Do I need to back this before…

[Velodromed]

I could use a little advice.

I am painting the body camel yellow then backing with white. Do I need to back the Hydro dip flames sections with white or something before I paint everything yellow? If I don’t back it, will the yellow turn the flames orange or odd colored?

Thanks guys!

 

[Tex Koder]

Hard call..

Since the hydro is not paint, it shouldn't blend or be effected by the yellow paint. So my guess is, you don't need to back it.
BUT, I don't have any direct experience, so I'm only making an educated guess at this point..

 

[IWANTBLUE]

Another "I can't help you" post but loving the potential.... So did you hydrodip the clear body then back pait it in red for those sections?

I'd quite like that effect with a clear candy red, so translucent red with smokey flames...

Subbed sure you'll get a concrete answer soon, my best guess would agree with Tex....

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

so I'm only making an educated guess at this point..

Since you have no experience it would be an "uneducated guess"

 

[Jordan10R]

I would think it would turn. The red a different color because it's transparent

 

[Mr.Duke]

The next color you spray on the inside of the body after hydrodipping is the color of the flames. The color behind that is the “backing color” and depending on white or black it will either make the 1st color pop (white) or darken (black)

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I wanted red flames that didn’t pop so much but rather added depth to the image so I dipped, than several coats of red followed by several coats of black.

Had I chosen to spray white after the red it would have made the red much brighter which is just a matter of preference.
You can always retain the brightness of the red with a white backer and add another final layer of black if you want the underside of the body to be black instead of white.
Hope that makes sense

 

[Velodromed]

The next color you spray on the inside of the body after hydrodipping is the color of the flames. The color behind that is the “backing color” and depending on white or black it will either make the 1st color pop (white) or darken (black)

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I wanted red flames that didn’t pop so much but rather added depth to the image so I dipped, than several coats of red followed by several coats of black.

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Had I chosen to spray white after the red it would have made the red much brighter which is just a matter of preference.
You can always retain the brightness of the red with a white backer and add another final layer of black if you want the underside of the body to be black instead of white.
Hope that makes sense

Thank you! Answered my question and gave me a visual. I like how it looks backed in black so will do that before shooting the main color. Much appreciated!
Thank you everyone! I got it figured out. Here’s the thread on how I’m doing this body
Thread 'Paint project #4, the hydro dip attempt'
https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/paint-project-4-the-hydro-dip-attempt.49229/

 

[Tex Koder]

Since you have no experience it would be an "uneducated guess"

I did not say that.
I said I didn't have direct experience with hydro, not regarding painting.