I polished and sealed half of the car last weekend and I need to do the rest this or next weekend. Where the finished / unfinished panels meet, I plan to mask off the finished edges with blue tape. However, I'm worried that the tape might remove LSP, even if it's the "delicate" version of blue tape. Is this something to be concerned about?
Does blue tape remove existing LSP?
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Don
Darth Camaro 12/27/15
I can't say for sure if it would remove any sealant or not, but if I had to made a guess, it would be "not."
The point of the tape is to protect the "at risk" areas of the paint from accidental 'overbuffing' either by too much time spent on one area, too aggresive a product on an area with thin paint, or from getting excess product thrown onto trim, into cracks/crevices and other areas from using the buffer. Once you are finished with any type of a "cutting" step where you're using generous amounts of product that are likely to make a mess and are applying a final light polish/LSP using light amounts of product that are easily contained and not flung everywhere, the tape should be removed so the entire painted surface can be treated by the LSP.
The point of the tape is to protect the "at risk" areas of the paint from accidental 'overbuffing' either by too much time spent on one area, too aggresive a product on an area with thin paint, or from getting excess product thrown onto trim, into cracks/crevices and other areas from using the buffer. Once you are finished with any type of a "cutting" step where you're using generous amounts of product that are likely to make a mess and are applying a final light polish/LSP using light amounts of product that are easily contained and not flung everywhere, the tape should be removed so the entire painted surface can be treated by the LSP.