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Paint Ridge Help Please
lampie
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Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 05:46 AM UTC
Has anyone got any suggestions on how to get rid of a paint ridge?
Im thinking that maybe a cut down cocktail stick or even a gentle scrape with a knife but would welcome any advice before I start.
Thanks
Grifter
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Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 06:20 AM UTC
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you talking about a ridge where two colors meet and overlap? Or like where the edge of masking tape was?
lampie
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Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 05:58 PM UTC
Sorry,,should have made it a bit clearer.
Its a ridge formed where masking was. Hope this helps.
Donald99
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Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 08:17 AM UTC
Scraping may not be desirable, I suspect the paint will come off in bits.

May I suggest to use polishing compunds such as those produced by Tamiya for sports cars.
lampie
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Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 05:43 PM UTC
Thanks guys.
I ended up by using a cut down cocktail stick to rub away the ridge and then resprayed the area.
Worked really well and you cant tell there was ever a problem.
Thanks for the input
Delbert
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Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 09:47 PM UTC
Just a suggestion for the future..

when doing a german 3 camo paint job on a plane I found that aiming the airbrush over the tape away from the tape edge helped minimaze the ridge...oh and doing light coats also..

I found if you aim your airbrush right at the edge of the tape it tends to form a higher ridge than if you airbrush over the edge of the tape aiming away from the masked area...

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