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<DIV><SPAN class=822140102-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Verne,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=822140102-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
done adjacent color to color without color sanding, using PPG concept and 3m
fine line. The trick is to avoid a heavy build-up of paint on the tape
line. One way to do this is to use gravity to your advantage, starting
with the bottom of the fuse and working up. Another way is to just limit
the amount of paint that you spray. You will need to take your
time when taping off the prior color, or else you can get a gap between the two
adjacent colors. Otherwise, you should not have any
problems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=822140102-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>David</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Verne
Koester<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 28, 2003 6:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
NSRCA<BR><B>Subject:</B> Painting<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I'm in the process of painting my Smaragd and this is the
first time I've chosen a color scheme where the colors butt up to each other.
In the past, I've always used a white separation stripe between each color. My
question is whether you wet sand the ridge at the tape line before you mask
for the next color, or do you just tape off the color that was already
applied, pull off the previous masking tape and shoot the next one. I'm
using 3M fine-line tape.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Verne</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>