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Painting my tank this week. What color???

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Old 02-20-2011 | 08:59 PM
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Default Painting my tank this week. What color???

Gonna sand this thing down this week and shoot it. I think my bike is way too monotone, so I wanna add a bright gaudy color to it. Ugly, oldschool, maybe a single stripe to offset, etc. I was thinking a green with gold flake. I'd like some input.

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Old 02-20-2011 | 09:04 PM
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Damn. I wanted to be the first one on the forums (these days) to post a flake metal tank pic. I plan on doing my tank one solid flake metal color soon, whenever my new tank gets here.

Anyway, the green with a gold flake paint strip sounds pretty bad-***. Would not have thought of that myself.
 
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Old 02-20-2011 | 09:07 PM
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I've always been partial to yellow, but what ever you do it's bound to look sweet, keep us informed.
 
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Old 02-20-2011 | 09:12 PM
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Metal-flake purple. lol
 
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Old 02-20-2011 | 09:50 PM
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I always thought it would be cool to use the shoot n C target color scheme...The flat/denim black would look cool with the fluorescent green and maybe a hint of red somewhere...Think this:



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Old 02-21-2011 | 01:55 AM
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I like root beer but red would look sweet too, esp with black.
 
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Old 02-21-2011 | 02:11 AM
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Pagan Gold with Organic Green Kandy on top. Did a chopper that scheme once, looked KILLER!
 
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Old 02-21-2011 | 07:01 AM
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Pagan Gold with Organic Green Kandy on top. Did a chopper that scheme once, looked KILLER!
That does sound good. I'm not gonna buy HOK, though....
 
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Old 02-21-2011 | 08:15 AM
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I really want my Nightster tank painted orange metal flake. Pretty much the same color as the Bell Custom 500 Orange Helmet I'm getting soon.
 
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Old 02-21-2011 | 08:22 AM
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What about stripping it to bare metal, do a candy green stripe/scallop/whatever, then clear coat the whole thing.
 



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