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- Hey YouTube, this is Donnie Smith.
And in this video, I'm gonna show you
a new masking method that I've learned about.
It's a new product.
I spent a whole semester working with this
before I did a video on it.
And, I tell you what, I think it's really cool
and I think you're gonna like it too.
It's called Tube Tape.
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Now, one of the uses of this Tube Tape
is for masking door jambs,
where you don't want paint getting inside of the jambs.
And it's similar to that foam tape
they have where it seals both edges off.
But one of the problems they have with that foam tape
is when you're putting it on the jamb,
you have a tendency to pull it a little bit
and it stretches that foam.
And the problem with that
is whenever that foam shrinks back,
kinda like electrical tape, it pops off the jamb
and then overspray ends up getting in there.
Well, that's a good thing about this tape
is this is actually tape and it is formed around
a piece of foam to keep its shape
but you can't stretch this.
It doesn't stretch or anything like that
and it doesn't have that problem of coming loose during...
Now, in this video, we're demonstrating how to put this,
we're gonna put it on several areas on this car
and one being the door jamb.
And this Tube Tape also comes in two different sizes.
This is the smaller one for your newer cars
that have tighter gaps.
And for your older cars that have larger gaps,
they have a bigger diameter-size tube for this tape.
So, there's two different sizes.
So, what we do, of course, you wanna clean the jamb.
Make sure it's good and clean so the tape sticks good.
And then, we're applying this the door jamb edge.
And then, that way, whenever you shut the door,
it will seal in the door jamb
and it'll also seal on the door.
And that'll prevent all the overspray
and paint and clear and things like that
from going inside the door jamb.
So, this'll give you an idea of what it looks like
after you have it masked off.
Then when you shut the door, it'll make a good seal.
Now, on this top edge,
we're gonna do it a little bit different.
That's where the rubber seal
weatherstripping meets the door.
Well, we're just gonna put some tape over that,
some inch-and-a-half, a couple layers,
and let that seal the door off right there.
It's also a good idea, while you have the door open,
to go ahead and get your door lock holes
and things like that from the back side.
That makes it a lot easier
'cause once you get that door shut,
you don't wanna open it again 'cause if you do,
you might mess up the tape
and all the masking that you've done.
So, if you forget, can it be done?
Yeah, it can, but it's a little bit more difficult.
So, go ahead and try to tape that stuff off
from the inside while the door's open.
Now, around the wheel well,
we just used the traditional back-taping,
back-masking method where you put tape on,
inch-and-a-half tape, and face the sticky side out
so that'll give you something to put your paper on.
And then, on the front edge of the door,
we did the same thing with the Tube Tape
and applied it to the edge there
to keep paint overspray and things
from entering into that door jamb.
Now, on the front edge of this door,
we're doing it a little bit different
'cause we're not painting the front door.
So, we're gonna put some inch-and-a-half tape
and we're gonna put the edge
of that inch-and-a-half tape to that Tube Tape,
and that'll keep that sealed off in that door jamb.
And then, that inch-and-a-half tape
will give us something to mask to
whenever we mask that front door off.
Okay, so we're gonna use
the same procedure for the trunk lid opening.
And this basically can be used on any gap,
trunk lid, around the hood, doors, anything like that.
Or anywhere you're gonna back-mask,
it works well for that too.
And as you can see, we experienced that it works real good
if you're going around edges
and curves and things like that.
It goes with the curves real well,
sticks, doesn't come loose.
And another thing we experienced or Howard experienced here,
whenever you come to the end,
you don't have to cut it and start over.
See that piece of foam sticking out?
Well, on the other piece, on the other end
it has an inset where you can
basically stick that tube over that one,
just like that, and you can continue your masking process.
So, that was pretty cool.
And we didn't know why that was like that
and we kinda figured that out, or Howard did.
But anyway, he's continuing this masking,
go all the way around.
And this is just to keep all the paint and stuff
from getting from the areas that we don't wanna get it.
Now, right here, we're doing that same technique
that we did on the front of the door.
We're basically putting the edge
of this inch-and-a-half masking tape to the Tube Tape.
We're sticking it to that edge
so that'll prevent anything from getting in that jamb,
and this'll give us something to mask to
whenever we start applying masking paper.
Okay, now we're just basically going around
and outlining some of the Tube Tape that we have,
just to give us a little wider area
to stick our masking paper on whenever we go to mask this.
Down there on the edge, we could get to it pretty easy,
so we're just gonna stick the masking paper and tape
straight to the Tube Tape.
And he's just putting it on there
to make sure that no paint overspray
is gonna get down in the areas that we don't want it,
because that's the last thing you want
whenever you're painting a car.
Take your time with the masking process
'cause cleaning up overspray, that really consumes
a lot of time and it's a lot of detail and time.
So, if you spend a little more time in this stage,
it's gonna save you a lot of time later.
So, he's got all that, he's going around
where we back-masked the wheel well
and he's masking paper to that.
And, basically, we're just gonna follow this whole outline
that we've made with the Tube Tape
and masking tape, followed by masking paper.
And we're going around the top there,
masking that, putting the three-quarters-inch
that comes off the masking machine
to the tape that we have outlined there.
And we'll basically just follow this whole outline
until we got this whole car masked off
with 18-inch paper's what we're using in this video.
So, once we have everything outlined,
we're gonna get some plastic
and we're gonna put plastic over the entire car.
Now, we do this just to keep, because when you're painting,
overspray's gonna come and it'll go further
than that 18 inches.
So, we wanna make sure the whole car,
the entire car is masked off
and is gonna be protected from overspray landing on it.
So, we put this plastic on it
and it's basically like a real thin but a big tarp.
We're just gonna cover the whole car,
including the area that we're gonna be painting,
and then, we get it over the whole car.
And then, once we do that, we can use scissors or a knife
to cut out the area that we wanna paint.
So, basically, we're gonna cut it,
take that section off that we're painting,
and then we're gonna use inch-and-a-half tape
to mask the plastic to the paper.
And this will allow any overspray
from getting underneath the plastic.
So, we got the car all masked off.
And then, of course, we wiped it down
with wax and grease removers and cleaners.
And then, we tacked it off
and then we sprayed the base coat and clear coat.
And now, we're ready to unmask,
and you're gonna see just how clean of edges
that this Tube Tape makes.
Okay, so now we're getting the masking tape peeled off
and we'll get that off and then we'll get the Tube Tape,
and you're gonna see how clean the edge is
where this Tube Tape was applied.
And that's what you want, you want a real smooth transition.
You don't want any hard lines or anything like that.
So, let's get a close look here.
And you can see that it does a terrific job
at the transition on the jambs,
and here's the front door jamb,
showing you some of the different areas.
So, we're really, really impressed with the Tube Tape.
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And there you have it, Tube Tape.
It's a new taping method, or new to me.
Maybe you've used it.
And if you have, I'd really appreciate it
if you leave us a comment below
and let us know what you think about the tape.
And, as always, we really appreciate
you watching these videos.
And also, if you go to Tubetape.works, Tubetape.works,
I'll put a link down in the description,
and if you wanna purchase some of this,
in the discount code or something like that,
you put the word "Donnie," my name, "Donnie,"
they'll give you a 10% discount on that.
So, yeah, check it out and let me know
what you think about this.
Thanks for watching these videos.
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and we'll see you in the next video.
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