How long should I wait?

[bowtie4542001]

Hey guys,

I will be painting my 68 Camaro over the winter and would like to get some information. I have thought about paint schemes and narrowed it down to Black w/yellow racing stripes, Yellow w/black racing stripes or Kobalt blue w/ silver or white racing stripes. My question is how long should I let the base coat dry before taping the car off to paint the stripes? Thank you in advance for you advice and suggestions. Also if anyone has any ideas about paint schemes for a 68 Camaro with a 6" cowl hood, please let me know. It has to be pretty simple because this will be my first paint job. :D I figured I would do it myself that way, if I mess up I have noone to blame except myself.

Chris

[bjuice]

Hey Cris..just some food for thought..if your gonna do the 1st time paint thing on your car.. and if its in efforts to save money only..you might want to check on the "Peach" or "Macco" discount paint jobs.....they can paint your entire car cheaper then you can buy the PAINT ALONE !

I gave my buddy a bunch of CHIT for taking one of his drag cars there..but damn if it didn't look decent when he got it back.....all for the low cost of $300.00...

the key with these companies is that they do not do much prep work. Bondo,blocking etc..they will just sand enough for paint adhesion...

you may consider doing the prep work yourself and get that bad boy straight and smooth and let them spray it.....just a thought from your ole friend here in S.C.


Hotrod is a painter i am sure he can tell you a few things..

[kwkracing]

15-20 minutes after spraying base coat and you can normally tape, i also do not know what the temp is where you live. The most user friendly is to spray the base coat, then spray a coat of clear, let it dry for half a day and the tape sticks alot easier and the base under is sealer up. Spray the stripes and clear again over the striped area. Do this two or so times and after each clear dries sand the ridge left by the tape down with 320 or so. Then once its gone, spray you final 2 coats of clear

Hope this helps

[bowtie4542001]

Hey Cris..just some food for thought..if your gonna do the 1st time paint thing on your car.. and if its in efforts to save money only..you might want to check on the "Peach" or "Macco" discount paint jobs.....they can paint your entire car cheaper then you can buy the PAINT ALONE !

I gave my buddy a bunch of CHIT for taking one of his drag cars there..but damn if it didn't look decent when he got it back.....all for the low cost of $300.00...

the key with these companies is that they do not do much prep work. Bondo,blocking etc..they will just sand enough for paint adhesion...

you may consider doing the prep work yourself and get that bad boy straight and smooth and let them spray it.....just a thought from your ole friend here in S.C.


Hotrod is a painter i am sure he can tell you a few things..

Hey Brian,
Its not really a money issue, I have always wanted to learn how to paint so I figured this would be the time to do it. Hopefully it will turn out good. I know that the prep work is what makes or breaks a paint job. I am going to take my time and do it right. Glad to hear you got the Camaro running again. Next season I am going to have to bring my Camaro up there. I see were you are going to rewire your Camaro, I am going to do the same thing with mine. I don't see why people can not make a wiring job neat. Easier to troubleshoot if something happens. Take it easy my friend and I will talk to you later.

[bjuice]

Good deal...let us know how it turns out...next year if anything we maybe can meet 1/2 way in commerce or something..i will even put me in a 1/4 gear.

[TheYellaBrick]

Check this out as an option. Premixed, affordable, decent quality for DIY's

http://duplicolor.com/products/paintshop.html

[bowtie4542001]

Check this out as an option. Premixed, affordable, decent quality for DIY's

http://duplicolor.com/products/paintshop.html

Appreciate the site MissDD

[bowtie4542001]

Good deal...let us know how it turns out...next year if anything we maybe can meet 1/2 way in commerce or something..i will even put me in a 1/4 gear.

Sounds like a plan to me.

[hotrodharley]

Hey guys,

I will be painting my 68 Camaro over the winter and would like to get some information. I have thought about paint schemes and narrowed it down to Black w/yellow racing stripes, Yellow w/black racing stripes or Kobalt blue w/ silver or white racing stripes. My question is how long should I let the base coat dry before taping the car off to paint the stripes? Thank you in advance for you advice and suggestions. Also if anyone has any ideas about paint schemes for a 68 Camaro with a 6" cowl hood, please let me know. It has to be pretty simple because this will be my first paint job. :D I figured I would do it myself that way, if I mess up I have noone to blame except myself.

Chris

bowtie;;it is according to what type paint and what brand you use..lets say you are using dupoint..if it is there chromabase then once you spray your base you wait 30 mint. then you can mask off the base and spray the stripes..wait 30 mint. after spraying straps and you can start spraying your clear..now if using dupoints nason brand paint you will need to wait at least 4 hours before taping and spraying stripes..every paint company is different on these times.also very impotant to make sure you use good grade masking tape..do not cut corners on masking tape..cheap tape can and will miss up a perfect paint job.also don't use newspaper.ink from paper will bleed into your paint.buy masking paper for parts store you buy your paint from..it isn't very expensive.i'm saying a roll is around $15.00 and it will do many cars.if you want you can PM me or call me and i'll try and get you going..

