DIY How To Paint Stripes on a Car - 2 Two Tone Custom Paint Job

http://CollisionBlast.com/Books - - Hello Donnie Smith here, in this ARBN How2 Tip I'm going to show you how to two custom paint stripes on the car. This is basically just a two tone paint job with a stripe in the middle. However, the same methods can be used when painting bigger stripes, such as racing stripes. The car has already been prepped, masked, and primer sealer applied. Next we sprayed the color of the stripe. Once that is sprayed we can start masking where the strike will be. 3M makes fine line tape like this blue tape that works great for striping. Go around the car one panel at a time applying the blue tape. It is very important to attach the tape to one end of a panel and pull it down the entire panel at one time. Do not try to tape little sections at a time. This will always result in wavy and even lines. Once you have masked one panel, move to the next panel and stripe it. On this car the stripe is a quarter inch stripe around the entire car dividing the two colors; however, the back is slightly wider and it gradually narrows down to the quarter inch tape. Next we are going to spray the bottom color which is a high hiding color and it will cover the purple without a problem. Once the bottom color is sprayed and dried we will mask from the striped down. First up like 3/4 inch masking tape to outline the fine line tape to provide a wider stripped for masking then use 36 inch paper mask from the stripe down. On the top we're using a silver, which is translucent and does not cover well. Therefore, we are going to spray a high pigment color to cover the purple. This will eliminate trying to cover the purple with many coats of the silver to hide the purple. You do not want to see the purple showing through to your topcoat. Once you have sprayed your high hiding color to match the sealer, then apply your silver. Now you will have no issue with hiding the purple.

Unmask everything on the car and clear coat the entire car. That is all it takes to do multicolor two-tone with a stripe in the middle paint job.

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[tauntonsbest]

do you have to seal before applying tape so you dont lift the basecoat??? also how long should you wait before taping

[ButlerCollision]

@tauntonsbest The sealer is for hiding. It does not really help for taping. Depending on the brand of paint you are using may vary on tape times. 1 hour is good in most of the paint lines of paint I have used.

[SRBtuning]

is there tape that will not turn like its only meant to be straight, because i want to and a 4" thick stipe over the top of my car, so theres no need for waves. so yea is there a vehicle masking tape that is like that? thanks

[ButlerCollision]

@SRBtuning 3M makes 2" masking tape. You can lay two strips of this for a 4" stripe.

[willischamp1]

i repaired the rust on my truck and blocked it to bare metal and applied my epoxy priemer..do wet i sand 600 then sealer, base coat clear coat OR do i 180grit sand the whole thing then apply 2k primer then sealer and base coat clear coat?? NICE CHANNEL

[ButlerCollision]

@willischamp1 I would probably scuff the paint with 320, spray 2 coats of 2k then final sand with 400-600 sandpaper.

[TwinSOLid438]

i have an 87 monte caro ss i want to paint two tone like that but with a white stripe. when i put the tan masking tape on do i put that in inch lower than the blue i wish you would of showed a closer view of that

[ButlerCollision]

@gamerxrace That is an exciting time....my boys are getting closer to that age as well. Just a few more years. Thanks for watching and good luck with the car!

[ButlerCollision]

@WMFirefighter09 Thanks for watching!

[ButlerCollision]

@roln2572 Longer than 24 hours the paint may loose it's chemical adhesion and you will have to provide a mechanical adhesion by scuffing. If you think you will need to scuff, it is a good idea to spray an inter coat clear to protect the paint from scuffing the metallic. I am going to do a video to explain this later today so check back.