Was bs'ing with my boss the other day about bike crap and I made the comment that I was gonna have the very reputable powdercoater that we use powdercoat my fenders and tank instead of painting em (scratches and scuffs that are drivin me nuts). He said he thought there was lead in the seams of some tanks that made it impossible to powdercoat because it would melt the lead. He wasnt sure about this, just said to look into it first.
Has anyone powdercoated their tank or know anything about this? Any input would be great, thanx.

 

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/powde...ml#post8763914
it has been done

 

we do it all the time bud... it is a bit of an art like painting... i also paint so we took a paint like approach to it... we primer. block, top coat, clear, and wetsand and buff our powder on tins, comes out insane!
on flats of course we skip the last steps but here are some pics of some of our work











powdered the base coat


then airbrushed and clear

 

Thats beautiful work man, completely awesome. Now that I know how ill have it done, the impossible choice of what color to go with, or stick with denim black. Am wondering how a nice rich blue would look, either gloss or denim.

 

hahahah like my bike!

 

yup bout like that. Maybe an even darker shade though to complement chrome pipes, ac, mirrors, and the like. Don't really wanna go with the denim blue like the factory jobs everyones rockin though. Maybe the denim blue shade but in gloss???
Hard decision to make but its a problem im glad to have;}

 

Joe, is the "Kawasaki" a sticker or airbrushed also? Reason I ask is I had my tank powder coated, and then put the OEM sticker on. Now I want to put clear over the sticker to protect it from occassional gas spills, but cant figure out wheter I should use acrylic enamel or laquer clear coat.

 

I would like to do the 2 fenders and my tank off my FXR in Black(same as your 4rth picture down). How much would I pay? How long to do?

 

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