Thread: 55/58 Chevy truck build

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Originally Posted by v8nutz

I think I had trouble because the clear didn't burn in so it left a line. And then there's the issue of color match, it's an art to get the color to blend and disappear. Do you do this kind of stuff for a living?

Nope I'm just a hobbist. I'm completely self-taught through trial and error.lol I'm just sharing what works for me. The things I've learned from the many mess ups over the years. I've always had the attitude that if I messed it up I can fix it.lol IMO this stuff is not so much talent (at my level) as it is developing skills. You have to build the skills to allow the talent to flow. I'm still in the building skills stage, I have to think my way through this stuff.lol I've seen talented painters and I'm not one of them. The one thing I've noticed with all the talented painters is their skill set is where it all starts, they are fundalmentally sound. Then they can be creative.


What I was trying to say in the second paragraph of my other post is, if you scuff the panel with 1000 grit, back tape before at the edge of the scuff and only paint up to and kind of feather over the back tape line. That way you will have a mechanical bond with the clear and the backtaping will give you a soft line if any line at all that can be wet sanded out.

As far as blending color. There are two ways to go about that. The easiest is if the paint is out of the same can that you orginally applied. The primer also should be the same shade as whats orginally used. Then I do light coats until I get the paint to match with each coat going about an inch pass each other until I achieve a satifactory blend.

The other way is if you have paint that is not the original and you are not sure if its a 100% match. You have to trick the human eye. That is you blend a little into the next panel so that there so gradual a change in color that the human eye finds it hard to detect.

With the column mod finished, I installed the steering column and I have to say I like it much better than the ididit swivel ball I had in place before. Less busy and a smoother look in my opinion.