RE: How do you keep the tape from having a shaggy edge with out sanding into the plastic canopy?
The other caller was absolutely correct. Do not use masking tape. Electrical or vinyl painting tape is what you need to use. The way to get around the problem you ask about is to do it in two steps. First give yourself only as much canopy edge as you need to secure it and then put on your fiberglass tapes as neatly as possible, using the plastic backing method. Then after that cures, take off the vinyl tapes and re-tape it about 1/8 of an inch deeper into the canopy. Now you sand untill smooth at the edge of the fiberglass and apply your filler. After I have put on the filler and sanded, I like to do the last process again, with no filler, to get as fine a fairing to the canopy as possible. Now you are ready to paint right up to that tape. The last sanding should be with the grit that you would use just before painting. See masking tip at: http://kr-builder.org/Tips/index.html See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building has expired. Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering
