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dietcokeplease · Mar 12th, 2002, 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by chiph
This may be considered a bit anal-retentive, but I've used the blue house-painter's masking tape (the kind that peels off without taking your fresh paint with it) to mask off the textured trim areas when waxing. Worked great - you could be as aggressive/sloppy as you wanted with the waxing, no worries about getting it on the trim.

Chip H.

Chip - You Nerd!!!!!

Bloody good idea - I'm off to Homebase in the morning to get some of that tape!

Mar 12th, 2002, 09:19 PM	#13
dietcokeplease Official MINI2 Fluffer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Spearmint Rhino Local Time: 10:14 AM Posts: 5,315 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by chiph This may be considered a bit anal-retentive, but I've used the blue house-painter's masking tape (the kind that peels off without taking your fresh paint with it) to mask off the textured trim areas when waxing. Worked great - you could be as aggressive/sloppy as you wanted with the waxing, no worries about getting it on the trim. Chip H. Chip - You Nerd!!!!! Bloody good idea - I'm off to Homebase in the morning to get some of that tape! There is just one moon and one golden sun; And a smile mean friendship to ev'ryone; Through the mountains divide, and the oceans are wide; It's a small world after all.