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Old 02-21-2013 | 02:31 AM
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I have been thinking of painting my bike with flat black a high gloss pearl orange. I was wanting a nice design between the 2 colors. My question is how would this be done or is it damn near impossible.
 
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Old 02-21-2013 | 07:50 AM
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Its pretty simple to have a flat black and gloss orange two tone, but they need to be separated by a pinstripe or graphic. For example, you spray your orange and clearcoat it. Then wet sand the clear. Then mask off the orange and spray the black and apply a flat clear over that. Let it dry real good, maybe a few days. Then mask that off, going just a little bit over the edge of the flat clear. Then do your pinstripe and do a glossy clearcoat over the orange and the stripe.
There are other way to do it, but this is the way that i would do it.
 
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Old 02-22-2013 | 02:04 AM
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Thanks crazy for the info now I have come up with a pinstripe color.
 
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Old 02-24-2013 | 02:24 PM
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You should be aware that once you have anything other than a gloss for your clear finish you will not be able to buff and polish it, otherwise it will be polished to a gloss finish. If the gloss and the flat are on the same surface it may be difficult to polish the gloss without also shining the flat part of your design up a bit. Just something to be aware of. .
 
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Old 02-24-2013 | 02:33 PM
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black and orange is always a coool choice
 
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Old 02-24-2013 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by brberk
You should be aware that once you have anything other than a gloss for your clear finish you will not be able to buff and polish it, otherwise it will be polished to a gloss finish. If the gloss and the flat are on the same surface it may be difficult to polish the gloss without also shining the flat part of your design up a bit. Just something to be aware of. .
Sadly that is all too true. Flat and gloss make a cool combo, but be prepared to take special care of it. Its not that hard but you just have to be careful when cleaning and polishing and such.
Flat finishes need special care. They must be cleaned very gently. 2 different finishes that require different cleaning.
 
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