Polishing a two color paint job

[DZ7581]

What is the best sequence to polish a two color paint job  Do I lay down the first color and polish it, then lay down the second and polish it, or do I paint both colors and polish both at the same time?  Will the colors bleed on to each other, If so how do I prevent this?  Thanks in advance

[Rider]

Once paint design and the final colour is laid I like shoot a few coats of clear. Wait until the paint is fully cured. Once the paint is fully cured you can start the colour sanding and or polishing. Top coating with clear helps to avoid burning through the colour coat when wet sanding and or polishing. If I happen to burn through the clear top coat no harm done, I just shoot clear over the effected area. 

 

 

[Snake45]

2 hours ago, DZ7581 said:

Do I lay down the first color and polish it, then lay down the second and polish it

That's one way to do it (and leave the masking on while you polish the second color). The other is to clear-coat both colors, and polish the clearcoat. 

[Bucky]

I always shoot both colors, then clear before polishing or sanding. I've never tried doing them separately.

[Ace-Garageguy]

55 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

That's one way to do it (and leave the masking on while you polish the second color). The other is to clear-coat both colors, and polish the clearcoat. 

Yeah...reminds me of something that happened on a real car back in the old days when we still used acrylic lacquer for repairs. No clear. A two-tone job, red and white. I pulled the tape off the red (shot last) and started color-sanding with water prior to polishing. Horror of horrors, the red "bled" into the white, even though it had been "dry" for a day, and tinted it a nice pink. Took a while to straighten that one out.

Edited September 14, 2019 by Ace-Garageguy

[DZ7581]

Thanks for the info guys, up in till this point I have only polished out a single color.