| Author | Message | ||
     Powdercoater61 |
O.K. the paint on the tank has to come off. what paint stripper can i use without harming the plastic? | ||
| Fahren |
Soy based or Soda Blasting or Sandpaper. That's a list of "low impact" solutions, speaking from generic paint stripping work, not from experience with a plastic Buell tank. Other, chemical-based strippers may not damage the tank as well, but I'm pretty sure the Kleen-Strip Aircraft stripper, for example, is for use on metals. | ||
| Badsix2 |
i have the same problem. anyway my boy works in a body shop and gave me some (SEM 39913 bumper stripper) he said it works good on rubber bumpers. i haven't tried it yet on my s1 tank so i'm not sure how it will work. | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Parts are limited in number, so be careful. Buell tanks are nylon, just for those of you using chemical strippers, in case that bit of info helps or matters at all... perhaps try applying a bit to the back of the tank, where it's normally covered by the hardware securing it to the frame... just to make sure you don't melt the material too bad. With as much trouble as these tend to have with bubbling due to out-gassing I just sanded smooth to the primer when I prep'ed my tank for paint. The painter told me to let the paint cure for a week or so before putting any fuel in it, if I really wanted to make sure it stuck. That was late summer of '06, it's been fine so far. |
