Can anybody remember or have first hand experience if you can use the coating on a canopy for masking for paint?? Lee Van Dyke
Lee, The solvents in some paints will attack the coating and get to the Plexiglas. This will leave a permanent haze on the Plexiglas. Also you may have pin holes in the coating you won't see until after painting. Recommend you peal the coating back just an inch or so around the edge for bonding to the frame. Tape the paint line with vinyl tape directly to the bare Plexiglas. Then tape plastic sheet to the vinyl tape to cover the canopy using more vinyl tape. Do the same for inside the canopy. Tape a foam pad to the outside top of the canopy so you don't scuff the plastic cover (and Plexiglas) when you have it upside down on the bench working the frame. The above is right out of the Tony Bengalis book. Do get the four-volume set; there's lots of good advice to keep you from a lot of rework. Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N642 Mechanicsville, MD, USA
