it off right away, continued on our 100mile poker run and then washed it when I got home. My paint had cured enough that I could use non-silicone waxes on it and I had waxed it a bunch before hand though.

[Nikolas]

Any non-catylized paint (as in, anything from a rattle can) will be mucked up by solvents.  Enamels suck too, urethane all the way.

For something as small as a bike, you can get an automotive paint jobber to mix up your paint the catylist and put it in a spray can, but you'd better  have everything ready.