Color Fades Dark Blue Bright Blue to Silver Auto Paint Job
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Fading a color into another Really new to painting and using paint guns etc.
I just painted my race bike a dark blue and I'm about to add baby blue accents to certain parts.I want to fade the baby blue in, to make a cool looking transition. Is this hard to do? Should I use a smaller gun for this? I have a real small gun made for respraying repaired door dings. Should I use that? Or should I use my standard gun
If you think I'm going to screw it up, just say so
thanks
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well because your doing a bike either will work but on larger areas such as a car or truck it's best to use a full size gun.The best way to do
fades over an exsisting color is with a candy or tranparent color.
the transitition will be softer and you will get that fade from one color to the next.fades aren't exactly for the beginner or novice painter.
if you want to do it i suggest getting a piece of metal and paint it the color of the bike then try fading your color,this way if you do a test panel and it
don't work out like you want you won't destroy the paintjob you already have.
If it does turn out then it is a good practice peice to show you how it works.
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The best advice you could get is to practice on a couple test panels before you spray the bike parts.
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another good trick is to have two guns
one with the dark color and one with the light
spray your light color where you want your s and then
at the fade line go back with the two colors till you get that nice even fade
it may take you several times blending the two colors back and forth to get a nice even fade.
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if its metallics, id say avoid it altogether. with solid colors, its much easier and looks alot better
- When I do a fade from one color to another I usually mix the color very thin so that it's very translucent. I spray my first pass over the area where I want the most color and allow it to dry. I then spray my second pass beyond then over my first pass and do the same with my following passes. The repeated coats will cause the color to cover in the required areas and blend into the surrounding areas. I almost always do this type of blend using base/clear so that my finish can be polished without effecting my fade.
Originally Posted by eightonezero Really new to painting and using paint guns etc.
I just painted my race bike a dark blue and I'm about to add baby blue accents to certain parts.I want to fade the baby blue in, to make a cool looking transition. Is this hard to do? Should I use a smaller gun for this? I have a real small gun made for respraying repaired door dings. Should I use that? Or should I use my standard gun
If you think I'm going to screw it up, just say so
thanks
Follow Phil's advice and practice before you apply paint to the job.
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Yeah it's hard alright. I struggled with trying to fade a metallic Silver into the existing Silver for hours. After many pieces of scrap I thought I had it down so I went to the work piece.
Needless to say things didn't turn out right. I've given up and am going to reshoot the entire part.
I was using my Devilbiss SRi Spot Gun which is perfect for small parts. You can dial in as small as a 1" or full fan 9.5" with very little overspray.
I find that the spot gun's work better for close in work, work on small part's, and blending. The gun's are so small and light you can get focused in a little better.
Greg
Thoughts and comments expressed by me are mine based on my own experience and research and shared here freely. I am not a professional nor make any claim to be as such
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Thanks for the replies guys, I will give it a shot on a few test pieces first
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One thing you want to work on is your trigger action. As your laying the material down you need to be able to start letting up on the trigger so that less and less material is being put down. Of course you want this to happen in the right spot.
In the tech manuals they call it "tapering off".
It's a skill no question. Most paint manufacturer's have additives and directions on how to achieve a good color blend. Esp if it's Metallic or Pearl.
Greg
Thoughts and comments expressed by me are mine based on my own experience and research and shared here freely. I am not a professional nor make any claim to be as such
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well if you think about it a fade is simular to doing a blend
when you are spot painting a car and the color is not exact you have to blend
into the next panel,most painters know how to do this.
the technique of feathering in the paint or tapering off with the trigger
can be used to do a fade.although most fades are done top to bottom
the technique of blending the color is simular
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