Paint - Cobalt Kandy Blue

Jim Q. asked about how I was going to deal with the transition between the paint in the jambs and the paint on the car.  I used a split foam ribbon which is suppose to eliminate the hard edge left by masking tape.  It adsorbs the paint.  I think it will work well but I won't know for sure until I am done spraying.

The paint booth was set up again but this time I used new tarps on the floor.  The old tarps were dusty and they had dried paint on them, some of which made it in the paint last week.  This should help.

Two medium coats of Cobalt Kandy Blue were applied with 75% overlap followed by three medium coats with 50% overlap. The idea is to change up the spray pattern so stripes don't develop.  Clear coat was not applied.

The racing stripe is nicely ghosted.

Head on it's obvious we have a strip.

But from the side it's not so obvious.  That's a reflection of the garage doors.

Looks good from the rear.

From this angle you can't see the racing strip at all.

Or this angle.

I grabbed a flashlight to make sure we still had metallic.  We do!

 I found a couple runs, a bug or two, and a sprinkling of dust in today's paint job.  So instead of clear coating I decided to stop.  I'll sand out the imperfections over the next couple days then clear coat after that.  It's not what I had planned but it's the right thing to do.  So, until I clear coat, the paint is not finished.

 

The good news is the car is close to the right color.  It may need one more coat of Kandy but that's yet to be determined.  The bad news is I can't assemble the car yet.  Bummer.

As always, thanks for watching.

Paint - Racing Stripe

Before anything can happen I have to remove all the gloss from the car otherwise additional coats of paint won't stick.  I wet sanded the whole car with 800 grit sandpaper then followed up with several maroon scuff pads.  Every little spot of gloss must be removed otherwise no-sticky.  It's important.

Layout begins with finding the center of the car.  Several measurements were taken over the length of the car then double checked with an eyeball and a thumb.  Over the last couple years I've collected several examples of 1963 racing stripes.  I printed these and used them for inspiration.  I decided to use a 6" center stripe bordered by 1/2" stripes.

The stripe width will remain constant from below the front grill all the way to the rear valance.  It will not taper.  It was after 1963 when tapered stripes became popular.

I used Tape & Drape plastic sheeting from Sherwin-Williams to protect the car from overspray. 

Just before paint is applied I like to burnish the green masking tape with the edge of a credit card.  This helps insure a tight bond preventing bleed through.  I also wipe the surface with a post sanding solution to remove all finger prints, sweat, dust, etc.

Three medium coats of silver metallic paint were applied.  An interesting characteristic of metallic paint is it can't be sanded or scuffed otherwise it will scratch.  That poses a problem because I'll want to scuff the stripe before I apply more Kandy.  The fix is Intercoat Clear, a clear coat typically used to cover graphics.  Two medium coats of Intercoat Clear were applied over the metallic while it was still tacky.  I'll be able to scuff the Intercoat Clear without any issues.      

Looks good to me.

Now the fun begins.

Whoo hoo...

My goodness...

The bright blue and the silver racing stripe will become a lot darker when I apply the final coats of Kandy Kobalt Blue.   The racing stripe will become ghosted.

The racing stripe was fun.  I enjoyed it and I like the results.

Thanks for watching.