1967 Honda CB77 Super Hawk - Restoration - Part 14

In this video we finally get the tank painted, and it only takes 3 attempts to get it right. I used Eastwood’s single stage urethane in Boulevard Black. The paint gun I used is a DeVilbiss Finishline 4 FLG-670 with a 1.3 fluid tip. In my first attempt I ended up spraying way outside of the temperature window of the activator as the morning sun rapidly warmed up my DIY paint booth to a toasty 104 degrees F. by time applied the 3rd coat. This resulted in a lot of dry spray and excessive orange peel.
I had to wet sand the tank to flatten out the paint and made my second attempt on a much cooler morning. The lower temperature solved the first problem but I ended up with a lot of solvent pop in the finish the second time around. This could have been due to a number of factors but most likely I was applying the paint to heavily and not allowing enough flash time between coats.
So, I wet sanded the tank again and made my 3rd attempt. This time around I made sure to wipe the tank down with wax and grease remover the night before to eliminate that as a possible cause of the solved pop. I also made sure that my gun pressure was to spec according to the DeVilbiss specs. I also only applied a single coat since in total the tank already had 5 previous coats on it. Fortunately there were only a handful of solvent pop marks that could easily be sanded and buffed out.
After the tank had a few days to cure I wet sanded it with 2000 grit sand paper and used Mother’s Rubbing Compound, Finishing Polish, and Synthetic Wax to bring the paint to a show quality finish. This was my first attempt at a paint job of this caliber and despite seemingly endless setbacks I’m thoroughly pleased with the results.
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[@MBIKES21]

Great job.

[@michaelsams450]

Thanks!

[@johnpenny2328]

Superb job Michael. Well done :)

[@michaelsams450]

Thanks!

[@bertrandlussier8150]

Beautiful work! Congratulation!!

[@michaelsams450]

Thanks! The painting process was challenging but very rewarding in the end.

[@dglongx]

Glass

[@michaelsams450]

Pretty close, I'm almost afraid to put it back on the bike!

[@dglongx]

@@michaelsams450 that's one of the reasons I'm sticking with petina for now

[@michaelsams450]

I'm with you on that. Unfortunately in this case the original paint was hidden under 3 previous paint jobs.