My problem involves removal of Clear Red paint from a surface.
I built the "10th Anniversary" version of the Aoshima Daihatsu Copen. Applied Tamiya Fine Surface Primer followed by TS45 Pearl White and TS13 Clear. All from rattle cans.
Only then did I realize I'd not painted the high-mount brake light on the boot of the car. Almost all of my models have been older cars, and all of my "clear" paints have been inside the lights where perfect detailing is outside my skillset and does not seem to matter very much to the finished product.
Anyway, I carefully taped around the light with 1mm Tamiya Masking Tape for Curves, brushed on Tamiya X27 Clear Red, and popped it in the food dehydrator at 95F for a few hours. When I removed the tape I found a fair amount of paint had seeped under the tape.
I have applied Windex to the area with a Q-tip, waited a while and wiped it off. While this has greatly reduced the problem, I still have a visible pink stain. Is there a way to remove the rest without removing the clear coat and without soaking the entire body in Windex for an extended period of time?
Clear Red seems to have a much thinner body than do opaque Tamiya X series paints. Could this explain the way the paint seeped under my tape, or was this simply user error? I want to take another shot at painting the brake light, but not if I am going to discover the same problem when I remove the next application of tape. Should I use Tamiya's regular masking tape instead of the flexible variety? Will it make a difference?