> Hi Doug

> I have a question for the painter in you. I am building a S&G Rob-Roy
> canoe and I am going to try to leave as much of the wood grain showing as
> I can, and paint a design that will cover the stitched areas. My
> question/problem is, in the past, when I've tried to mask off areas to be
> painted, either I got little dots of paint seeping under the tape, or, it
> peeled paint off removing the tape. What am I doing wrong, and what's the
> solution?? I'd hate to get it all done and have blotches on the paint
> edges.

> Rehd

Just score the edge with a exto (not sure how to spell it, in fact, I'm not sure all my spelling) blade. It can stop most paint migrating problem.