[bowtie4542001]

Hey guys,

I will be painting my 68 Camaro over the winter and would like to get some information. I have thought about paint schemes and narrowed it down to Black w/yellow racing stripes, Yellow w/black racing stripes or Kobalt blue w/ silver or white racing stripes. My question is how long should I let the base coat dry before taping the car off to paint the stripes? Thank you in advance for you advice and suggestions. Also if anyone has any ideas about paint schemes for a 68 Camaro with a 6" cowl hood, please let me know. It has to be pretty simple because this will be my first paint job. :D I figured I would do it myself that way, if I mess up I have noone to blame except myself.

Chris

Thanks Hotrod, I will be contacting you soon. Still don't know what kind of gun to buy, should I use the same gun for primer as well as the paint. So many questions.

Chris

bowtie;;it is according to what type paint and what brand you use..lets say you are using dupoint..if it is there chromabase then once you spray your base you wait 30 mint. then you can mask off the base and spray the stripes..wait 30 mint. after spraying straps and you can start spraying your clear..now if using dupoints nason brand paint you will need to wait at least 4 hours before taping and spraying stripes..every paint company is different on these times.also very impotant to make sure you use good grade masking tape..do not cut corners on masking tape..cheap tape can and will miss up a perfect paint job.also don't use newspaper.ink from paper will bleed into your paint.buy masking paper for parts store you buy your paint from..it isn't very expensive.i'm saying a roll is around $15.00 and it will do many cars.if you want you can PM me or call me and i'll try and get you going..

[spikelinton]

you would be better off laying the color down for the stripes(in the area where the stripes are going to be, of course), then tape the stripes off, and base the rest of the car the color it's going to be, and the dry time for the base depends on how wet you put the paint down, the reducer you use, and the temperature at which you are spraying.... the reason i say it's best to base the stripe color first, is because the stripes are a smaller area to tape up, versus the whole rest of the car, just to spray the stripes, because overspray finds the most inconvenient places to land, and you'll just have to rebase the areas that it did overspray. if the stripes are totally covered, there's no worry that there will be overspray on them, just make sure you "seal" all of the edges with tape, and don't let the main color get under any of your masked stripes, or you'll just have to touch up the stripes....

[koab26]

YOU CAN PURCHASE THAT DUPLICOLOR PAINT AT YOU LOCAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORES. IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THAN THIS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHAKE OR STIR THE PAINT LOAD IT IN YOUR SPRAY GUN AND SHOOT. THEY ALSO SELL THIS IN ONE GALLON SIZE JUST ASK, DON'T LAUGH GUYS BUT FOR THIS PAST SEASON I PAINTED MY DIRT CAR WITH PAINT FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY, NEW HOLLAND YELLOW :lol: STILL LAUGHING HUH! I RACE IN THE IMCA DRIVING A STOCK CAR. FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008 MY CAR WON BEST LOOKING CAR IN THE NATION. I DID ALL OF THE PREP WORK MYSELF AND SPENT A GRAND TOTAL OF AROUND 130.00 BUCKS FOR EVERYTHING. SO YES THIS CAN BE DONE YOU CAN CHECK MY PROFILE SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

[prostreet1972]

I did the same thing with a 78 Malibu I had in high school. Massey Fergusson Red, it was definately red. My dad called it "arrest me red". It looked really good, and I didn't even put any hardner in it. Just got a bug up my a** and decided to do it one day in the back yard. Worst part was bugs getting in it after dark, haha.

[bowtie4542001]

YOU CAN PURCHASE THAT DUPLICOLOR PAINT AT YOU LOCAL O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORES. IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THAN THIS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHAKE OR STIR THE PAINT LOAD IT IN YOUR SPRAY GUN AND SHOOT. THEY ALSO SELL THIS IN ONE GALLON SIZE JUST ASK, DON'T LAUGH GUYS BUT FOR THIS PAST SEASON I PAINTED MY DIRT CAR WITH PAINT FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY, NEW HOLLAND YELLOW :lol: STILL LAUGHING HUH! I RACE IN THE IMCA DRIVING A STOCK CAR. FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008 MY CAR WON BEST LOOKING CAR IN THE NATION. I DID ALL OF THE PREP WORK MYSELF AND SPENT A GRAND TOTAL OF AROUND 130.00 BUCKS FOR EVERYTHING. SO YES THIS CAN BE DONE YOU CAN CHECK MY PROFILE SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

Thanks for the advice

[200horse]

agree do the strips first. And on your edges make sure the tape is 100 $ tight on the body. Dont leave any holes in the tape paper

if you need to know anyhing e-mail me at [email protected] and i will give you my number to explain everything better

god luck