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Doug C Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2013 Posts: 255
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:24 pm Post subject: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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I'm planning a full re-spray and will be using a Single Stage Acrylic Urethane paint (main color I already have btw). I'll be adding a clear to the mix incrementally per coat as I've done before, but do not want to top coat with clear. Will be shooting paint with the intension of doing a wet sand cut and buff on the entire car afterwards. All things I've done before..
But the difference with this car - I want to add a secondary color, in the form of a 3" stripe on either side of the hood, for instance.
I'm struggling to wrap my head around the sequence I'm gonna use to make this happen. So, I thought I'd ask - what are the techniques or series of events that you guys would use in doing this? also, tape recommendations, etc all appreciated. Thanks.
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16886 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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you will have to wait for your first color to 100% dry then tape off and paint your stripes. you will have a ridge when you pull back your tape after you spray the stripes
honestly, i'd paint it then buff it. mask for stripes and scotch brite the area to be painted. if you try and buff after the stripes you'll catch the edge of the stripes and buff them right off
many stripe jobs get done with base/clear and buried under the clear so you have no edge _________________
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Doug C Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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Thanks for the reply ..
So, I've thinking [tell me if I'm wrong please], that I could - after primer and scuff:
- mask off the stripe areas
- shoot my main color
- let that dry
- pull masking from stripe area
- mask everything else.. being careful to get the tape exactly where it needs to be on the dried edge of the main color.
- shoot stripe color
This way, I'd have 3-4 layers of paint for both colors and (in theory at least) would be level enough for a cut and buff, after the final masking is removed.
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16886 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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it would never work out the way you want it
you can try but i wouldn't. _________________
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oprn Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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The line will never be quite right as the sand and buff will cut it back unevenly. Paint the first color, mask and paint the second with as little paint as you can to minimize the ridge then build your thickness needed for your sand and buff with clear coat. The results will look far more professional. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Doug C Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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..and are you saying to clear coat the stripes only? Then cut and buff everything together? |
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kman Samba Member
Joined: November 04, 2005 Posts: 739 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Stripes done w/ single stage Urethane |
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paint the stripe color where you want it without masking
let 100% dry.
Mask off the area where the stripe will be.
scuff the overspray from the stripe painting
clean and paint the rest
pull the masking on the stripe before the paint fully sets
you will have a ridge but can buff it down a little
Seriously consider base/clear _________________ 71 vert build. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=572951&highlight=dead |
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