31k tank help....freshly painted....

[budgie]

Hi Guys

bit of advice please....my 31k is nearing completion .... 18 months in... But fuel tank has come back from painters, happy with the job, but my painter has painted the filler neck, where the cap fits... Should I clean this area back to bare metal where cap seals...? Or will it be ok painted...?... If I clean it up, any idea of how to do it the best... I am concerned if I leave painted that the fuel may get under it... Anybody had this issue before... .?

cheers

Gavin

[stfocus]

Yes fuel will get under and bubble up put some thing in the hole and flat block it with wet and dry pal

[stfocus]

O and mask of the tank as well with a few layers as well 

[horace]

I clean round with a scalpel blade in one hand and the Henry nozzle in the other , seems to cut off pretty easy , best to get it off one way or another though.

[budgie]

Cheers guys... I kind of guessed that I would need to remove the paint... Given me some good idea's... I will give that a go tomorrow night....

Gav

[Yogi]

;)Deffo get off now,I had a dream machine set of panels with the neck painted, petrol got under and started bubbling within 3 months,, you have been warned, all the best