Painting Z28 stripes

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Carnutsx2

I'm painting my 69 Z the factory orange with white stripes. My plan is to spray enough white so I can take it off then shoot the car in orange , remove the masking and clear the entire car. My worrie is that I cant get the stripes maskes off and shoot the body in the time window for the white base. My question is can I shoot the white the a coat of clear as a preservative over the white. My thinking is it will stop the clock and I can take my time laying out thr stripes. Any suggestions...
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Use hardener in the base as in the perfect paint job. If it stays in the booth or in whatever garage you are painting in, re-coat window should not be an issue at all. I paint main color first, let it sit overnight, mask and scuff with a gray pad and paint stripes. untape it after last coat on stripe flashes and clear it all after that. If you are really scared do a coat of intercoat clear on hood and trunk before stripes. Absolutely no need to clear the car twice just to lay stripes. Base coat re-coat windows are for collision shops and are minimums not maximums. I would base a car and clear a month later if it never leaves the booth.
 
I 1000% agree to lay down a coat of intercoat clear. Its cheap insurance for tape residue and all the hands that make it on the car while laying out stripes.
 
I shelved the paint progress on my 72 Z last fall when I ran out of warm weather so its time to put together a plan to continue. This will be my first time with stripes so this thread got my attention My original thoughts were to lay down the main white activated base, wait 4-8 hours tape off stripes, spray black base then clear entire part. From my understanding I need to get clear on the base within 24 hours max (motobase). with my inexperience with stripes the 24 hour time crunch is a concern so clearing the main color before the stripes seems to be a good option for me. Are there any advantages to intercoat clear over just using universal clear? Also, Do I understand correctly I can clear directly over clear blocked with 400?
 
camarobuilder said:
best way i've found is shoot the base then shoot 3 coats clear,block with 800 ina day or two ,lay out stripes shoot them then app
ply 3 more coats of clear.
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wouldnt this raise the stripes? I read a while back to spray base coats 2-3, wait overnight, mask stripes, mask off rest, spray stripes, wait a day, then hit edges of stripes with 1200, then lay clear 2-3 , but what i read wasnt SPI, was PPG I think. Im curious about this as well since Im painting black and going with white stripes.
 
No matter which color you shoot first, one will be raised over the other and it will leave an edge. Most {all?) base is not meant to be sanded then cleared. 2-3 coats of clear is cutting it close if you want the stripe edge to be completely level. It's not hard to sand through the edge, so put plenty of clear on (4-5 coats) to be safe. A lot of times I'll just double coat the stripe or spray a coat or two over just the stripe before clearing the rest.
 
I'm no expert for sure so all I can attest to is what I did. I shot the area under the stripes ( just about the entire hood and trunk) in white then I taped off the white then shot the body in orange. Once it was ready to clear I shot 4 or 5 coats of clear. After it sat for a few days I covered the car in guide coat so I wouldn't be tempted to just keep sanding. I used guide coat between each grit . The stripes look great and are flat .
 
Carnutsx2 said:
I'm no expert for sure so all I can attest to is what I did. I shot the area under the stripes ( just about the entire hood and trunk) in white then I taped off the white then shot the body in orange. Once it was ready to clear I shot 4 or 5 coats of clear. After it sat for a few days I covered the car in guide coat so I wouldn't be tempted to just keep sanding. I used guide coat between each grit . The stripes look great and are flat .
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Im painting to car black with white stripes. guessing you did this while hood and trunk lid were on the car so you got the stripes straight? Or did you mark the stripes and then remove the hood and trunk lid to paint off the car?
 
I painted it with the hood and trunk on the car. I was under the assumption that the car was sprayed that way from the factory.
 
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