Canopy painting

I didn't wait very long before I removed the tape.  I have much better luck hand painting but  I use a 50/50 mixture of 91% isopropyl alcohol and distilled water.  I think it dries too fast on the canopy and gets clumpy. Today I "patched" the airbrush canopy using acrylic thinned with water and it seemed to go better. The problem I have with the hand painted canopies is that the paint invariably dries glossy but then I don't feel to bad about coating the canopies with pledge to "seal" the acrylic paint

Greatmaker

Well I gave it my best shot but the paint still chipped off.  The first canopy I coated with pledge masked and airbrushed on the acrylic paint.  I cut around the tape with a sharp knife but it still chipped.  The second canopy I coated the acrylic with dull coat cut with a knife and it stilled chipped

GM,

     I forget where I read it, but I recently read that one shouldn't wait until the paint is totally dried/cured before removing the tape for just this reason.

Well I gave it my best shot but the paint still chipped off.  The first canopy I coated with pledge masked and airbrushed on the acrylic paint.  I cut around the tape with a sharp knife but it still chipped.  The second canopy I coated the acrylic with dull coat cut with a knife and it stilled chipped

Take a new blade and cut around the masking before you try to lift it off the canopy?