1973 starcraft ss restore in progress

[Watermann]

Oh yeah, that's nice! Nothing like having that chore behind you, a huge milestone and the gateway to the rebuild.

 

[cj8mule]

Looks great cowboy!

 

[GA_Boater]

:thumb: Looks good. Glad to see you corrected the paint formula. 10/4/1 would be like spraying water.

 

[64osby]

next step , gonna put a black halter top on her !

Looks great. Glad it's a halter and not a thong.

 

[classiccat]

Really nice job on that dress....you tin seamstress you

 

[crankbait cowboy]

thanks guys, maybe a dumb question, but can any of you enlighten me a bit on taping for painting. i have the frog tape, and my questions are how long to let paint dry or cure before taping over it, and also how soon should i take the tape off after painting my 2nd color? any input or past experiences much appreciated.

 

[Watermann]

I pull off the tape before the paint dries otherwise you risk a rip into the paint job when pulling the dried paint.

When to tape on the fresh paint has some variables to it, I wait for the paint to cure and have all the solvent out (doesn't stink like drying paint any longer) it all depends on location. temp and such.

 

[crankbait cowboy]

thanks water, sounds like about what i was thinking. as far as pulling it off before paint dries, sounds like a god plan , but i gotta do 2 coats. would you go to the trouble of taping it twice or do you think i would be okay to paint a coat mon and a coat tues, then remove the tape?

 

[Watermann]

Are you painting an accent stripe over the white?

 

[dozerII]

Paint looks real good CC. After my experience on the Holiday with two coats of color I would take the tape off between coats. I had to trim the paint edge down with a razor blade before I could put my accent pin stripping on.

 

[crankbait cowboy]

h20, i am painting the top 3 ribs black,( bottom in pic as i am turtled ) so would be taping along the bottom of that third rib and covering everything below that ( bottom third of side and bottom of boat) you can kind of see the color difference between top coat and primer in 1st pic above. trying to avoid taping twice ( for 2 coats ) wondering now if i could score along tape edge with a razor blade after second coat before removing , or am i better off biting bullet and taping twice. thanks for chiming in doz. all advice and suggestions well taken.

 

[Watermann]

You could do the razor deal but this is what I did on my SN. I put my frog tape on the line for the accent stripe, then taped the drop cloth onto the straight line. I shot the first coat covering the base coat. I cleaned my gun and waited for the first coat to set (checking the tackiness of the paint on the tape) I think it was about an hour and half later for my temp and then I shot the second coat. I cleaned the gun and then came back and pulled the tape. DONE.

 

[crankbait cowboy]

thanks for the suggestion h20. yeah if i flipped my boat 1st, looks to be easier to tape a drop cloth. what i am hearing is tape the line and then tape your drop cloth right over the frog tape on the same line ( so the frog tape is not visable at all and the paint actual never really touches it ) and try shoot the 2 coats in a couple of hrs. am i hearing ya correct?

 

[Watermann]

Yeap that's what I did, very clean lines.

 

[crankbait cowboy]

thanks h20, that is way i will try go, gonna give it a week to cure good before i tape er, as temps are a miserable 50ish here for the week and i got plenty on the honey do list. hoping that by this time next week i can be done with the hull painting and show her off to you all.

 

[crankbait cowboy]

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well i went with watermans suggestions and am real happy with the results ( post #392 above ) i taped it as suggested sprayed a coat, waited 2 hrs and sprayed the second spent 15 minutes cleaning up and pealed of the cover and tape . real nice clean lines. a big thanks to h20!! here she be. gonna do some pinstripe and starcraft decals , get her flipped and on trailer ( waiting about a week to let cure good )and then set the trailer up as needed. thanks for stopping by. 5 photos attached

 

[classiccat]

Top Notch paintjob Crankbait! Bold but refined; DIG IT! :thumb:

She's really coming together!

 

[Watermann]

Very nice! I'm glad everything worked out, painting is nerve racking and what is noticed most. I had a guy at the launch ask if he could touch the paint on my Chief, I said sure and he ran his fingers along the side asking me how I was able to powder coat the boat.

 

[64osby]

^^^ ...In a really big oven. :lol:

 

[budski]

Very nice CB can't wait to see it upright with pinstripe and decals.