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Ohhhh! The thought of using solvent of any kind on windows to remove masking tape makes me shudder!
We used 3M black electrical tape exclusively when we did our painting. No residues, and it peeled back nicely . Do a test area to see at which point the tape peels off the best to give a nice sharp undisturbed paint line.
Also, we used vinyl sign tape from a commercial sign shop to make our n numbers. Have them cut the number preform with their machine, but save the selfege around the number. It is also usable as a pattern to make some really neat graphics. In our case, we used the sign numbers to make a very unusual positive and negative shaded call sign which is very readable on the ramp, but much less readable when I fly around my farm where the city folk neighbors have now built a fancy subdivision...
Incidently, when you have masked those paint lines on your fuselage, and they look neat and straight, but they feel high to the touch--take a 1700 grit stone with water and polish the lines down until they are smooth to the touch. Wait a month or two after the paint job to do this so you know the paint has dried nicely. You can buy these stones from a reputable auto paint store--probably not from auto zone or the walk-in auto stores.
David Jones, Pecatonica, Illinois
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