Painting reveals

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wrndln

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[FONT=&quot]I'm a little embarrassed about this question, as I have seen many finished cars, but I can't remember where the window and door reveals paint starts. I have looked through my model A books, but most are in black and white and it is difficult to see were the reveal paint starts. I made a sketch of the quarterpanel window reveal with two arrows on it. I think the reveals probably start at arrow A as it would much easier to mask. but it is possible the paint starts and arrow B. Can someone that has a coupe or sedan let me know which is correct, point A or B? I have a 28 coupe if that makes any difference.
Thanks for any help with this.[/FONT]

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I masked at the inside corner (point B). It is probably easier to do, and the break will be sort of hidden "down in the valley". This is assuming that you painted the reveals first, and are masking them when painting the rest of the upper body. If you were doing the painting the other way around, I would probably not mask that way.

Thinking about it after the fact, I believe that painting the reveals first was definitely the right way to go.

Doug
 
BTW, I would be really interested in seeing close-ups of original paint jobs. I bet the color break was done a lot sloppier in the factory than a careful painter would do today.

The Paint and Refinish Guide says that they sometimes used a stencil or mask instead of tape. That would probably leave a rather fuzzy color break.
 
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