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 >
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