Painting

[Verne Koester]

MessageVan,
Sounds like a good way to go but the first color was sprayed a few hours ago and the tape is still in place so I'm going to have that ridge at the edge. Just trying to figure out whether I need to sand it before the next color that will butt up to it, or if I can wait until all the colors are on and sand them all at once before the clear.

Thanks,
Verne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Van - Mail List - Road Runner 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 10:01 PM
  Subject: RE: Painting


  I think there are a lot of different ways to paint, and mask. I personally like to use IMRON or CENTARI single stage paint, and then clear coat the final product. These paints are single stage, and ( for my preference ) a bit easier to work with.

  3M Fine Line is perfect tape to use, make sure it is pressed down well around the outline you are about to paint. I apply a tack coat, then go back and add a wet coat a couple minutes after the tack coat. Depending on the temperature outside, I will usually peel ( CAREFULLY ) my fine line tape and masking, about 15 minutes or so, after I have applied my wet coat. 

  what this does is allows the paint to "lay down" on the surface as it continues to cure, and not create the tape seam that you are referring to. It's tricky to do, and patience is the key. Wait about 8 to 10 hrs to tape the pattern for your next color, and repeat. Once all my colors are on, I will wet sand with 600, apply any decals ( vinyl ) and then clear coat the entire bird.

  Again, this is the way I was taught, and paint, and I have been painting with very nice results for a long time using this method.

  Hope this helps answer your question,

  Van

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Verne Koester
    Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 9:46 PM
    To: NSRCA
    Subject: Painting


    I'm in the process of painting my Smaragd and this is the first time I've chosen a color scheme where the colors butt up to each other. In the past, I've always used a white separation stripe between each color. My question is whether you wet sand the ridge at the tape line before you mask for the next color, or do you just tape off the color that was already applied, pull off the previous masking tape and shoot the next one. I'm using 3M fine-line tape.

    Thanks,
    Verne
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