Masking line paint question ?

3rd May 2011, 18:42

I made a thread already about this but its disappeared so apologies if its floating around twice.

Basically cutting it short; I done a small area of work on my cars front bumper, (sanding, filling, sanding some more and finally priming, coating and laquering)

Eventually finished the colour/laquer and as I peeled masking off I was left with slight lines where the new paint ends. Its hardly noticable at distance.

I was wondering if you can smooth these with t-cut or polish ?

3rd May 2011, 18:50

You can give them a quick rub with some compound other than that nope your stuck with them. You should have pocket masked it or stayed well away from the tape.

3rd May 2011, 18:53

could you not just rub it down with some fine wet and dry maybe. just spitballing

3rd May 2011, 18:59

If you rub down with a fine wet and dry you will end up with a "burnt edge" where the clear coat rubs away leaving a line of old and new paint and they look a dog looks the same as wen you burn through with a buffer.

3rd May 2011, 19:01

oryt fair enuf i was just putting it out there thanks correcting me

3rd May 2011, 20:23

What is pocket masking mate and how do you do it?

3rd May 2011, 20:39

i rubbed down with a bit of t cut just and it seems to have blended it in a little bit. Might just be me but the masking lines seem thinner. As i say its a small area and looks way better than it did with the big ding in it. Ill post some pics up of before and after if i can find some. I think when i wash the whole car the old paint will look cleaner and blend better. So we'll see what happens

3rd May 2011, 20:47

If you have a delicate touch you could try using a razor blade to gently pull away the excess paint

3rd May 2011, 21:00

pocket masking is where you use a piece of tape and a sheet of paper to make a pocket where you want to blend your paint out to the original. You clean the area with compound to make it clean paint then make a pocket over the top of it so when you spray on the panel only the over spray gets to the paint under it, giving you a soft edge that polishes in easily.

There are a few other names for it such as French taping, Back masking, Pocket masking, Loose taping every one in the trade seems to have a different name for it.

4th May 2011, 12:02

Ahh right cheers for that mate, always good to learn something new and useful

4th May 2011, 20:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by bedford126

pocket masking is where you use a piece of tape and a sheet of paper to make a pocket where you want to blend your paint out to the original. You clean the area with compound to make it clean paint then make a pocket over the top of it so when you spray on the panel only the over spray gets to the paint under it, giving you a soft edge that polishes in easily.

There are a few other names for it such as French taping, Back masking, Pocket masking, Loose taping every one in the trade seems to have a different name for it.

yer we call it back masking and so do most people i no.