Body Work Repair Help

[seb421]

What to use to repair tank?

have a small dent on the left shoulder of the tank from a coming together with a curb a few year back

just about to order my viynl to wrap it and have found some good videos of wrapping bike tanks


what can i use to fix the dent / fill it out

ive never done anything like this, and would like to get it right first time, do i just buy some body filler and sand paper?


Wish my old man was a hands on man and could have taught me this stuff as a child

[bazza696]

if your wrapping it then you could just fill it and sand it job done, it dont have to look pretty just smooth so it dont show through the vinyl.

[seb421]

if your wrapping it then you could just fill it and sand it job done, it dont have to look pretty just smooth so it dont show through the vinyl.

Will i need to sand down and prime the tank dent area for the filler to stick?

Sorry if that's a dumb question I never used the stuff

will i have to put a primer over the top of the sanded filler to seal it too?

[Wicky]

http://renaissance.hubpages.com/hub/Mot ... ank_Repair

http://www.ehow.com/how_8031250_pop-out-dent.html

Get the dent as small as possible (see above as if your lucky you may be able to completely pop the dent out) - get it down to metal, slap in some P38 filler, sand down with wet & dry & sanding block, prime. Job ready for vinyl.

[Kev L]

That's a really good site Wicky.