How to #15 – checkered graphic paint job


Custom Paint Forum How-To
How to do a basic 'checkered' paint job

There are other ways of doing this, but this is a great way to learn the basics of a checkered graphic job.


Custom Paint Forum How-To
How to do a basic 'checkered' paint job

There are other ways of doing this, but this is a great way to learn the basics of a checkered graphic job.
One other way of doing it is instead of using the masking tape to mask up the checkers, you can use Auto-Mask to mask up the area and draw your checkers. This way, you can give some 'wave' action to it.

This How-To is basic step by step to do a 2 tone Checkered paint job with a silver shaded stripe.
 
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First you want to layout where the edge of the base color and the checkered graphics are going to be.
 
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Mask this area off