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DrunkenDwarf

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Paint Repair advise
05/15/09 at 09:07:28

I've got a tiny chip out of the underside of my tank from removing the brass plug on the carburetor. I'm a clutz. Embarrassed

ColorRite wants me to buy primer, base coat, top coat, and clear coat.

The location isn't visible unless you're underneath the tank, I'm primarily interested in protecting the metal.

What do I really need to do to prevent rust?

-D. Dwarf

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Re: Paint Repair advise
Reply #1 - 05/15/09 at 09:17:58

hidden chip?model shop, pactra primer(tiny bottle), pactra color(closest to stock color on bike)..... to apply a book of paper matches.... that whiskery end when you pull a match out of a book is a perfect touch-up brush.... use a postage stamp of sandpaper just to clean the exposed metal of any corrosion, light coat of the primer, when dry, color.... check for blistering when you pull the tank... see a blister, redo it....

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Re: Paint Repair advise
Reply #2 - 05/15/09 at 09:21:08

DrunkenDwarf wrote on 05/15/09 at 09:07:28:

I've got a tiny chip out of the underside of my tank from removing the brass plug on the carburetor. I'm a clutz. Embarrassed

ColorRite wants me to buy primer, base coat, top coat, and clear coat.

The location isn't visible unless you're underneath the tank, I'm primarily interested in protecting the metal.

What do I really need to do to prevent rust?

-D. Dwarf

Fingernail polish works great.

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marshall13

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Re: Paint Repair advise
Reply #3 - 05/15/09 at 09:42:05

Wyldman wrote on 05/15/09 at 09:21:08:

DrunkenDwarf wrote on 05/15/09 at 09:07:28:

I've got a tiny chip out of the underside of my tank from removing the brass plug on the carburetor. I'm a clutz. Embarrassed

ColorRite wants me to buy primer, base coat, top coat, and clear coat.

The location isn't visible unless you're underneath the tank, I'm primarily interested in protecting the metal.

What do I really need to do to prevent rust?

-D. Dwarf

Fingernail polish works great.

jinx, you owe me a beer...lol

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DrunkenDwarf

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Re: Paint Repair advice
Reply #4 - 05/15/09 at 11:28:28

Wyldman wrote on 05/15/09 at 09:21:08:

DrunkenDwarf wrote on 05/15/09 at 09:07:28:

I've got a tiny chip out of the underside of my tank from removing the brass plug on the carburetor. I'm a clutz. Embarrassed

ColorRite wants me to buy primer, base coat, top coat, and clear coat.

The location isn't visible unless you're underneath the tank, I'm primarily interested in protecting the metal.

What do I really need to do to prevent rust?

-D. Dwarf

Fingernail polish works great.

I was wondering about that.

-D. Dwarf

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Paint Repair advise Reply #5 - 05/15/09 at 11:34:25 I just hope that when your wife buys you the matching color paint the the girl down the street doesn't show up wearing the same color.
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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: Paint Repair advise Reply #6 - 05/15/09 at 12:31:20 I have a 2004 funky green, bet it's hard to find in fingernail polish.
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marshall13 Senior Member Offline the first step is to admit your ignorance Posts: 301 Fort Lauderdale FL Gender:	Re: Paint Repair advise Reply #7 - 05/15/09 at 19:52:06 Duane wrote on 05/15/09 at 12:31:20: I have a 2004 funky green, bet it's hard to find in fingernail polish. check miami...lol
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Re: Paint Repair advise
Reply #8 - 05/15/09 at 22:09:35

I have always used automotive touch up paint from Wally World, or wherever. Cheap, easy to get, and black is a pretty easy color to match. I still have the same bottle from back when I had the Honda. Broke it out the other day to take care of a tiny rock chip on the frame. Naval Jelly, rattle can primer (with a cardboard overlay with a cut-out the size of the chip), paint, sand, paint, sand, touch up. Beer.

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DrunkenDwarf Senior Member Offline Morning Zombie Posts: 325 Seattle, WA Gender:	Re: Paint Repair advise Reply #9 - 05/16/09 at 04:46:25 Thanks for the info. Part of the issue is the color. White. (Pearl Glass White according to Color Rite.) Luckily the chip is underneath the tank, so no one will see the crappy paint job. -D. Dwarf
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