<VV> Well, so.../paint

[Kirby Smith]

I'll vote for 3M tape.  I just removed some forgotten tape behind bumper 
holes in my Corvair, which was last partially painted 20 years ago.  The 
tape pealed off for the most part quite easily.  Fortunately, the car 
was never in the sun during that period.

kirby


Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
>> Don't mask until just before paint.  Masking tape gets sunbaked and very
>> difficult to remove.
> 
> 
> Trouble with masking a car yourself and then taking it to a paintshop 
> for them to do is that for the best possible job you should re-mask for 
> each coat - this avoids water getting under the edge of the tape when 
> you sand it, cuts out the multicoloured step you get at the edge of the 
> paint when the tape is peeled off, and allows you to continue the colour 
> coat a tiny bit further than the primer, thus again concealing the 
> primer edge.
> 
> I wouldn't even think of painting a decent car without re-masking for 
> each coat. And I try never to leave the tape on for more than a few 
> days, or when strong sun has been on it (not too much of a problem in 
> England, that!), or (especially) when it has been wet (now *that* is a 
> problem here!). And I always use 3M tape because it resists these 
> defects better than most.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alan
>