Anyone stripped paint off petrol tank?

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

Need to strip a GS petrol tank of its paint - anyone recommend any 'home use' products?

thanks in advance of any assistance received

 

[MikeP]

One way in this thread:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=311947&page=2

 

[paintman]

Michael
Happy new year, now you can do it with a product like Nitromors double strength, but its a slow and messy job, way better (IMO) to find a local sandblaster who will do a great job for about £25 ish

John

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

Michael
Happy new year, now you can do it with a product like Nitromors double strength, but its a slow and messy job, way better (IMO) to find a local sandblaster who will do a great job for about £25 ish

John

happy new year mate - all the best - thanks for the tip - i didnt realise sandblasting could be so good value.

 

[Bugbear]

Sandblast a tank - you're having a laugh. I wouldn't let a sandblaster anywhere near a fuel tank.

Trust me, if you really need to get back to bare-metal use a Nitromors product or similar.

+Good gloves & Eye protection.

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

just found a local company who does work on restoring aston martin parts.

Have you had experience of blasting a tank being a problem?

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

I assume we are talking about a metal GS tank here?

Regarding steel tanks, shouldn't be a problem blasting the outside of a tank with appropiate media if propely prepared, I would use Nitromors though as I still have a gallon of the real stuff (Pre 2006)

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

yeah its an 1150 tank

 

[Bugbear]

The main problem with 'Sand' is its a rough harsh medium and it gets everywhere.

There are many other mediums that will give far better and safer results.

Useful chart here

http://www.guyson.co.uk/aftersales/blast-abrasives

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

maybe i should have worded this differently - any kind of blasting , will it be ok?
I have no experience of blasting so know bot all about it

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

The firm you use should be able to advise, but "sand" would be to harsh I think, "Bugbears" link is handy, talk to the blasters ....

Dont forget to get some paint on quick, any temporary light undercoat as long as it wont conflict with the paint your eventually going to use will do to keep the air off, rusting will start immediately.

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

cheers for all the advice folks - i have been told they will use Olivine as it is a 'kind' product.

Now then - which colour will be most popular?

 

[paintman]

maybe i should have worded this differently - any kind of blasting , will it be ok?
I have no experience of blasting so know bot all about it

Michael I used the word Sandblast as a kind of generic term, sandblasters often refer to themselves as blasters these days, they will have a range of different materials that they use in blasting and they will advise you of the merits and costs of each, having said that I just get stuff sandblasted as its cheapest.
The sand should not damage your tank as they use different grits and vary the air pressure to suit the job in hand, just make sure any openings are sealed. When you get it back I recommend you use etch primer on the bare metal and when dry apply a decent two pack primer or if using rattle cans use a hi build product.

John.

PS If in true GS style you want to spend a small fortune I am sure you could find a blaster that would be happy to use some form of precious metal to get your tank back to bare metal then supply you with a sticker that states prior to painting this tank was blasted with titanium beads supplied by Tourablast.

 

[(RIP) Tunneruk]

Don't talk to me about stripping paint off a tank

Check out this feat of persistence on my old 250LC tank!

Take one near pristine tank ........





All it needed was a quick polish ........





But, I'm a bit of a perfectionist and all that ......





So I decided to strip it.

First, I did some stripping .....





Then I followed that up with a little more stripping ......





Once the stripping was done I did some more stripping





But that wasn't enough ..... so I resorted to stripping ....





The stripping was working but I needed a different approach, so I tried stripping .....





The stripping was going well, but not well enough. Time for some stripping!





This really started to work, if only I'd just started stripping in the first place!






Ask me about prepping and painting, go on, I dare you!!
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[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

olivine blasting for me then guys
not putting myself through that!

great reply

 

[ralphy]

Does it really need a complete strip?

For preparing for a tank re-paint I used sanding discs on mine, followed by a hand finish using wet & dry:

Alternatively, a heat-gun is an easy way to strip to bare metal:

R

 

[stevie]

I restore classic cars as my job and we use soda blasting,basicaly the medium is industrial baking soda which doesn't wear away or distort metal as some heavy grit blasting can do.Also the plus point is that the soda used is washed away by water so no dodgy grit in your parts!! you can get a cheap soda blaster from machine mart but if you want to clean powder coating off you have to go to a heavier grit medium that these machines cant handle so best take to a commercial blaster

 

[SCOTTY]

Just had a 1150 adv tank sand blasted at NB coatings in Pontefract, he quoted £8 -£10 over the phone then when he saw it he charged £15 , still cheap and he even did it while i waited. Top bloke.

 

[pete.keys]

Don't talk to me about stripping paint off a tank



Ask me about prepping and painting, go on, I dare you!!
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late to this thread ... but LMAO