Best way to spray overall

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Karmin

How do you guys spray a whole car? Do you paint jambs and then reassemble and paint? I'm just curious, if you jamb and then spray the exterior, how do you get rid of the tape lines? Also, how do you blend the exterior to the jambs?

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Karmin
 
depends on color.. if its a solid take the doors off and hood/trunk and hang parts.. if its a metallic or pearl then u have to backtape the jambs after shooting and do a "soft edge" mask with the tape.. so that the overspray doesnt make a hardline... then the hardest way is to shoot it all at the same time jambs and outside all in one.
 
Do you backtape right up to the edge? And then scuff the overspray? It's a solid color.
 
With a solid color you can paint the car while apart and then just reassemble. Try to follow the same technique (number of coats, mixing ratio, gun settings) on every panel as it is a good practice to get into.
 
Thx. I have a small garage so I was thinking reassemble and spray but I couldn't figure out how to spray without a line. Guess i'll keep it apart and spray.
 
The idea of back taping for a soft edge is to provide a rounded edge of tape to spray into so that there is no hard edge at the tape line. The rest of the painted areas are masked off so no over spray gets on them.
 
I'm planning on a meavy metallic silver so I've been thinking about this as well. I really prefer to shoot the panels seperate, but I've only done solid colors up to now. So whats wrong w/ shooting 3 coats on everything seperate and then hanging the panels on the car for a 4th drop coat so it evens everyting out, wouldn't even need to spray the jambs or tape anything. Then pull the panels off for clear. It's a few extra steps and it's extra handling of the panels, but it saves a lof time masking and trying to smooth any tape lines.
 
i do mopars completely assembled. i wont clear the decklid or hood assembled on the car though. the mustang i i based everything separate...assembled for the final metallic coat, then took apart other than the fenders and cleared separate.


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Jeremy,
Do you paint jambs and such first then assemble and paint? I wouldn't think you could get full coverage on hinge areas and firewall otherwise.
 
I jamb and edge everything and assemble then remove the hood, I paint the hood and decklid off the car-makes it easy to shoot and the trunk jamb ends up with no tape lines, the engine compartment usually has good areas for masking to break the paint with no tape lines. I use plastic on the firewall and A pillars and also inside the fenders before it gets assembled and set it up so it can easily be pulled out assembled. Wrap the frame and engine before the sheetmetal goes on. Everything gets masked properly so there isn't a trace of overspray anywhere. The only tape lines to deal with are in the door jambs and it takes about 1/2 hour to sand them out and prep for a little color and clear blend-not a big deal at all, looks perfect, and it gets done before any color sanding. If I sand and flow coat the job I usually break it up in segments shooting less panels at a time for easy masking and no tape lines. Everybody has their own way of doing things, for me painting it assembled allows me to final block the job assembled-I like it to be perfectly aligned so the blocking is perfected as an assembly-I see no other way to get the results I'm after but if someone has a better way my ears are open.
 
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