Masking a car for paint - how hard can it be? 

I can hear Gisselle channeling abba saying "don't go wasting your emulsion, spray all your paint on me"

It didn't have to be such a big job but Lewis is a total perfectionist, watching his channel I'm convinced he's a wizard. And agreed, good quality masking tape is game changer 😄

I'm glad Lewis and Leanne don't rush when it comes to stuff like this. Always looks better when you take your time.

Careful, Ian! You'll be ruining your reputation.🤣👍 Lewis and Leanne are a great team. Laura and her sibling will be trained very well, too.

Soft edge masking, something I never knew existed. Thank you for enlightening me.

Well done Mr HubNut you gave it a go, patience, patience and more patience is required for this type of work.

This was so interesting to watch, especially when the plastic sheet was attached. Don't knock your painting Ian, you're the only man I've seen paint a vehicle in emulsion and look how long it's lasted.

Hubnut and WhitelandRestorations Just my kind of video! Lewis making it look so easy... And then Leanne says she can't do it either 🤣🤣🤣🤣

A nice set of wheels and some yellow stripes that will be a banging car

HubNut did bring me to the Whiteland Restorations channel. Not the badest thing: I'm impressed, I do learn some car things and it is relaxing (a.s.m.r.). Wonderful... ⚙️😃⚙️

This is brilliant and reminds me that, "if a job is worth doing, do it properly".

It is always a pleasure to watch an artisan at work and I know where I want my TR6 to go for restoration. Logistics may be a tad tough and it will remain a pipe dream for a while, at least until I move back to Europe.

I think we need another video where Ian takes Lewis to his unit and demonstrates the emulsion and lacquer technique as used on Foxanne 😁.

That was fascinating, you can see why people use specialists.

That certainly beats using the old paper masking tape and a broadsheet newspaper, I used to use the FT just because it was pink.

no matter how it ends up, remember,......it will always buff out🤣

Loving this series with Giselle and Whitelands Restorations, cannot wait to see the finished result.

Great video, it's always nice to see someone who knows what they're doing 👌

What a fascinating insight into how to correctly prep a classic car for paintwork to be carried out. I certainly didn't realize how many steps to follow in order to get the car ready to be painted.

Another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

Brilliant video Ian 👍

that car's going to look proper posh when it's all finished. very interesting watch.

7:10 I was worried where that was going 🤔😂

Well I know myself, putting that level of attention into an old French hatch is something I could never do...and that's just the masking!😲 You have to say salut to the man, I suspect there is symbiosis between Hubnut and his channel. Long may it continue!😁

Lots of work involved for painting and bodywork. Not bad for a novice; I would not have even ATTEMPTED to mask like you did.

Just so you know Ian..........we've got this all on....'Tape.' 😃🚗

I really like the yellow highlights.

I had a Saturday job,when l was at school, masking cars at the local garage. Much ripping of cheap masking tape, (enough to make a bishop put his foot through a stained glass window), but did learn a similar technique to soft edge masking. A small plastic device to make the fold would be v.useful.

Reason for masking like that is to have a soft edge on places that new and old paint meet. Soft egde basically stops a hard/noticeable line of paint (blends) also when demasking won't lift/flake new paint. Preperation when painting cars is the most important thing, rush that end results will not be good. The spraying is the quickest and not that difficult with some practice.

Shoulda Coulda watched Weird Beard on YT. He's a MUST for car heads! Lesson here...Be extra careful when maneuvering your epic cars!

Lovely job 🛥🚤⛵️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Yellow looks good. Maybe a few lines of it applied to the sides, for that 'Banana Basalte' look?

Masking is a real pain but well worth it.

I can certainly see where the labour cost comes in, and of course it takes the same amount of time whether you're doing a Bentley or a Hillman. Personally, I've only ever attempted the Foxanne method of painting.

yellow wheels! yes please! 😍

It was like watching a totally new take of the generation game definitely fun.

This video sums up why all my paintjobs turn out awful! I do not possess the patience needed for this!

You'll have to offer a Black and Yellow Gisele hoodie now.

