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Old 06-02-2009, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Wicked View Post
I have always felt that stripes that you can feel the edge on are an afterthought, or a poor paint job. The best stripes I have ever seen were masked off, car painted, paint was masked, stripes unmasked, and then painted. All masking was removed, car was wet sanded, and then the clear was applied at once. No edge felt, and there was an illusion of a gap between the stripe and the rest of the paint if you looked closely.
I bet the original race cars (which are the only original cars with stripes) were pretty crude. I know what you mean though. I saw a SF coupe in which the paint looked like a pool ball, absolutely seamless, and mesmerizing.
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