Masking Door Jambs For Paint

The foam tape provides a soft edge to prevent hard paint lines.

Masking door jambs for paint.

3m soft edge foam masking tape protects door jambs hoods or any area of a vehicle that needs to be sealed while being painted. Made with 3m high performance green masking tape 401. Each tube is 48 long. Here is a detailed lesson on how to paint door jambs and under hood body parts on cars or trucks.

Tube tape llc 7516 whitepine road richmond va 23237. Door jambs and bonnet gaps are often some of the most neglected parts when preparing a car for painting. You basically take one day to do your door jambs. Masking them with regular masking tape in fact is a time consuming activity that requires patience and the use of great quantities of product.

The polyurethane foam structure tape is completely flexible so that it conforms to unique contours and is easily workable. Then do the door jambs the following day. I did the whole body first with the miata then i decided to do. Paint all four edges of the door first.

3 8 diameter with 1 4 diameter foam core for modern vehicles tighter jambs or put two pieces back to back to fill wider gaps 1 2 diameter with 3 8 diameter foam core for filling older vehicles larger door and hood gaps. Mask it off really good before doing the outside. Masking door openings when painting the rocker panel and door pillars. The final way is do your body first.

Very simple and very easy. The polyurethane foam structure tape is completely flexible so that it conforms to unique contours and is easily workable. When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door. A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper.

Masking jambs and openings negotiation tool page 1 version 3 0 january 4 2016 table of contents. You must carefully apply masking tape and paper to form a large unsupported mask to keep overspray out of. The foam tape provides a soft edge to prevent hard paint lines. 3m soft edge foam masking tape protects door jambs hoods or any area of a vehicle that needs to be sealed while being painted.

Brush on a light coat.