Thank you so much for that tip about spraying the base color as the first coat as over the tape to keep from bleeding, saved me a lot of headache on a project!!!!!
Great video. Thanks. I'm new to painting and will be painting Matt over 2 different colours. I don't need to worry about the height difference on the line? There will be more paint on one side right?
Im going to paint stripes on my car one day but itll be extremely difficult as the lines will be off center and a lot more curves. The car is very round. "Aircooled beetle"
Thanks for the vid. I'm getting ready to do this tomorrow and I was over thinking it a bit. When you put the tape over the purple, before you hit it with black, does the tape leave any residue that prevents the clear from sticking properly?
My question too...i did some rookie stripes and for some reason the clear lifted near the edge of the stripe...tape was a bit old and the paint was from Supercheap so who knows?
Awesome episode mate, makes me feel much more confident about tackling this in the future. Just wondering how you would go about painting even lines around wheel arches? getting an even line going around the curve is very daunting...
That is where it gets more difficult. I would probably mask up the whole area and mark the lower line. Then use a compass or similar to follow the bottom line with the point and mark the upper line to keep an even spacing. Then tidy it up before carefully cutting it out.
Basecoat basically dries pretty much straight away, so by the time you have put the gun down you should be right. But I would leave it maybe 10 mins or so. I wouldn't leave it overnight, as when the paint is fully dry, it tends to chip off little bits.
I explain it more in the Flow coat episode. Basically all of the top show cars get this done, where once the car is completely painted, it is sanded back again completely flat to get rid of any orange peel or other minor flaws in the paint. Then it is given a final clear coat over the perfectly flat base, so the final layer is the smoothest possible finish.
Home Built By Jeff hello Jeff.... could you send me a link to your flo coat video ...... could you base coat then use inter coat / binder then go over with clear coat for more depth ? Thanks Jeff great vids
Home Built By Jeff hi Jeff... yes but when you flatted it for flo coating what papers did you use ? Also if you based then used a binder or intercoat could you then go over with 3 coats of clear ? Thanks rich
I also do graphics, for polyester basecoats wait till it's fully dry, not just flashed. With enamel based paints unmask while wet or they can skin over and lift
You need to re-clear coat every panel that you put stripes on to do it properly. You can paint just the stripes, but I would never do that, and particularly not on a nice car. If you don't want to clear it all again then just go with vinyl.
Jeff, Thank you for making this video - Very helpful! I have wondered about on a base clear having to mechanically open the surface of the base for the stripes to adhere properly. I have a question with regard to when you pulled the tape in the large area (white tape), do you need to worry about the tape leaving any residue? Do you need to wipe with wax and grease remover? Thanks!
I actually painted and cleared the whole car and then rubbed it all back again before masking the stripes. If you mask straight over base coat, you do have issues with residue and tape marks. Even doing it the way I do it, which includes a bunch more clearing, you have to make sure you dust on the stripe colour. If you go too wet you can still soften up the tape and have residue issues.
Thank you so much for that tip about spraying the base color as the first coat as over the tape to keep from bleeding, saved me a lot of headache on a project!!!!!
Glad it worked for you mate.
Very slick tip
I’ve probably watching this 10 times over the last six years, and I keep coming back to Jeff’s videos. They’re top notch.
Great work Jeff, can't believe the quality you are producing in the home garage!!
Car looks great, love it.
Stan WPO911
Thanks mate.
nice work Jeff
Thanks mate ;)
wow that turned out gorgeous
I will do this with my GSX 1400. Thanks a lot for the video mate!
This video is fucken perfect for what I needed Thanks!
Great video. Thanks. I'm new to painting and will be painting Matt over 2 different colours. I don't need to worry about the height difference on the line? There will be more paint on one side right?
well done
Thanks mate got some great tips
Great video, nicely done.
Sometimes Jeff the simplest ways are often the best!!
How much paint do I need for 12" stripes?
Im going to paint stripes on my car one day but itll be extremely difficult as the lines will be off center and a lot more curves. The car is very round. "Aircooled beetle"
How much would you charge to paint a 98 Honda accord
Can I just use can spray paint?
Thanks for the vid. I'm getting ready to do this tomorrow and I was over thinking it a bit. When you put the tape over the purple, before you hit it with black, does the tape leave any residue that prevents the clear from sticking properly?
My question too...i did some rookie stripes and for some reason the clear lifted near the edge of the stripe...tape was a bit old and the paint was from Supercheap so who knows?
