bought paint for cars super jet black i stage paint. i'm going to put on silver racing stripes. i'm worried about paint being dry to mask and paint the stripes and also about the paint lines. i am applying xtreme clearcoat over the paint last even though its a one stage paint i am using. should i spray the silver on the hood and spoiler first , then mask of in the design of the stripes, then apply black paint, or doi it normal with stirpes after base. if i do it that way shound i tape the stripe designs then sand and paint or would i just be ble to tape the spray silver. help please. friday is d day

 

Spray the wholecar in clear, the stripe over the base. Wet samd some the eliminate the "sharpness" of thestripe edges. I'm not saying to feather them down, just knock off any sparpness, the clear over everything.

The clear will help smooth out any difference between the paint thicknesses.

 

one coat of clear?
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clear just the top of the car or whole car then stripe? how long would should i wait to mask for the stripes?
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clear just the top of the car or whole car then stripe? how long would should i wait to mask for the stripes?

 

Sorta, but might need 2 (or 3...4...) coats, depending on how thick you make the stripes, then how much you want the different levels to blend.

The more you want them perfectly level, the more work you'll need to do to get them that way.

I'd add no clear, between the base & stripes.

 

thats what i was thinking, base , stripes then clear

 

base, tape stripes, scuff base, spray stripes, clear it all.