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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Thanks for the quick response mike!!!
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Originally Posted by
Sudderth77
Thanks for the quick response mike!!!
No problemo...
I too have created a line in the paint that took a little extra work to remove and I've wanted to write this article for YEARS!
But in the rush of normal day-in, day-out business I just never got to it. So "thank you" for the PM asking me about this issue.
Hope my answer makes sense to you and everyone and I've added it to my article on how to do a Test Spot.
How To Do a Test Spot
(and why it's so important)
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Makes perfect sense to me. I learned my lesson along time ago and boy oh boy was I mad. It took me more time to fix my mistake. Mike as always, people will appreciate it as I do. Little tips like this one could break or save anybody. Remember some customers they stand next to you when you do a test spot and they last thing you want to do is to see a costly mistake like this one happining when the customer is standing besides you.
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And this is why I love AGO, experts like Mike always have the best tips and strategies to get the job DONE the right way. AGO> Other detail forums.
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Thanks for the tip. I always wondered about this lol.
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Was just thinking about this same issue an hour ago!
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Awesome, good tip... And one you don't consider until its too late! lol
I see swirls
everywhere!!!
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Yet another thread added to my database of favorites. Good tip or a newbie like me.
Steve
2014 Audi Q5 3.0T
2017 Ford Explorer Sport
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Re: The LINE ---> How to avoid the line!
Originally Posted by
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek
The downside is if you buff DIRECTLY on top of the painter's tape you can leave a physical line in the paint that can be sometimes impossible to remove.
When I do these types of things for articles I'm trying to create a DRAMATIC "Before & After" picture showing the before and after results with a strong demarcation line.
Unless you "want" or "need" the picture then just buff close to the tape line, not directly on top of the tape line and you'll avoid creating a physical surface level difference in the paint that shows up as an actual "line" in the paint. (that can sometimes be hard to buff out).
This is so true.
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