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<DIV><FONT size=4>David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>That sort of gets me to the answer I was looking for. With 3M
fine-line tape, you can butt one piece of tape right up next to the other one
without a gap. What I had in mind was to wait for the color I just shot to cure
with the existing tape in place. Then, I'd butt the next piece of tape up to the
previous masking tape. This piece would be right on top of the color I just shot
the day before. Then I'd pull off the tape that masked the other color. That
would leave no gap between the colors, but that little ridge that's always there
would still be there. I guess my question is whether or not that ridge would
sand away nice and clean after everything was painted without creating any
unevenness between the colors. I'm having a hard time getting this worded
properly so I hope it's clear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davidflynt@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidflynt@earthlink.net">David
Flynt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 28, 2003 10:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Painting</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=822140102-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Verne,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=822140102-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>