Horizontal stripe question

Tuna55

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What's the proper strategy for BC/CC on a stripe like this? I imagine painting the white first, then masking the stripe and doing the rest of the color, then clear over everything. I imagine someone has tried to do it as a pinstripe, or as vinyl, but I am guessing as to which will be more successful.

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I'm going to put white SS stripes on a black hood.
My plan is to spray the black base, then intercoat clear on the hood, tape off the stripes, shoot 2-3 coats of white base, the clear over it all.
SPI tech line recommended the intercoat clear.
This process worked great on my test panel (stock hood, final will be SS hood.)
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Backyard hack disclaimer applies here.
The pros probably have better ides.
 
What's the proper strategy for BC/CC on a stripe like this? I imagine painting the white first, then masking the stripe and doing the rest of the color, then clear over everything. I imagine someone has tried to do it as a pinstripe, or as vinyl, but I am guessing as to which will be more successful.

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Not seeing a stripe, unless you mean the side trim that goes over the wheel openings and down the lower side?


This isn't always the best way to do it but as a general principle- on two tone jobs it's usually easiest to spray the smaller color first so there is less to mask out before you shoot the overall color. If you shoot the overall color first you have to mask the entire car off to shoot the smaller color. Just depends on the layout of the color splits and the amount of area each color covers.

Either way, you'd shoot 3-4 coats of clear, block sand it flat over the mask lines so there isn't a step in the finish, then shoot your final coats of clear.
 
Good tips here. As stated, on a stripe that small it would probably be easier to shoot the white, mask it then shoot the overall color. I usually spray the first color, let it dry for an hour, then tape for the 2nd color. I never use an intercoat clear between. I imagine that that is done to prevent peeling the base when you remove the tape. An old timer taught me a trick to lightly stick the masking tape to my (clean) pants leg before sticking it to the panel. It takes just enough of the tack off the tape to prevent lifting the base when removed, but doesnt cause bleeding. I then shoot the 2nd color, then clear. And like mentioned above, if you dont want to see the step transition between the 2 colors, let it fully dry after 3 coats, sand with 600 (be careful on edges) and then reclear.
 
The Intercoat clear,when catalyzed like a Base coat,provides protection same as clear basically but way shorter cure time. Especially doing multiple graphics in a day,leveling things up and no 10 coats of clear when done and clear curing 'work time' delay with just a simple scuffing of the IC if an extended time or sanding if you prefer. I've done multi graphics projects that sat in IC for weeks with just a good scuffing and more work or cleared with no issues what so ever.
Also a barrier for early graphics against bleeding and screw up's on subsequent layers.
Doing the Striping such as Dean's,would allow you to cover the Black base with IC,,good flash time,continue with the White in a day,make a mistake or buy time till tomorrow or couple days and then clear. Just the hood,not the entire car BTW.
JimC is the Master on such and can explain way better or more confidently than I can.
Personally I'm not sticking tape to anything fabric related going on a project as a paint edge. Off the Edge tape for masking material won't matter much and might stop a lift but then I'd be using a different tape if it's too tacky.
A clean piece of metal or glass would be preferable. I understand about de tacking standard tape but most vinyl fine line masking tape is fine as is. Just burnish it good right before spraying to make sure it's stuck down.
 
I should have been more specific, I dont use the pant trick on fineline, I use it for filler tape between fineline. Never had any issues.
 
many ways to skin a cat here but a good rule of thumb is to always shoot your smallest color first. so...shoot the white for the stripes, mask them off then shoot the background color. there are times when you dont follow this rule and it comes down to your colors and how well they cover. i would not for instance shoot black for my stripes, mask off then do yellow background. the yellow would cover piss poor over black and you wouldnt want to shoot white then black because you would have a thick paint edge to cover with clear. with that light teal on the truck, you would want a white base so do the white, mask then do the teal. i never use intercoat between paint layers. just let the white dry for a few hours before taping on it and your fine.
 
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