![]() ![]() Lay the tape in a smooth motion, watching for any waves, wrinkles or curves. Using your eyes as a guide, lay the tape down by holding the roll. Pull the tape from the front to the back, pulling the tape taut while being careful not to stretch it. Starting at the rear of the hood, lightly set the fine line tape in place. Mark the inside stripe with the ¼-inch added measurement using a small piece of ¾-inch masking tape and a straight-edge. If using ¼-inch fine line tape, add ¼ inch to your measurement. Once you have found this location, take a measurement from the rear center marking. The center width should be somewhere between three- to six inches depending on the shape of the hood. I suggest playing around with the inside edge positioning, and finding a point that gives you the look you want by placing some ¾-inch tape at the point you want your stripe to begin. This measurement can be personal preference, but on some vehicles with original stripes, refer to your assembly manual for stripe widths and measurements. Next, you will want to find the position of the inside edge of your stripe. If the peak of the hood isn’t centered, which is sometimes the case with aftermarket hoods, use the center peak as your reference point. Mark these spots with the ¾-inch tape by using a pencil or pen to pinpoint the center. Not only do you want to find the center on the front and back of the hood, you will also want to find the center in at least two other areas toward the middle. The first step in laying out your stripes is to find the center of the hood. This will be used for measuring and masking around curves. This is for the wider area in the center of the hood where masking paper is too bulky to use.Ĥ) A roll of ¾-inch masking tape, part number 26334. We recommend Scotch Green Performance, part number 26338. We used part number 06405 for the ¼-inch tracer along the border of our stripe design.ģ) A roll of 1.5-inch masking tape. The best option for this is 3M’s Vinyl Tape 471+. This tape is flexible and hugs the body lines and curves.Ģ) A roll of fine-line stripe tape. There are four essential materials to have when laying out stripes:ġ) A good seamstress tape measure. This will lock down the pearls and metallic, and prevent the tape from pulling and dragging them. With some heavy metallics and pearls, a coat of clear basecoat can be applied to the original base. Most base coats have a 24-hour window before you must res-cuff the top coat, so the safest bet is letting your basecoat dry overnight. Before any masking can begin, the basecoat blue must dry completely. ![]() Likewise, applying even coats will give you a good foundation for your second color. There is no need to try to keep the paint thin underneath the stripes, since the amount of material you will save by doing so will be minimal. We started off by spraying the entire hood with the basecoat blue. White and black are the most common color choices for stripes, and either will work well depending on personal preference. Since we didn’t want to darken the overall paint scheme with a darker-colored stripe, the white stripe complemented the bright blue paint perfectly. To add a nice bit of contrast, we chose GM Ermine White for the stripes. The truck was being shot with Honda Laguna blue (code B-545P) and we altered the color slightly to suit our customer’s taste. We recently had to opportunity to design a custom stripe package for a 1987 full-size Chevy truck with a cowl-induction hood. Fortunately, with a few simple techniques and the right materials, you can paint straight, professional-looking stripes all on your own. We’ve seen it time and time again when people try to paint their own stripes only to mess up their dimensions, layout, and sizing. Since blindly jumping into such a project is a recipe for disaster, proper measurements and application technique will ensure that your stripes look proportioned and straight. Consequently, one of the best ways to add some visual pop to your musclecar or restoration project is by laying down a set of racing stripes. Thanks to iconic race cars like the Ford GT40, Shelby 427 Cobra, and Trans Am machines of the musclecar era, onlookers naturally associate custom stripes with performance. ![]()
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