I was think the same thing.

 

Shame on you for hijacking the post!!!!!!... hahaa.. man... just minor changes on the bike.. I have been hit with a lot of personal crap.. but I've got some good stuff coming for my bike (including the hand shift-foot clutch)

Galvatron.. since you removed the tank. before you commit to the expense of repainting it.. how about you play with the lower part of the tank that is not usually visible?... I did that with mine.. things like getting the touch-up paint.. applying some of it to a clean sponge.. then lightly rubbing it to the lower part.. perhaps you can come up with a cheap way to fix the tank ...

 

That is really gay. I put my little cousin on mine for a few pics the other day and his greasy mitts got finger prints all over the tank. Wiped off with a hanky though. It sort of looks like an oily substance. Good luck with it Galvatron and let us know how you go

 

If it's not coming off with a scotchbrite that tells me that it's probably coming from under the paint. There are a lot of things that could cause it..from prep at the factory (handling bare metal without gloves, not cleaning it properly after handling) I've seen hand prints show up months after painting from just that. You've already committed to a new paint job..why not sand down thru the surface to see if it's coming thru the primer. It may have been working it's way thru for sometime...good luck.

 

I'm thinking greasy hand print, or suntan oil hand print on a satin finish - got absorbed into the paint. If it were under the paint, the paint would have pealed, or not even have stuck in the first place.
Ever try and paint an oily spot? Not gonna happen.

 

It must have been the road gnomes coming to get back at you for the way you refer go the cleaning ladies... If you don't trust them get off your *** and clean yourself.... Oh and get a guardian bell!

 

Yes, the difficulties of the demin paint in that one can not polish the finish.

As above, is it a surface stain? Or is it coming from below the primer?

If surface and Windex has not removed the stain, the only option is to sand the stain with 600 then 1000 grit sandpaper.

Else, or if from below the primer, yep repaint (or live with it).

Good luck to you.

 

yes I have painted over an oily surface and yes it did stick...I'm talking oils from your hand not motor oil. If there were contaminates on the surface just like moisture in a line it could surface months later. In time that paint may peel..

 

It absorbed into the finish. The only thing I know that would do this is brake fluid, but there is no way it's brake fluid unless the knomes are working on my bike when I'm gone. Oh well, keep watching for a badass new paint job. I found a local airbrush artist that does unmatched out of this world work. Here's an example:

 

PBR + airbrushing = win.

his work looks sick! only thing i can think of that would do that is brake fluid. unless someone ate a bologna sandwich and left it on your bike for a while