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05-13-2011 | 07:26 AM
#2196
05-13-2011 | 08:48 AM
#2197
.Also thanks for taking the job of painting my car body. I really look forward to seeing the final product
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05-13-2011 | 02:07 PM
#2199
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,377
From: NY/FL
Hey All, need some advice regarding the J71 by Protoform. I'm normally a single color ,keep it simple guy since race bodies tend to take a beating. The rear spoiler on the J71 is part of the mold. Whats the best way to paint it a different color ?? I'm planning on a white nose with black front spoiler, a white stripe running front to back along the middle mold line and then a white rear spoiler. I have some blue painters tape and some liquid mask I've never used. Help the old newbie out !
05-13-2011 | 02:12 PM
#2200
Hey All, need some advice regarding the J71 by Protoform. I'm normally a single color ,keep it simple guy since race bodies tend to take a beating. The rear spoiler on the J71 is part of the mold. Whats the best way to paint it a different color ?? I'm planning on a white nose with black front spoiler, a white stripe running front to back along the middle mold line and then a white rear spoiler. I have some blue painters tape and some liquid mask I've never used. Help the old newbie out !
05-13-2011 | 04:49 PM
#2201
Or you could pull off my trick for spoilers and wings...
Lightly cut the paint overspray film after the whole body is painted, remove the spoiler/wing areas, and shoot it from the outside with black or silver. It will go on matte, and you can finish detail with silver or black Sharpie markers to make "rivets."
It's easy, simple and very effective in detailing spoilers, scoops, wings and other details that aren't part of the paint job.
Lightly cut the paint overspray film after the whole body is painted, remove the spoiler/wing areas, and shoot it from the outside with black or silver. It will go on matte, and you can finish detail with silver or black Sharpie markers to make "rivets."
It's easy, simple and very effective in detailing spoilers, scoops, wings and other details that aren't part of the paint job.
05-13-2011 | 05:19 PM
#2202
Or you could pull off my trick for spoilers and wings...
Lightly cut the paint overspray film after the whole body is painted, remove the spoiler/wing areas, and shoot it from the outside with black or silver. It will go on matte, and you can finish detail with silver or black Sharpie markers to make "rivets."
It's easy, simple and very effective in detailing spoilers, scoops, wings and other details that aren't part of the paint job.
Lightly cut the paint overspray film after the whole body is painted, remove the spoiler/wing areas, and shoot it from the outside with black or silver. It will go on matte, and you can finish detail with silver or black Sharpie markers to make "rivets."
It's easy, simple and very effective in detailing spoilers, scoops, wings and other details that aren't part of the paint job.
05-13-2011 | 05:26 PM
#2203
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 52
From: Smyrna, GA
And I thought I JUST cut the film!!! Now its held on by backing plates and double-sided tape.
-Drew
05-13-2011 | 05:32 PM
#2204
The overspray film is VERY thin. You really only need a slight drag of a very sharp new #11 blade to cut through the film. Some bodies are very thin in certain areas, and it's easy to over-do it. I had an area on the front of the J71 spoiler that suffered the same fate. Nothing a little filament tape and Shoe-Goo can't fix, though.
'dc
05-13-2011 | 06:31 PM
#2205
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,377
From: NY/FL
Darned good idea Doug. I think that might be the way to go.
That brings up a question I've been meaning to ask. Has anyone ever painted a body from the outside ?? Aside from scratches and rub marks showing up more, I've always wondered why we paint bodies from the inside. I would think the ability to touch up damage would be a huge benefit.
That brings up a question I've been meaning to ask. Has anyone ever painted a body from the outside ?? Aside from scratches and rub marks showing up more, I've always wondered why we paint bodies from the inside. I would think the ability to touch up damage would be a huge benefit.