- Hey this is Donnie Smith and in this video
we're gonna show you how to mask off a jamb.
Like your doorjambs, the gaps, in your doors,
your trunk, hood, gap openings like that.
If you don't mask them, over spray is going to go in
and look horrible or if you just try to use masking tape
it's going to leave a real hard edge.
The method we're gonna show you
today is using aperture tape.
Now this is not the only method, there is other methods that
you can use but this one, aperture tape or foam tape,
rope tape, it's called different things but it's basically
the same thing but it's really easy to use and it's fast.
If you follow the three tips that I'm going to provide
you should have gaps that are well masked off.
It basically just forms a seal in the gap so that
over spray doesn't get in and also provides
a real smooth edge without any hard edges.
So watch the video, follow the three tips, and you
should be able to mask this off and have the same results.
It's very important to clean the surface that you're going
to be masking, the jambs, the edges, whatever you're going
to be masking whether it's with this type of tape
or any other type, be sure to clean it
good with wax and grease remover.
Especially this type of tape, if it ain't super clean
it's not going to stick and then it may fall off
and then heck, you might as well not even mask
it at all if that's the case
so make sure it's super clean so the tape will stick good.
And this is foam tape or aperture tape.
Different people call it different things,
I just call it foam tape.
But if you'll notice on this certain one,
it's sticky on one side and not the other.
Now that's important to note because when you go putting
this on you want the side with adhesive
towards the inside of the vehicle.
You never want the adhesive facing out.
Always in, because if that paint comes in and hits that
adhesive side it's going to kind of melt that
adhesive and make a mess.
So make sure that the adhesive is
facing in when applying this.
Also when applying this, make sure that
you don't stretch this tape at all.
If you stretch this, it's going to
shrink back and it's gonna fall off.
So make sure.
Here's a little example of where I stretched around a corner
and you can see how it just shrivels up and you know,
if you've already closed the door and it does that
at a later time you're not going to have that seal
that you're needing to keep the paint out of your jamb.
Now the front part of the doors are
always a little bit more difficult.
You can't get to it real good, can't reach it real good
but what I'm gonna do is I'm going to put the adhesive side
facing inward on the fender edge and use my fingers to reach
in there and push it down just as tight as I can on there.
That was it doesn't come loose.
And once I've got it on there, we can shut the door
and this should make a good seal all the
way around the vehicle.
Well, all the way around the door.
And some of it's going to be sticking out so you want
to get like a plastic spreader or something
that can push that down.
You want to go around the entire foam edge and
make sure that's pushed down and not sticking out because
sticking out it's gonna leave a noticeable paint edge.
If it's pushed in there, it'll seal the door really good
and you'll have a real nice paint edge, soft edge.
So three key tips for using this type of tape,
clean the jamb really good, adhesive side goes in,
and do not stretch this tape when applying this foam tape.
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Thanks for watching.
I have new videos every Tuesday so
we'll see you in next Tuesday's video.
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