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SailormanCGA72
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2006 : 06:59:04

This weekend I made a costly mistake that I would like to pass on so all of you can benefit. I was repainting the boot top (water line) and when it came to taping off the stripe I use what was called curve tape. It was yellow and made by DuckTape and was in the paint section of Wally World. I thought perhaps it might be good because of the curved area back under the counter. Well I ran out of the curve tape and used the standard blue 3M painter's masking tape for about 10'. After painting, I peeled the tape off and discovered that the curve tape had wicked in most places at least 1/16" and in a few places almost to 3/16". In other words, it was a disaster. Everywhere I used the blue tape the paint line was clean and straight with no wicking.

I'm not sure how I will remedy the situation yet but I will probably retape and paint over the areas that were stained by the wicking.

Steve S.
"Myot CynPat" 82 TRWK conversion Hull No. 3002

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:10:18

Hi Steve,

'Sorry that tape made a mess.

I hope you figure out a way to fix it. Maybe you could try removing the paint with some fiberglass-friendly paint remover, then start over.

Thanks for passing on the tip ... that'll save the rest of us from being victimized by that stuff.

Good luck with the fix!

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 07:54:06

Increase the size of that strip about 1/4 to 1/8th of an inch and repaint. Using the good tape of course. It is purely an aethetic line so it won't matter. Ours is a bit bigger!

dw

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:12:50

I would like to add to this post, when painting our hull I used the 3M Green Lacquer tape that all the pro's use, the problem with this tape is that it is so dam sticky it came off in little pieces rather than One whole piece, this led to having to spend another two days of peeling small little ultra sticky tape pieces off the top rail.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:31:14

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">...the problem with this tape is that it is so dam sticky it came off in little pieces rather than One whole piece, this led to having to spend another two days of peeling small little ultra sticky tape pieces off the top rail.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Whenever I mask something, I paint it the same day that I put on the tape, and then the minute it's done, I peel off the tape while the paint is still wet. That way, the dried paint doesn't stick to the tape and get pulled off, and the sun doesn't have a chance to bake the tape's adhesive, and make it difficult to remove. You don't have to leave the tape on until the paint dries.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:39:36

Blue tape and VC-17 is a little bit of heaven.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 10:57:17

Just did the blue tape/VC17 thing this past weekend. As Steve noted, I too remove the tape immediately after painting and pull the tape straight back on itself so as to cut a nice line.

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SailormanCGA72
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 15:17:03

Duane,
Thanks for the suggestion to retape and paint an additional 1/4". It was so simple I'm embarrassed. That's what I'll do tonight after work.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/24/2006 : 18:47:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by SailormanCGA72
 Duane,
Thanks for the suggestion to retape and paint an additional 1/4". It was so simple I'm embarrassed. That's what I'll do tonight after work.
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To keep it even lay a line of tape down over what you have that is bigger by a 1/4 and then follow the new line on top of that and remove the first line and paint!

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