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Painting 2 pac on lj, How do i mask up basecoat for blue & black 2 tone for the clear in the front door jams where the colours meet on hte guard?
i am after show finish & am stuck as to how to get the paint on the guard matching with the door??? i am unsure myself if this even makes any sense it is very hard to explain!!! if any one has any pictures of this inside the doors or an easy tip for paint that would br great!!!

iF YOUR TALKING about the black outs along the bottem of the doors and the opening the best way i found, was to paint the sills and in to the opening and all of the rest of the black, ie front / back with the doors off , then put them on and reverse mask the door jam or just mask it off get the lies matching up good . pull it back off
and finish masking of and paint it the you now the lines will match up

if your worryed about the clear for metalic paints put it on last over the black to
looks wicked

Edited by dave720gtr, 03 April 2006 - 06:48 PM.

it also helps if you reco the hingers and replace the pins
clean the hing holes out with rolled up 80 grit paper pulling it back and forth though the holes this makes the pins easyer to pull out dont drive them all the way in till your ready to fit them back for good

hey thanks for that, i have done one before but just in acrylic, this one is 2 pac & i was trying to cut out remasking but looks like i just have to!! I have got new pins for the doors & she will look mickey once finished! thanks again

is there a big difference between acrylic and 2pac? i just ask this because i will most likely be painting mine in acrylic but only if it will give a really nice finish

LEXA Acrylic is good for some one who as little experience in painting as it drys
very fast , so you can paint a car in your back yard no booth its even easyer if it a solid colour . non met" it takes a lot of
work blocking it and buffing, to get it to look good ,and in the end you can get it looking just as good as 2 pack it just dose,nt last asa long 2pack, ACRYLIC clear coating is a little
tricky though as it as to be aplied rather heavy or it comes out too dry looking
you have to use more reducer if this occurs. then it could "RUN" so you warm it
up in the sun thats the trick with no booth heating the panels up just before you paint , 2PACK IS ANOTHER STORY.

thanks dave. great help there. looks like i'll be going with the acrylic due to no experience and no booth thanks alot