hello everyone i am fairly new and i just paid off my '10 balt ss and id love to add some custom look to the exterior. ive decided graphics are probably a bad idea because they are expensive and ive read some bad reviews, basically id like to "do it myself" since i got a lifetime with this car ahead of me and i can take it little by little. so heres my questions:

1. do you need to completely strip the paint on the panels, or can you just rough up the clearcoat where you want to paint and then clearcoat over it again? would i have to cover up the surrounding clearcoat if so or would it stick ok?

2. would a high quality model car paint work? i plan on fine brush painting in the designs myself

3. has anyone done this before with some good results? i did a bit of googling and couldnt find my answer.

thanks guys

update: more paint hackjob splicing

v2.0

 

if you googled and found no answer.... enough said

 

whys everyone so hostile anyways ive been eagerly awaiting sincere answers but all i get is gruff. i found a kinda close video to wat im talking about but i have no idea what paint he used, preparation, or anything
Custom Hand Painted Car Art-Graphics By Crawford-Makes It Look EASY! - YouTube

 

im being realistic, not hostile. he's probably using AUTOMOTIVE paint. prep was probably scuff and smooth the clear coat(correct me if im wrong, i did say probably) and he's probably using fine haired brushes to minimize brush marks(more than likely brushes that are used for real pinstriping).

 

i know a little about painting cars.
1. u need to sand the panle u want to paint with something like a scotch brite pad. all ur doing is taking away the shine and giving the new paint something to grip onto. u dont need to take the paint off. i would scuff the whole panel ur doing. then paint the design and clear coat the whole panel. if u try to clear over a spot that was not scuffed up the new clear is going to peel.
2. not sure if that paint would work. might want to google pinstripe paint. or u could pm the guy in the youtube video and ask him some questions.

i know u have not been here long but the site is kind of rough sometime. u have to think of the age demographic on this site. but it does mk=ake for some good lol's.

 

o sorry, yea i was trying to read the labels off the paint cans next to him lol, apparently he is using pinstripe brushes, so im gonna do a bit more research and start drawing stuff up. im thinking of skulling out my rims or interior first for practice since its not as major.