Well Rich;
You are lucky, she could be asking for hockey equipment....lol
Let me know what tape you want.
After i saw that masking job you did on the Hustler, I figured you
are a guy who could really use a masking innovation.
Cliff has used this stuff before, sounds great, especially the fact
that you can stretch it to conform to the shape.
I saw a program once, and the little company, probably out of business, had these paint detail guys
and they offered an idea that seems to work, at least it did for me.
They said that the trick to masking is simple:
you mask to keep an area from being sprayed, not to keep it under tape
until the paint dries. What does that mean?
If you want a perfect edge, don't give the paint time to bleed in the first place.
Peel off the masking tape immediately after spraying.
This guy had a blue stripe masked all the way down a beautiful Cessna.
He sprayed the blue, and within seconds, was peeling the masking tape off.
He said that if you let the paint dry, it gives it time to allow capillary action to
build up a paint fillet in the corner between the surface and the tape.
He always sprayed then peeled.
The paint doesn't have time to bleed, and does the opposite of forming a fillet;
the paint draws away from the edge, giving a crisp, unraised edge, free of bleeding.
How do you do that?
The mask must be readily and easily 'pullable' from the surface.
Since you are dealing with wet paint, if you pull and it doesn't give,
or you smudge the fudge, you are judged.
Anyhow, did that on ship hulls cause they are easy, and so far, it works.
Okay, model paint drys faster than aircraft paint, but the bleeding....the bleeding....
"...doctor...doctor...we have all the bandages on.....and it's still bleeding!!!!!"
"...oh for the sake of Rice Crispies....pull the dang bandages off!!!!!!"