I have been treating some surface rust on my 2008 Chevrolet Spark. I noticed when sanding off areas of paint on the sills that it goes straight from the yellow colour to bare metal, there seems to be no primer. In other areas there is a white primer. The car was less than 3 years old when I got it so I would think the paint is original.

Cue the fantasia music.grest to see the damage repaired.

I maintain, that body shops, with straightening chassis, getting panels to fit properly, and replacing badges and trim etc, on a wide range of cars, is far more skilful than a garage doing cam belts etc. But then I don’t know how to do either 😂

Always interesting to see a job being done properly and in the direction of perfection! I’m a bit of a ‘hold a piece of cardboard up’ style of masking myself. My theory being that I’ll be wet sanding and buffing my attempts, anyway, so I’ll get rid of the overspray at the same time. Not sure if that says more about me or the types of vehicles I have… Nice tips about the masking - I will attempt the soft tape challenge next time I have my hands on some masking tape.👍🏻

'The Masked GSA' - a Pallas/Club/Super-Hero

Rule one - always spray in a clean room (definitely not my garage) ! Cheap tape is a pain but dust is a guaranteed quality killer. My spray gun is mostly unused but fortunately there is multiple uses for the compressor.

Black & yellow is a good combo, worked for the 2CV Charlestons after all... :D Not sure how it'd fit in on a GSA though... :P

Yellow wheels would look so cool with the black ian

There were when I painted cars three shades of basic black paint [ before tints are added ] a lot of cars were one of these straight blacks , more like very dark grey really .

Giselle getting a lot of love

Having got rid of your "scores on the doors" that soft-edge technique could have been on the Generation Game.

I wondered if you were going to shrink wrap her for a minute.

Hi All, had a little chuckle to Self as the 'Master' was Showing the 'Novice' (Ian) how to fold the Masking Tape. And Poor said novice was not only underpressure trying to get the Tape to fold, but the added issue of Camera Crew Giggling at his Attempts in the Background..! I have tried Folding Tape for such an Affect but was unaware of the use of 'Knee', so found it Very Frustrating. ( Piles of Unsuccessful tape everywhere..!!) But what a Great Tip, I do have a Few spots on my Car, Where I need to Feather out the Paint, just hope I remember this tip in the Better Weather..! As painting in Winter and Damp Conditions the paint Blooms terribly..! ( Yes we do get such Weather, even in Oz..!) Interesting Video Guys. Thank you for your Efforts..! Cheers all. Kim in OZ. 😎

There are already soft edge masking machines available on the market. I've never used one so I cant say how good they are though.

AY UP MR AND MISS HUBNUT GREAT VID AS USUAL

Ian updating his CV for the part time present wrapping job at Harrods this Christmas 😇

I've done this, and it takes a lot of practice to get it right. I am not very good at it.

A steep learning curve for Mr. HubNut. 'Doing it properly'... not part of the HubNut lexicon?

HubNut does careful. Now there's something you don't see everyday.

Good to see Giselle getting some TLC

To cut a long story short , ' Very ' .

There you are getting Carlys' hopes up down on one knee with a roll of masking tape...

Definitely something you wouldn't want to attempt up at the unit

@ 5.57 Blames the tape. Classic.

wat about an update on the morris traveller restoration, please?

The teacher showing the student how to do it properly.

And Ian, have you been hired as a new employee? I follow all the work on Giselle at Whiteland Restorations.

Ps just watched the sarna, video collection capper

The microphone didn't like that plastic sheeting did it?

Is it EXY Black?

Before anyone goes to get a quote from a body shop they should watch this. The price would then make sense.

Beware of anyone who says they can paint a car cheap, there are many days of boring preparation and labour is what costs money. Only way to get price down is to get it stripped and sanded yourself to save a couple of days labour but still painting a car should never cost hundreds

why does he not brush paint it with house emulsion?

This level of beautification feels very unhubnut. I’m more used to you cracking open a tin of emulsion or spray painting whilst holding a piece of card.

Love the double act, like Eric & Ernie 🤣 🤡

Batmobile!

Pity you don't do more bodywork content

Its a shame single use plastic is used though.

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I’d not want my car painting their Better to remove parts than mask them up

That was so boring