Didn't. I applied the tape after boat was painted. I made a template for cutting the ends so they would all be the same.
Before painting I removed the old tape with a 3M stripe off wheel. Could tell if it was tape or paint or tape over a previous painted stripe Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > How did you prep it? > > On 5/2/13, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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 >> > > > -- > “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to > change; the realist adjusts the sails.” > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
