StarFire Finish
by Eric Viglione
As requested in the other thread in the main forum, here is the sequence of events for painting and masking Starfire. I'd really be interested in some feedback, if this is how others do it, if I'm nuts (entirely possible) or what. I'm kinda on my own as far as painting goes around here, so I just do what I can.
This is a photo essay more or less, and I'll try to post the pic's in proper order.
Click on the Pic# to view the jpeg file. Use the browser back button to return to this page.
Pic1 shows glassed front fuse, silkspanned rest
Pic3 shows primed & sanded
Pic5 shows white base coat wet sanded out before tape with printout
Pic6 shows completed tape job before paint
Pic7 & Pic8 shows detail of how I do stencil mask. I make a peek-a-boo window around the vinyl mask
Pic10 shows yellow shot on top
Pic11 shows yellow shot on side
Pic12 shows orange shot top view
Pic13 shows orange shot bottom
Pic14 shows blue shot top view
Pic15 shows blue shot side view
Pic16 shows bottom tape pulled
Pic17 shows top tape pulled
I basically cover up painted area's as I go, starting with the lightest colors first, so any overspray will be covered by the next darker color. I used a 5 ounce HVLP touch up gun for colors like the orange & blue because there was a lot of it, but used an airbrush for the yellow and black.
Thanks for looking,
Eric Viglione
