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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: Perry Rose on February 08, 2020, 01:32:43 PM

Title: Questions on dope paint cure time.
Post by: Perry Rose on February 08, 2020, 01:32:43 PM

How long should I wait after putting on a color before applying trim/fineline tape? And how long should I wait before pulling the same tape off? I'm concerned with the underlying coat lifting with the tape.

Title: Re: Questions on dope paint cure time.
Post by: Tim Wescott on February 08, 2020, 03:32:03 PM

Quote from: Motorman on February 08, 2020, 02:16:33 PM

3 weeks minimum.

Maybe less to pull off the tape -- I'd have it off as soon as the dope has tacked off (test by touching the paint on the tape, of course).

Title: Re: Questions on dope paint cure time.
Post by: Howard Rush on February 08, 2020, 09:46:05 PM

I don’t wait, don’t use a hair dryer, and pull the tape straight out. Sometimes it pulls off the color, but usually it pulls off everything down to bare wood. I think I need a checklist.