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Oramac
Hi all, Probably should've posted this in masking forum, but wanted more folks to see it in the Clear/Topoat section. Am currently doing this 41 Lincoln Zephyr, and alot of areas are body color and since it's not really practical or easy to spray color/clear at the same time as main body i thought I'd share this with everyone. Many times in the past i have done/ completly finished areas like engine compartments, trunks, etc, before spraying the body, especially in these full restos, where things are done in stages. I used to always mask off these finished areas with the traditional bodyshop paper, and it seems no matter how hard you try, clearcoat overspray would "sneak" in somewhere and get between the paper and finished paint and cloud it up. Tough to buff these areas. Masking liquid/spray has been discussed in the past but that is a pain to remove. Well, ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I had a brainstorm, what little brain is left, was watching the bride one night wrapping up some food with the Glad Brand "press and seal" ...hmmmmmmm,grabbed a chunk, ran out to the newly finished engine comp. and whatya know, bing, bong,zoom! Now, I don't put this over paint thats fresh, wait a couple days minimum, AND this isn't for direct spray protection, should paper over any direct overspray ares, since the solvents will melt it, but this is the cats meow, since it conforms so well to those hard to mask areas. Sure beats the liquid mask or DL hand cleaner like the old days! Sorry, have some pics, but files are to large to post. Craig