panel painting from pinstripe down
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I’d use some 3M Smooth Transition Tape on the body line. Job done 😉
If I was doing that job and couldnt replace the stripe or clear over it, I’d cover the stripe just below it with tape on paper rubbing the tape on my clothes so it’s less tacky and less chance of pulling the stripe off. Very little (if any) tape will touch the stripe. If you have to, on your tape machine, adjust the tape going onto the roll of paper so most is on the paper and just an 1/8 or so is overhanging. then back tape bellow that on the body line, having a little overhang. There is a really cool tool out there, cant remember the brand name off hand, that will fold one edge of the tape as you pull it off the roll. I use it all the time in jambs and sometimes on body lines like you have there when necessary. I also use it for gravel guard on rockers.
Sure, There is enough of a body line to cut it….I agree… roll the tape to soften the edge…..remove the tape while the clear is wet. You can even hand blend the paint’s edge with a little compound when it’s dry.
back tape for base, clear over it and be done…
Please check out painting bumper cover I Also had A issue with Paint today not matching. I described in other post same vehicle. Getting pretty agravated with hole thing. And you know when thing go wrong seem to have tumbling affect.
Picture doesnt show it right but the body line does not go to end off fender it fades out about 6 inches befor..
Haven’t you painted that yet :blink: Geez man about 6 different people have told you how to do it,its not that hard 😛
lol at the last post :p
Well got the paint shot by camera this mourning and guess what wrong again. So went to another place sold PPG they mixed it by code and got it first time. Painting tomorrow. Was so aggravated byeverything need to try sleep it off LOL.
did you do sprayouts to verify match or are you just stick checking the color
You were trying to use Chromabase, right? And is that Silver PS2?
If that is the factory colour, chroma base actually matches PS2 really well (I think it is the standard). Very blendable indeed.
LOl so agravated retract statement that body line stops 6 inches from end of fender its about 2 inches LOL… Just one of those jobs should have let it go somewhere else… LOL Every body guys has one of these paint issues from time to time
first i tryied to do jams thats when i noticed paint color wrong. And then i did another test on old bumper cover to see differnce . Thats when i new was off. Then i took bumper cover to supplier and they shot with camera and got different code for paint then they mixed but they told me wrong reducer for temp and to dry. And also other stuff. So I debated issue and went back againe and asked them to shot quarter with camera thinking hey its bumper cover could be off in color so they shot van in three spots and mixed another quart of paint and i tried again on not so noticable spot on van to see. And guess what again off. So I said hell with it and figured try ppg and guess what mixed by code and got the color almost dead on match. Paint code is 2003 dodge caravan PBE. two alternates but with the croma they tried by vin number then by the camera. The PPG went by code and year and got a match. So now go see if I can get money back or credit for the CROMA BASE paint that i could not use cause was so far off.
It doesnt surprise me that the Chromabase color match SUCKS! :blink:
I used that system for over 10 years :blush:
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