After looking at the posts and the pictures fenders you did a right fine job. My oldest son and I have a running joke when things work out and look good. I just tell him once in a while I get lucky. After looking and the pictures it takes a lot of time and patience to accomplish the effect you got. If I ever get to the paint on the 50 panel I hope to incorperate the American flag and Bald eagle on the sides. Keep up the good work.

Gear Up

 

Bubba

Yes, flattened black is forgiving. Gloss black is impossible. Nice thing is you can play with flames or graphics over flat and if you screw up you are out a couple hours sanding. Simple to patch. And yes,I shot this with a cheap touchup gun. I've owned expensive guns. I'm not good enough to honestly see a big difference. I understand you need a real good gun for urethane clears.

Gear Up

One of my buddies just did his Jeep tailgate in a patriotic theme. Draws some great comments.

Oil Leaks

Flames on the house? Now there's a thought?

56EffieAurea

Sorry for the blindside lecture. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. That won't change no matter how hard I try.

 

Lookin sweet man keep it up.... Hope mine will look as good as yours sometime in the next 20-30 years...........LOL

 

"Flames on the house? Now there's a thought?"

Fenders - now you've gone and got me to think'n (and we try not to do too much o that here in Auburndale) about maybe flaming my garage door! I'm sure it wouldn't last too long (I do have neighbors....and a wife!) but Man would that be a paint job filled with chuckles!!!

Thanks for the grins!

Leaks

 

Here's a PIC with some pinstripes added. It's just tape, and that's a good thing because I don't know for sure if I like it. It's a fairly dark blue. I was stubborn first and tried some colors that didn't contrast. Like orange and red. It looked horrible. Then I tried white and that was even worse. Wish I could find some tape in yellow or lime green. The color selection is slim.

Thought I would get an outside PIC today after I installed the headlights. Gotta head to work now and it will be dark when I return. Maybe I can get the lights installed later tonight and sneak home for lunch for a PIC sometime this week. It looks pretty good, especially with the lower stance you guys haven't seen yet.

 

Looks great! I wish I could do that. An even lower stance? You could probally push snow if you get any.

 

Yep, you will have to come up and go fishing. I will supply the beer you supply the paint job, no beer until the paint is done.

 

I’m impressed and I don’t impress easily! Very nice work Fenders.

 

Veerrrrrrrry nice! I think lime green on the pinstripes would look hot but the tape may be really hard to find. Lots of One Shot colors that would make the grade or could be mixed to suit. But now you're back to the sword brush thing. Nice job Fenders - I'm jealous!

Leaks

 

Let me get my sunglasses on... ...ah, that's better. Yup, nice job, fenders...and I like the look of dark pinstripping with a bright main color. If your truck was dark ( black, dark blue, etc.) then a very light stripe would be the ticket.

Keep it thin, too...about 3/32" to 1/8" max. If you're going to clearcoat it, then paint the stripes on. You are going to clearcoat, aren't you?

Clearcoat, color sand, buff to high gloss, done. Serves 12 or more .
Norb

 

Here's some technical stuff you don't need to know... or you already know.

Limefire green is a popular choice. I would go with a bright light blue... sky blue, baby blue, whatever name you want to give it. Because? Consider this... blue is on the opposite side of the color wheel from the orange... they are complimentary.

Using a pale blue puts 3 primary colors on your truck in various amounts... red, yellow, blue. Green is a secondary color... like orange. They offer good contrast... but using green gives you 2 primaries and 2 secondaries in various amounts, and in some circles this is too much. A high register blue creates a pleasant transition off the red and contrasts well with the orange. It also plays off the cool white on the leading edge of the truck. The green vibrates on both sides of the red/orange with a certain unpleasant resonance.

Had enough? Based on what I've seen of your work, you've got the eye to make your own good choice. best. himmelberg

 

56 Aurea

Yes, I will likely clearcoat. For now, believe it or not I color sanded and buffed (ever so gently) the flames before I laid down the pinstripe tape. Why you ask? Because my truck is catalyzed acrylic enamel. I can't clearcoat with urethane while the paint is still "green". What I really need is to find someone to correctly match the red in a single stage urethane. No luck so far, I'll get it done by spring perhaps. In the meantime I had to fix the hideous mismatch of reds on my hood to front fenders seam. That mission is accomplished. I want to get back on the interior. Numerous details to finish and a drivers door that needs converted from bearclaw back to stock.

I was going to lay the flames down in urethane, but I was afraid I might curdle the AE red with the urethane clearcoat. Probably should have went for it. Too close to winter to open a can of worms.

What I really need is a complete paint job in urethane, but that just isn't going to happen right away. I have to completely finish messing with body panels first. I'm tired of repainting and re-chipping panels.

Himmelberg

I'll have to use real paint eventually, as Oil Leaks suggests, but I won't be driving the brush. I know my limitations in the art world. I'll hire it out.

The yellow to orange to red flows nicely before I pinstripe. Nice and orderly from one primary to the next on the color wheel. So why do I need a contrasting color to separate the orange flame to red background? I know you're right, I've got a nice collection of pinstripe tape that didn't look good. Reddish orange should make a great transition for a pinstripe. But it absolutely doesn't. Or did you just explain that to me?

Got the grill and headlights assembled. Ready for outside PICs when it stops raining. I did somehow overspray the running boards with tangerine. Hopefully it won't show in the PICs. It'll be a pain to clean that up out of the board ribs.

 

Orange to redorange to red makes a nice transition but it goes unresolved flamewise unless you stop it. White or black will contrast not compliment... you can use them too. It really comes down to what you like... but as you have found, not everything works. This cold wet gloomy weather makes me wish for a laugh on the way to school. Think of something funny. best. himmelberg

 

You know, I never cease being amazed at the depth of knowledge or interests of our fellow members. Himmelberg has in a few sentences explained why some paint jobs work and some flop and why a seemigly diverse collaboration of colors that should be discordant actually harmonize.

Others have rendered opinions and paint, buffing and sanding and offered great ideas.

And then here I sit with a primered truck feeling like the village idiot ! Thanks everyone for giving me something to aim for ! In my resto rod mode, I will be doing paint last and enjoying the driving until then.

Looking good Dewayne



Bubba

 

FYI:
You can get a huge selection of tape colors online from www.beacongraphics.com be sure to ask for a color chart first.
We have a automotive paint store across the street from our business, they carry ~ 100 tape colors and can computer mix paint in any color you can provide a sample of. They can even match age faded colors. (got to be careful if the sample you give them is hazy or dull, it will mix a hazy/dull color for you.) Their scanner must be portable as well, I saw them outside taking readings off a custom painted offshore racing boat not too long ago. Ask around at the local bodyshops where they get their paint.