As most of you know by now, I will be painting my stripes myself. Can someone give me the general step by step prodedure normally followed to paint stripes on a car? These stripes will be painted onto the hood as well as the fiberglass Harwood scoop. I plan to get the stripe template kit from OPG and realize that instructions are included, I think. But am curious now as to the right way to do this. I know the scoop will change the layout of the template outline.....
Thanks again.

btt....sorry , but I am planning on shooting some silver today and will include the hood if appropriate.... ;)

I'll tell ya, I painted mine 3 times and if you are using templates or stencils Year One has the best ones. They are the most complete and easiest to lay out. I used stencils from 2 other places and these were by far the best.
Ron

Originally posted by ToocoolZ28:
I'll tell ya, I painted mine 3 times and if you are using templates or stencils Year One has the best ones. They are the most complete and easiest to lay out. I used stencils from 2 other places and these were by far the best.
Ron Year One it is....can you tell me what the "procedure" or "steps" that are involved in applying the stripes. Hood color first ? stripes first ? :confused:
Thanks for the help.

Texas 70, I've always done it, and seen others paint the whole car the body color. Then add your stripe kit, and tape off the appropriate areas. So if your question is should you paint the hood first, yes, that's how I've always seen it done.

Originally posted by 71metbu:
Texas 70, I've always done it, and seen others paint the whole car the body color. Then add your stripe kit, and tape off the appropriate areas. So if your question is should you paint the hood first, yes, that's how I've always seen it done. That was exactly my question, thank you. graemlins/waving.gif

John,,,This is how I did the stripes on my 71, came out nice: Painted the car (except the hood and deck lid where the stripes were going) with blue base and 3 coats of clear. Painted the hood and trunk lid with blue base and only one coat of clear. Then sanded (after they dried 2 days) the hood/deck lid with 1500 lightly. Then applied the stripe kit and painted the stripes with black base. Removed the stripe kit and applied 2/3 coats of clear. Then sanded everything with 1200/1500 then 2000 and buffed. Came out great...

reguarding previous entry, notice only one coat of clear was applied to the hood and decklid initially, This was to help protect the fragile metalic base for masking of the stripes. Also the clearcoat is easier to clean-less chance of trapping fingerprints etc. under the clear. Midcoat clears can also be used for this purpose in exactly the same way, DBU500, DBC500, and D895 in the PPG line. Bob

Originally posted by 71SSBB:
John,,,This is how I did the stripes on my 71, came out nice: Painted the car (except the hood and deck lid where the stripes were going) with blue base and 3 coats of clear. Painted the hood and trunk lid with blue base and only one coat of clear. Then sanded (after they dried 2 days) the hood/deck lid with 1500 lightly. Then applied the stripe kit and painted the stripes with black base. Removed the stripe kit and applied 2/3 coats of clear. Then sanded everything with 1200/1500 then 2000 and buffed. Came out great... This is probably the best way to do it for great results. I used single stage paint, thats why I didnt do it like this.
One thing, if you dont paint the hood and deck at the same time as the rest of the car there is a chance you may not mix the paint exactly the same and they may be slightly off one shade.
Follow his directions and it will look very nice (I didnt want to say "great" again tongue.gif ).
Ron

I know Ill get some flack for this but I dont recommend the single coat of clear, sanding and then adding stripes.

Its far too easy to sand the clear coat TOO thin or throu and now you run into problems like lifting. If you sand it too thin you wont have the proper film mil barrier to hold back the solvents from the basecoat that you are now appling over it.

I would instead use some type of midcoat binder or interlocking coat. PPG, Dupont and HOK make products that are GREAT for this purpose. Once you shoot the MAIN basecoat color apply a coat of midcoat allow to dry and tape off.

You wont disturb the metallics and ALOT LESS CHANCE of tape tracking.

Y'all have come thru again. Thank you very much :D