Any car painters? need some tips

[Delarado]

Guys,

just wondering if any of you are car painters by trade here? Im respraying my car at the moment and I'm wondering what the best way to do some of the masking is. Mainly the wheel arches, and the openings at the front in the bumper.

For the wheel arches theres nowhere really to stick the masking tape to hang down the polythene sheeting i have, so not really sure what to do?

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[Delarado]

Any car painters? need some tips

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[Delarado]

heres a better pic of the front. Not my car but gives you an idea of what im dealing with. Not sure how to mask over those air intakes to prevent paint in the engine bay? But you cant really get to the back of them either...

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[Cagey]

Tucked the poly sheets into the arch fold and secure with rolled up newspaper was what I've done before, not professional but it worked for me.

[Delarado]

not a bad idea that, unfortunately the arches on this are more L shaped than U shaped, so probably wont work :(

[Cagey]

Metal bodywork ? Magnets maybe ?

[rachel]

You reverse mask it , the masking tape sticks to the inside ( backside) of the lip and then masking paper to the tape.
do not mask with polythene as the paint will dry on it and then the next coat will flake the dry paint off.
hope this helps
x Rachel

[Delarado]

Thanks rachel, never thought about the polythene thing... Its a roll i bought specifically for spraying bloody cars as well!

Guess Ill just have to try and find some flat areas under the wheel arches and give them a good old clean. They are covered with muck at the moment so was hoping someone would come up with something magical I could use to mask but I guess not :)

Any ideas on the air intakes?

[rachel]

Yes same method on the air intakes mask the inside of the lip , if the polythene you got was dedicated car masking plastic it's ok to use it if not I wouldn't ;-)

[Delarado]

you mean like round the back of it? Its a bit tricky to get to...and impossible to clean! I guess ill just do me best!

Thanks again :)