Two tone door question

MJM

MJM

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When painting a door where the outside color is different than the inside color, what side should be painted first, then masked off, the inside or outside?

Thank you,
 
I have contemplated the same and have decided to paint the lighter color first. I understand that is how the OEM's did it back in the fifties and sixties. Makes sense regarding coverage, dark over light versus light over dark. In my case the car is going to be white and the inside of the doors will be black. I have read on this site you need to pull all the masked edges ASAP.
 
What are the colors and are you going to to wrap the edge with the outside color some? i generally will paint the outside first, then paint the inside with the outside color wrapped some. Dealers choice on how much, then cut and polish the outside.

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Here is the outline of the existing paint that I'm going to match. The outside of the door and part of the inside will be black. The rest of the inside will be a fadded black, sorts what black epoxy sanded looks like.


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I would do a soft edge where I put the arrows. Use some 2 inch or 1 1/2" tape and tape over the edge on on side and pull the exposed part of the tape back. It will create a nice soft edge. Hard taping will leave an edge that doesn't look very good. Then do the reverse when you tape the inner part.
As for your original ?. On that I would do the inner door first. Let it flash a couple of hours. Tape it then do the rest of the jamb and exterior. Then clear it.

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Ok only reason I asked was that I have done a ton of black/metallic 2 tone jobs and if this was the case I would suggest doing the base coats in sperate sessions.
 
Maybe I'm missing something here, but it looks like the inner door panel covers all that light color. If that is the case, then I would just make sure the outer paint color goes in far enough so the inner color doesn't show. They painted the doors on the car, so maybe they didn't install the fenders before paint, and that would explain the poor coverage on the front jam.
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