Two Tone

surf03

I have a club car precedent and am "attempting" a two tone paint job; blue and black. I plan on painting the entire cart blue first and then tape over everything that I want to remain blue, exposing what I want to paint black.

Do I need to paint that section blue again, to seal the tape joints before going over it with black?

How long do I need to let the blue base dry before it is safe to apply the tape, without fear of the pain peeling off when I peel off the tape?

Also, do I need to add a sealer or anything between primer and color?

Thanks in advance.

BGW

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LostHusker

Be patient, someone with paint exp. will give you some good advice. Good luck

surf03

Everyone must be just as stumped as me on this painting thing. I know that someone will eventually have an answer but I hope it's not too late. I get impatient when things aren't happening everyday. Don't want to mess anything up either.

surf03

Anyone? Anyone?

master66

Surf
so you are on the right path here as far as two toning paint but I need a little more info to help you better. What kind of a paint system are you using? What kind of prep did you do to the body? And what kind of primer? I will give you some answers based on, if you scuffed the body, applied adhesion promoter, did any bodywork, used high build primer and are using base coat clear coat paint.

If you used high build primer it is recommended to seal it before painting the color. Now with that said I have done it both ways without issues. Spray you're blue and let dry for whatever time you're paint says is the tape time, it should be in you're tech sheet. The paint I use is usually about 2 hours but they can vary depending on temperature, reducer used and some other variables . Apply you're blue fine line tape for the two tone, mask and then apply you're black, no more than 3 coats should be necessary. There is no need to apply more blue as the base coat is pretty thin and the difference between the colors will be fairly minimal. Carefully remove you're tape, I always pull the fine line as soon as I am done spraying the black while it is a little soft, I also pull the tape straight back towards itself to avoid any tearing. Now do you're tack cloth and clear the whole thing. As long as you did all the correct prep procedures you should not have any problem with the tape lifting any of the blue. Hope this helps and let us know if you have any more questions.

surf03

Master...I was waiting for you to chime in (but I didn't want to single you out). You give such GREAT advice and I think that I speak for everyone when I say how much it is appreciated.

FYI: Got the base (3 coats) of blue down. Just giving it some time to dry before taping it off to add the black.

So far, so good...

Can't wait to get it all finished and back together.

master66

No problem, glad I could help and good luck.

surf03

I finished painting and it turned out good, nice high gloss shine. I need to know if I can wetsand this paint job becuase there was a bunch of trash in the shed that has stuck to the paint.

I bought this paint form NAPA. It was a three part paint (paint, hardener, and reducer) no clear coat as this was a shiney paint with a nice finish.

Also the saw horses collapsed and my panels fell and there are a couple chips, what the best way to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

dave1963

master66

So You can fix the chips before you wet sand it. Just mix a little paint and use a brush, try to keep the touch up paint a little higher than the sprayed paint. This way when you sand it you can level it out with the existing paint. When wet sanding make sure you don't sand anywhere you can safely get a buffer in to (like inside radiuses or corners). I would wait about 2 or 3 days to sand, don't wait to long though because the harder the paint gets the harder it is to sand and buff. Getting debris out of a single stage paint is not easy because you don't really know how far down you can sand a piece of dirt before breaking all the way through the color so be careful.