Stripping the
tank
So I wanted
to start out doing something that would get me in the mood. I removed the tank,
and all the fuel lines and got out the pressure washer and the bucket of copper
slag I had in the workshop and set about blasting the thing.
I did a test
shot to see how long this was going to take as I was doing it in the depths of
winter and wanted to get the whole thing stripped in daylight.
By the time
the sun died I had pretty much taken the lacquer off and had started eating
into the paint. You can see how quickly the rust gets to work.
The next day
I set about it and removed all the paint pretty much and then washed the tank
down with metal ready (well my version of it) to protect the steel.
I then shot 3
coats of UPOL grey primer and gave up for the day as the heavens were looking
not too happy.
I erected a
tent thingy (can’t remember what they’re called) to save me from packing and unpacking
stuff every 10 minutes.
By mid week I
had painted the tank and stuck the Kawasaki decals on. The colour is Krylon
NATO super matt olive. The decals were from a seller on eBay in the states as
this was the only place I could find orange ones.
The tank then
received 6 coats of matt lacquer and I then stored the tank inside for 2 weeks
before touching it. It’s very important that lacquer fully cures at room temp
or above before handling (for best results of course)
The videos for all this can be found here -
Blasting the tank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGLG-9sOVjs&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=18
Priming the tank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMZq11vmC70&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=19
Prep for paint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj34RPQ_roA&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=20
Painting part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwVuml80BM&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=21
Painting part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv3cqnOEAEA&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=22
Lacquering the tank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpIxMAoNEI&list=PLzYor9155-1FmyEA-Q579F6t3tjBHcNFQ&index=25
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