Painting motorcycle parts at home, or DIY auto painting, can be a disaster if you don't know what you are doing. We partnered up with Matthew Means of Anaheim Rod & Custom (http://www.anaheimrodandcustom.com/) to pain one of our famous Custom Peanut Gas Tanks for the Honda Shadow. If you are going to paint a motorcycle or paint motorcycle parts at home, you're going to want to know how to do it well, and Matthew breaks it all down.

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And below is the step by step breakdown for how to pain custom motorcycle parts.

Step 1. Clean the metal
Step 2. Sand all the surfaces
Step 3. Remove dust and wipe clean
Step 4. Make sure you have a decent protected area to paint in
Step 5. Apply first coat sealer! Wear an organic vapor mask
Step 6. Apply the base coat #1
Step 7. Apply the base coat # 2
Step 8. Apply Orienting Coat
Step 9. Apply Clear Coat 2 layers
Step 10. Apply Clear coat Flow coat