Paint Schemes

[89Suburban]

I vote factory but I am just an old culture junkie lol

 

[FenderBanger]

Anyone have any Ideas to add to this paint job. I have red double line pinstripe for both sides of the Grey stripe But it Seems To Need More to it . Also The Clear is not on it yet either Clear with Blue Pearl added to it ?

 

[mxer147]

Repaint the stripe a color more contrasting will be easiest. I vote for a darker blue.

 

[bucket]

Anyone have any Ideas to add to this paint job. I have red double line pinstripe for both sides of the Grey stripe But it Seems To Need More to it . Also The Clear is not on it yet either Clear with Blue Pearl added to it ?

Personally, I'd do a bright silver and bright red pin stripe on both sides of the dark gray. Maybe add a yellow stripe too. Then there are decisions to be made on the order of the different colored stripes, in relation to the dark gray stripe.

 

[Craig Nedrow]

Has anyone used striping tape instead of the chrome strips on the side? This applies to the two color paint schem. You then clear over the tape.

 

[Grit dog]

Anyone have any Ideas to add to this paint job. I have red double line pinstripe for both sides of the Grey stripe But it Seems To Need More to it . Also The Clear is not on it yet either Clear with Blue Pearl added to it ?

Why did you stop at base coat? Now you need to scuff the whole truck, disassemble some stuff and re-mask a whole bunch?
Lots of work left before pin stripes.
Or maybe I missed something?

 

[Grit dog]

Has anyone used striping tape instead of the chrome strips on the side? This applies to the two color paint schem. You then clear over the tape.

I’ve seen 70s squares with pinstripe in lieu of trim. Looks good.
But I’d never clear coat over it. Bad idea on several fronts with no upside I can imagine.
Biggest being, having to sand and re-spray the whole truck or at least the sides, AFTER completing the paint job.
Second biggest being, vinyl is not a good substrate for solvents.
3rd it just ain’t right.

 

[bucket]

I’ve seen 70s squares with pinstripe in lieu of trim. Looks good.
But I’d never clear coat over it. Bad idea on several fronts with no upside I can imagine.
Biggest being, having to sand and re-spray the whole truck or at least the sides, AFTER completing the paint job.
Second biggest being, vinyl is not a good substrate for solvents.
3rd it just ain’t right.

I agree. I am definitely NOT an advocate of clearing over tape stripes. Some people think it's a fancy way to do things, but not me. It just opens up too much potential for issues in the future.

 

[bucket]

Why did you stop at base coat? Now you need to scuff the whole truck, disassemble some stuff and re-mask a whole bunch?
Lots of work left before pin stripes.
Or maybe I missed something?

Because you can bury the relatively thin layers of basecoat stripes in the clear and it will turn out much smoother than laying it on top of the clear.

 

[Grit dog]

Because you can bury the relatively thin layers of basecoat stripes in the clear and it will turn out much smoother than laying it on top of the clear.

I understand that part. No tape lines/ridges in the clear coat. But IMO much less labor intensive to base the stripe, prep stripe for clear (scuff), tape off the stripe, base coat the vehicle and clear both colors before the main base coat cures.
Same order even if doing the vehicle in pieces and not all at once.
Time is money even if it’s hobby time. And masking and sanding take far more time than painting so minimize the first two if you can by doing it in the most logical order.
PS. Learned from not always doing in the most logical order. Sometimes there are other constraints like available space, heat or ventilation, proficiency (all of which factor in for me in an uninsulated shop and shadetree skill level).
PPS, without a proper climate controlled booth I will likely never endeavor to paint an entire vehicle again until I have good ambient temperatures. But then the bugs are a concern…

 

[bucket]

I understand that part. No tape lines/ridges in the clear coat. But IMO much less labor intensive to base the stripe, prep stripe for clear (scuff), tape off the stripe, base coat the vehicle and clear both colors before the main base coat cures.
Same order even if doing the vehicle in pieces and not all at once.
Time is money even if it’s hobby time. And masking and sanding take far more time than painting so minimize the first two if you can by doing it in the most logical order.

My hunch would be that good weather conditions were not going to permit that much masking and striping time when the process was being done. But only OP can confirm or deny.

 

[Grit dog]

My hunch would be that good weather conditions were not going to permit that much masking and striping time when the process was being done. But only OP can confirm or deny.

Your hunch is probably correct, and I actually revised my post above acknowledging those kind of challenges.
When I did the blue truck it was the first complete paint job I’d done in 20 years and only the 4th ever and first 2 tone. Everything else has been a dent repair or smaller parts/panels.
In the OPs defense I was set on spraying the main color in one shot on all the “top” panels, hood, top of fenders/bedsides, top of cab etc for consistency with the metallic paint.
In hindsight it probably didn’t matter as I repainted some metallic later and it matched just fine. But that made me think about the most effective way to do the 2 tone with limitations that wouldn’t have been present with a better setup.
I can make 90% of my small work look like I know what I’m doing. But scale that up to a whole car at once and my C- skill level shows through! Lol

 

[Craig Nedrow]

I’ve seen 70s squares with pinstripe in lieu of trim. Looks good.
But I’d never clear coat over it. Bad idea on several fronts with no upside I can imagine.
Biggest being, having to sand and re-spray the whole truck or at least the sides, AFTER completing the paint job.
Second biggest being, vinyl is not a good substrate for solvents.
3rd it just ain’t right.

I think some may have misunderstood. I’ve seen it done in cars that are 30 years old and it’s perfect. They don’t clearcoat a wide swap. Only the tape with a brush it keeps it looking brand new and protects it.

 

[FenderBanger]

Why did you stop at base coat? Now you need to scuff the whole truck, disassemble some stuff and re-mask a whole bunch?
Lots of work left before pin stripes.
Or maybe I missed something?

We had some Paint issues we had to address. there was some lifting in some of the paint stripe for some reason. Sorry Left that out !