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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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I got new gas tanks for my 94 custom 3 weeks ago and had them custom painted blue flame and marbilized to match the rest of the bike, yesterday i spilled gas on one of the tanks after filling it up, i immedialty wiped it off with some of the stations paper towels, i did not notice any damage
do u think i may have caused any damage to the paint P.S getting all my photos i would like to share as thumbnails is drivin me f'n nuts [sm=dontgetit.gif]




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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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I'm 99.9% sure that you didn't hurt your paint.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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Nope, assuming it was professionally painted, clear coated and baked right it will be fine (unless you had dirt mixed in with the fuel and scratched it a little - course you could buff that out).
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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..it should be fine, but I wouldn't recommend paper of any kind on nice paint..don't wipe it off dry either..dust/grit on surface will put fine scratches on your paint..
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Once it's clean go ahead and put a good coat of wax on the tank to protect if from future spills..... which will occur.
 
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