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Update: I waited a week to let paint job #3 cure. I rubbed it out with 400 wet/dry paper just to give it some "tooth" to recieve another coat. I sprayed one thin coat of black gloss, just to cover the few spots that burned through on the light wet sanding. I got a great finish with no reaction with the existing layers of paint. (I did actually test spray this final coat on the underside of the tank in the tunnel to make sure there was no reaction and there was none, so I proceeded)

I actually did some more research (google) and found numerous people who painted tanks with rustoleum paint, and then topcoated the rattle can rustoleum with high tech clear gloss paint like the spraymax that Marc is suggesting (thanks Marc!) I ordered a similar clear gloss from eastwood supply.

Since I was able to recoat my tank successfully, I'm actually going to use a stencil to paint the norton logo on the tank and also mask out the pinstripes and paint them too... Then I'll strip and repaint the side covers black and add some backwards pinstripes too before I shoot the clear coat on everything all at once, since the clear coat only has a 48 hour pot life.. That's my plan

I'm not going with the waterslide decal on the sidecover this time because they didn't work all that well. I'm going to use a vinyl decal on the side cover because there's no stencil for them...

<blockquote data-quote="o0norton0o" data-source="post: 330527" data-attributes="member: 7701">Update:&nbsp; I waited a week to let paint job #3 cure. I rubbed it out with 400 wet/dry paper just to give it some &quot;tooth&quot; to recieve another coat.&nbsp; I sprayed one thin coat of black gloss, just to cover the few spots that burned through on the light wet sanding.&nbsp; I got a great finish with no reaction with the existing layers of paint.&nbsp; (I did actually test spray this final coat on the underside of the tank in the tunnel to make sure there was no reaction and there was none, so I proceeded)I actually did some more research (google) and found numerous people who painted tanks with rustoleum paint, and then topcoated the rattle can rustoleum with high tech clear gloss paint like the spraymax that Marc is suggesting&nbsp; (thanks Marc!)&nbsp; I ordered a similar clear gloss from eastwood supply.&nbsp; Since I was able to recoat my tank successfully, I&#039;m actually going to use a stencil to paint the norton logo on the tank and also mask out the pinstripes and paint them too...&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I&#039;ll strip and repaint the side covers black and add some backwards pinstripes too before I shoot the clear coat on everything all at once, since the clear coat only has a 48 hour pot life..&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s my planI&#039;m not going with the waterslide decal on the sidecover this time because they didn&#039;t work all that well. I&#039;m going to use a vinyl decal on the side cover because there&#039;s no stencil for them...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="o0norton0o, post: 330527, member: 7701"] Update: I waited a week to let paint job #3 cure. I rubbed it out with 400 wet/dry paper just to give it some "tooth" to recieve another coat. I sprayed one thin coat of black gloss, just to cover the few spots that burned through on the light wet sanding. I got a great finish with no reaction with the existing layers of paint. (I did actually test spray this final coat on the underside of the tank in the tunnel to make sure there was no reaction and there was none, so I proceeded) I actually did some more research (google) and found numerous people who painted tanks with rustoleum paint, and then topcoated the rattle can rustoleum with high tech clear gloss paint like the spraymax that Marc is suggesting (thanks Marc!) I ordered a similar clear gloss from eastwood supply. Since I was able to recoat my tank successfully, I'm actually going to use a stencil to paint the norton logo on the tank and also mask out the pinstripes and paint them too... Then I'll strip and repaint the side covers black and add some backwards pinstripes too before I shoot the clear coat on everything all at once, since the clear coat only has a 48 hour pot life.. That's my plan I'm not going with the waterslide decal on the sidecover this time because they didn't work all that well. I'm going to use a vinyl decal on the side cover because there's no stencil for them... [/QUOTE]