I am going to get my fender painted soon and wanted to know how to properly tape off the other pieces? Like I guess I need to cover up the hood, bumper, door, and headlights.
What kind of tape do I use and how do I do it?

 

3m masking tape is what most shops use .....and a nice thick paper to cover the bigger areas .....two widths of tape at teh edges and then paper

 

it woul just be better to take the fender off and paint it

 

true to that fact, but if you have any warps or bends in the fender and or the sub frame its a b*tch to get it to line back up... i know i had to rebulid my max's front end after i smashed it up pretty bad. (Radiator support, radiator, a/c condenser, fuse boxes, hood, grill, and head lights.) yup it was a long and difficult process.

 

I'm definately not taking off the fender again, it was a ***** putting it on.

 

make sure you goin to cover all of the windows because once you begit to spray clear its goin to mist all over the place

 

Are you not going to get them to blend? Usually the whole car will be taped up but the hood, bumper and door, that way they can blend. If not the fender will not match?

 

TRUTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

What car do you want to paint?
I thought you sold the Max?

 

It's for my Civic, hmmm blending, I guess I'll get the shop's opinion.

 

you gotta have them blend it in, otherwise it will not match at all, even if its the same color. paint fades really quick.

 

Some one told me that you need to use rubing compound to make the new pait old or something like that. Thats how they blend it

 

no no no, They blend by painting the entire fender and the start painting the door and fade it out then color sand and clear both the fender and the door.

 

is this a winter beater....daily driver...nice car ?????

 

Daily driver, my objective is to keep it stock for reliability.
The problem is, I just want the fender painted and that's all. It's all prepped up and ready for paint, I don't want them to touch any other areas.

 

if u couldless about blending then have them jsut do the fender knowing it wont be blended...but for it to look good it will def have to be blended