Clearing over pinstripes

Do I need to add hardener to One shot if I clear over it? Is there a better way or better striping paint to use if you intend on clearing over it?

 

I'm not brush guy, but I've had stuff done in Dagerlac (?), and it can becleared over. Stu

 

i've done it before with no problems

 

If you're trying to clear over them with urethane clear, they have a bad habit of lifting or 'ribboning' when the activator in the clear bites into them. The only way to 100% prevent this is to add a couple drops of the clearcoat hardener to the 1-Shot before you lay the stripes down.

 

As stated. Hardner to the 1-shot and everything should be OK

 

thanks guys. thats what i heard but im giving it a shot tonight and wanted to know what everyone here had to say

 

House of Color striping paint is made to clear over..pulls nice too. But I use one shot because I'm old school. haha

 

the HOK striping enamels are decent, but I havent' seen a distinct advantage of using them over just striping with regular old DBC or ChromaBase urethane's if you are striping on a 'prepared' surface (cleared, color-sanded, ready for clear after the pinstripes). The HOK striping enamels seem way way too runny compared to 1-Shot's paints, so I end up having to leave them sitting out open for a few days to let them dry out a bit. If you can find 1-Shots 'Pre-No-Lead' formula paints, they are even better than today's 1-Shot mixture. Love the leaded stuff, even though I havent been able to use any for quite a few years now. Miss it...

 

thanks guys good stuff

 

Kustom Shop makes a BASE striping paint that's meant for clearcoating as well....

 

You are correct.

 

You can stripe over 1-Shot without hardener if you clear it before it's fully dry without it wrinkling....Just be careful not to run the clear as the stripes will run along with it

 

I always use whatever hardner they are using in my 1-shot. Done this for 20 + years with very little probs. Stripes need to dry and then dust a few coats, tack and go.

 

Dust a few coats?

 

Clear?

 

Ya. Dust the first coat as tack coat. The striping enamel can cause a heavy coat to run easier.

 

I have cleared silver with no problems thinned with mineral spirits but the purple was a wash.