On 22 Oct 2009, at 21:38, roger_millin wrote:
> Beeky asked:
>> How long would one be be advised to leave a couple of coats of
>> Mason's
>> paint to dry before applying masking tape in prep for the adjacent
>> colour ?
>>
>> Two days . . . a week . . . . longer . . . . .
>
> I would recommend using low-tack tape for the actual edge further
> extended with 14 day masking tape *very* lightly applied. Two days
> should be OK with care. Pull all tape off slowly and at 180 degrees
> to the lay of the tape (ie back on itself, almost touching the
> surface that your pulling it from)
Put it this way: I think it's fair to say that Andy Russell is
accepted as one of the best boat painters around these days. He uses
Masons and does an entire boat in seven to ten days, so that's primer,
two coats of undercoat and four coats of top coat plus sign writing in
ten days max. I can't see that he's allowing more than two days before
he masks.
OTOH, he's doing it all the time and has been for around 20 years...
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All the best
Bruce
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume,
labuntur anni.
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