I used 5/8 inch tape. The curve adds a bit to the width of tape needed. Dennis C.
Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rick Taillieu <rtaill...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > They are hard to get right. > The first time I painted my boat I taped off the cove stripe right where the > indent meets the hull, it ended up too wide and looked funny. > After painting this time I still haven’t done the cove stripe but I’m leaning > toward ½” tape stripe. > > Rick Taillieu > Nemesis > '75 C&C 25 #371 > Shearwater Yacht Club > Halifax, NS. > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bob > Moriarty > Sent: May-01-13 9:27 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Cove Stripe Painting > > Speaking of boot stripes but a couple of feet higher, has anyone had > difficulty repainting their cove stripe, which on Ox is engraved and has > uneven edges? > > The first attempt I assigned to my son, hoping he'd become more detail > oriented. For the second attempt I used a 1/4"(?) roll of painters tape that > I circumscribed with a razor into two 1/8" rolls and tried it myself. > > It was difficult to tape a straight edge because it encompassed three > dimensions. I eventually settled on a compromise that is now unpleasant to > the eye. > > Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6287 - Release Date: 04/30/13 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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