Dupli-Color and Fine Blue Line - A Problem With Timing

[DDR_Fan]

Ok, I want to stripe a motorcycle tank.

Found good gold metallic DupliColor spray for the stripes color.
I will spray freely with gold DupliColor, then I will stick Fine Blue Line over the sprayed areas to define where the stripes will be - everything that remains masked under the Blue Line will be the future stripes.
Then I will apply the base coat all over the tank (solid black color) without removing the Blue Line masking tape.
Then I will remove the masking Blue Line and apply a clear coat all over everything.

My problem is time.
The problem comes from the paint that I will use for the stripes.
The instructions from Dupli Color say that it should be covered with a clear coat 30 minutes after you apply it to a surface.
This may be OK for painting your car's rims because you will just spray a solid coat of gold metallic, then clear it.
But in my case I will be using masking tape over the Dupli Color paint.
I don't think that I will be able to apply all the complex stripes using Blue Line in just 30 minutes.
It will take me much more. Maybe 3 or 4 hours.
What to do in this case?
Also, is it a good idea to use Blue Line over a freshly applied coat of Dupli Color?
I am afraid that the Blue Line may ruin the pain underneath it when I try to take it off.

Help, please!
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[TAZ]

I'm don't use spray basecoat spray cans that often, but if this was a regular basecoat and you have a 'window' of let's say 24 hours and I can't make it, then I would just spray a coat of 'basecoat' clear over it. This way, I can wait longer to do the next step. In your case, you might try that...spray your gold, then spray a light clearcoat over the gold. Then you can wait until the next day if you would like.

As far as putting the tape over the gold (or the clear mentioned above), you'll just have to spray a test panel at the same time you spray the gold. This way, you can lay a few pieces of the blue fine line on the test panel.
Let it sit for about 10 minutes (or however long you desire to test), then pull it off to see if it left marks. This way you don't ruin whatever you are spraying.

If the gold is an enamel, this will take quite a bit longer to dry enough to add tape, than a true basecoat type paint.
Also, when you add tape to the test panel, if you are doing tight turns on what you are spraying, do this on the test panel as well. Tight turns may pull the paint, so this will also be a test for you to try out. If it's just straight lines, then do the same type of lines on the test panel

 

[DDR_Fan]

Thanks for the great advices!

The clear coat that I have is "fast-drying".
It too comes from a Dupli-Color spray can.
Unfortunately the instructions don't say how fast it dries.
I will just pray that its window is more than 30 minutes.

Or maybe I should let it dry completely and then scratch the clear coated surface with 2000 grit before applying the masking tapes and the other base colors?
Feeling really puzzled here.

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[TAZ]

What I would probably do is spray your gold. Then just spray a coat over the gold just so it's clear and not gold (nothing fancy).
Then let is sit all night and do the lines the next day.

Did you see the "Duplicolor challenge banner" above (under the header)? If not now, you'll probably see it if you refresh this page.
Check it out!

:bigokay:

 

[DDR_Fan]

I am not sure if I understood you correctly about spraying over the gold so it's clear and not gold...
I think that if I spray clear over the gold, the gold will still be visible and recognizable as gold.

Will keep refreshing until I see the Dupli Color challenge banner.
Is it one of those Google ads?

 

[TAZ]

The clearcoat is just to give you a bigger 'window' for you to work with so the gold is not raw.
Spray the gold, a coat of clear, mask or tape off your stripes, spray the black, pull the tape, then clearcoat complete.

I don't think I would be applying tape too soon on the gold, especially is they say it must be coated within 30 minutes, and if you have tight turns. Clearcoating will let you wait until the next day. You are not doing this for gloss, just for protection and to open that window a bit.

BUT, if you feel after 15 minutes that the paint is good and dry, go for it and start laying your stripes. I would think that would be okay.
I guess it really depends on what is meant by "fast dry"

:luck:

 

[DDR_Fan]

Yeah, I will follow your workflow man.

If it turns out that the clear dries just as fast as the gold (30 min), then I will spray many clear coats over the gold and let them dry completely.
This way I will have one thick clear coat that will be safe to sand.
Then I will scratch the surface with sand paper and stripe it with the tape, then spray solid & final clear.

Thanks!
:cheers:

 

[TAZ]

Sounds like a plan!