Ok here goes. I get to show how stupid I am. Pumped gas in the tank and over filled it. Have small scratches in paint on left side of tank where I used a paper towel to wipe off over fill of gas. Question is…what is the best way to rub out very small scratches? Boy do I fill dumb. Thanks in advance.

 

Tom from http://harleygoodies.com/ here. I would suggest Scratch X from Mcguire's. Don't sweat it, I know that I learn through my own mistakes best. Harley also makes a swirl and scratch remover as do other companies, but the McGuire's has gotten the best reviews.

Best regards,
Tom
Harley Goodies

 

well here goes I once bought a used tank that had some pretty good scratches in it I tried Harley swirl sh## it was kind of working after 15 applications so I was reeding on the can of bras-so how it would remove scratches on plastic watch crystals that is plastic what the hell so is clear coat tried it on the tank just Little spot and damm if it didn't get the scratch out tried it on the saddle bag lids sure enough took em right out in 1 or 2 applications just saying try a Little and see worked really well for me

 

Take a look at this polisher...

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...dom+orbital.do

 

got a friend who is a body man?

If not go buy (going to cost you 50 bucks for a lifetime supply) a bottle of machine compound and a bottle of glazing compound.

use soft rags and use the compound to remove the scratches then use the glaze, then wax.

Deeper scratches in the clear can be sanded out with 2000 wet paper and lots of water, then compound, glaze and wax.

Once you go past the clear the only thing you can do short of paint is touch up paint, sand the touch up with 2000 to level it off with the rest of the paint, then buff/glaze/wax.

Someone with a buffer and the right pads/compounds could fix it in under 5 minutes, but good old fashioned elbow grease still works with the right compounds

 

I think we've all done that, a drip of gas on the tank we go crazy and get the first thing we see in this case those rough paper towel gas station have. I've been using this on all my Porsche and Bimmers now on the bike. the the aluminum polish by Mother's it works great. A matter of fact I did that to my tank last night on several surface scracth I noticed after washing the bike. I do recomment using an old 100% white T-shirt, use part of it to apply and the other section to wip off. Don't forget to wax the area afterwards.