Ive got a delema

[Guest]

I'm coating a motor cycle rim to use as a show piece at shows. I want it to be top notch. I first laied down a candy red 1/8" stripe on the lip of the rim all the way around. Then I sprayed mirror black over the rest of the rim. It looks pretty bad ass I must say and was pretty proud of myself for it being my first really good masking job. Any ways, because I was using 1/8" fine line tape i could only lay it down so good. There are really small slivers of chrome showing. You have to look to see them but I'm a perfectionist so they must be taken care of.

I can think of only two options. get a paint brush with some MEK and candy red. Paint over the sliver's of chrome. dry, then cure for 10@400. OR option 2, try liquid to powder and paint on, dry, cure. I've never used either.

What sucks is you have to look for it to see it, but I know its there and it irritates the hell out of me. I'm going to put glass clear over it all to seal it all up and give it a smoother appearance as the tape line ridges are noticeable. I've already wet sanded by hand with 1000, and followed up with a DA and 3000 grit. It looks pretty good now.

[rbroker]

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Good call, I'll go get some of that tomorrow. We're talking 1/64" slivers or smaller so the red line won't vary much in width.

Thanks for the help.

[Guest]

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Do you have a lazy susan or something similar to put the rim on? Lay the rim on that and then spin the works as you hold the brush in place, makes the line alot nicer.

I made a base for that kind of stuff out of the parts of an old tv stand that had a swivel top.

[Guest]

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Maybe I'm not reading this right but it looks like you put down a thin stripe of red and then masked over it and put down the coat of black. This left bare spots where the tape was'nt perfectly lined up over the red stripe. Just wondering why you would'nt coat the whole lip red. Then mask and coat black. I know this does'nt help your current situation I was just curious.

[wiseguyz]

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Good question. I do know the red will bleed through colors, but will it also bleed through black?

[rbroker]

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Maybe I'm not reading this right but it looks like you put down a thin stripe of red and then masked over it and put down the coat of black. This left bare spots where the tape was'nt perfectly lined up over the red stripe. Just wondering why you would'nt coat the whole lip red. Then mask and coat black. I know this does'nt help your current situation I was just curious.

I wish I had a good answer to that, but I don't. It never crossed my mind to do it that way until you mentioned it. O well, learn from your mistakes right?

[Guest]

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I was thinking about getting that Beugler Pinstripping Wheel.
Lay down the black cure cool, A lil liquid to paint and and red powder into the pin stripper and clear over the whole thing.??
I dont know if it's that easy to work with, and its not cheap enough to just be trying and it not work.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?item ... pe=PRODUCT

[rbroker]

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I was thinking the same thing but couldn't justify the cost just to try it.

I made a similar device to lay down a tape stripe on the rim that was always equal distance from the rim edge.

I definately should have shot red over the lip then went black. duhhh

[Guest]

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That prob. woul dof been best,but like Dan said will it bleed through the black also? Have too shoot a sample and see what happens.

Good luck with it man. Lets us see the whole wheel when finished.

[Guest]

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you could also have masked the stripe, shot the black and then mask the black and shot the red in. That would fill in the tape edge a little.And if you got some on the black you could sand it back then clear.That way you eliminate the possible bleed problem and get rid of any tape edge. I would like to see that thing you made to lay the stripe down,if you don't mind sharing.It looks like works pretty good!

[rbroker]

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You'll laugh when you see it. Its so simple a kindergardner could have made it.

But it worked. I'll post up when I can remember to take a pic.