Awesome
Well done mate!
That is lovely
Awesome episode mate, makes me feel much more confident about tackling this in the future. Just wondering how you would go about painting even lines around wheel arches? getting an even line going around the curve is very daunting...
That is where it gets more difficult. I would probably mask up the whole area and mark the lower line. Then use a compass or similar to follow the bottom line with the point and mark the upper line to keep an even spacing. Then tidy it up before carefully cutting it out.
+Home Built By Jeff aah the nightmare that is the compound curve...
+Home Built By Jeff legend! Thanks for your reply mate, very much appreciated!
Great tips! Did you spray base orange and then clear. Then sand the the clear then put stripes. Then clear over the whole car again?
..and then sand it again and clear again to get rid of the edges ;) It is all step by step in the car build series.
@@HomeBuiltByJeff Ill check it out..THanks!
Hey Jeff is you want to stop paint bleed shoot a single coat of the base colour of the masked area first to seal the edges, any bleed won't then show
Thanks mate, I did just that ;)
i always faced bleed problems then stripping and the tip you mentioned to seal it off with the base coat as a seal is absolutely brilliant.
Do pull the tape after it is sprayed or the next day ?
After it is sprayed, very carefully.
Do you wait for the paint to dry before removing the tape? OR do you remove it while it is still wet?
Basecoat basically dries pretty much straight away, so by the time you have put the gun down you should be right. But I would leave it maybe 10 mins or so. I wouldn't leave it overnight, as when the paint is fully dry, it tends to chip off little bits.
+Home Built By Jeff awesome thanks a ton!
Home Built By Jeff thank you so much!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Have you ever thought of using a laser light for a perfectly straight line?
That is nice in theory, but you still need to be able to line it up correctly in the first place. This method is much much easier.
Its hard to follow a soft edge.
Hi you said flo coating ... can you explain a bit more .... how it's done ... what grits you use and how many layers of clear do you use thanks Jeff
I explain it more in the Flow coat episode. Basically all of the top show cars get this done, where once the car is completely painted, it is sanded back again completely flat to get rid of any orange peel or other minor flaws in the paint. Then it is given a final clear coat over the perfectly flat base, so the final layer is the smoothest possible finish.
Home Built By Jeff hello Jeff.... could you send me a link to your flo coat video ...... could you base coat then use inter coat / binder then go over with clear coat for more depth ? Thanks Jeff great vids
Hi jeff when you flo coated the car .... did you just use 800 wet...or could you do 600 then 800 thanks
No. You really need to paint it properly first. th-cam.com/video/q7nJqncXjq0/w-d-xo.html
Home Built By Jeff hi Jeff... yes but when you flatted it for flo coating what papers did you use ? Also if you based then used a binder or intercoat could you then go over with 3 coats of clear ? Thanks rich
How long after painting did you remove the tape? Was the paint still wet?
I also do graphics, for polyester basecoats wait till it's fully dry, not just flashed. With enamel based paints unmask while wet or they can skin over and lift
The basecoat is dusted on so it is pretty much dry straight away. I don't wet it up at that stage, so the tape can come straight off.
I want to get stripes on my 2015 mustang, does it need to be repainted to add the stripes?
You need to re-clear coat every panel that you put stripes on to do it properly. You can paint just the stripes, but I would never do that, and particularly not on a nice car. If you don't want to clear it all again then just go with vinyl.
Home Built By Jeff thanks brother just need to know my options before I got a shop and they try to fool me....i will look into vinyl
Tha is again
In this video I'm going to teach you how to paint stripes.
Okay Australian Jeff Gordan.
What size canopy is this?
Watch my how to build a spray booth videos th-cam.com/video/SnUmu0OJ24A/w-d-xo.html
Jeff,
Thank you for making this video - Very helpful! I have wondered about on a base clear having to mechanically open the surface of the base for the stripes to adhere properly.
I have a question with regard to when you pulled the tape in the large area (white tape), do you need to worry about the tape leaving any residue? Do you need to wipe with wax and grease remover?
Thanks!
I actually painted and cleared the whole car and then rubbed it all back again before masking the stripes. If you mask straight over base coat, you do have issues with residue and tape marks.
Even doing it the way I do it, which includes a bunch more clearing, you have to make sure you dust on the stripe colour. If you go too wet you can still soften up the tape and have residue issues.
OK, that makes sense. Did you wet sand with your 800?
Yep.
Really not lookingmusic