detailing question

[Scones]

Shooting a single colour piece can be straight forward, but when it has more detail, like if the customer wants to leave the lettering on an intake uncoated you seem to have to invest a lot more time carefully taping off the area. I was just wondering if it might be easier, and work just as well, to spray the whole piece and then wipe off what you don't want with a damp cloth before baking it. What do you think?

[JTW37]

Hi Scones,
Me a Newbie too, kinda sorta Anyway, I've read on a forum, not sure which one, that a few different ways have been used with success. One was, using your finger to remove the powder, two was, using a damp Q-tip, three was, using a damp small sponge rubber paint brush. Not wet, just damp. All after you get it coated.

I haven't run into this yet, but am sure I will.

[bzer1]

I have done it by taping off the lettering, and by wiping off the excess powder. I don't like wiping the powder off for two reasons. First, when you wipe the powder from the letters a little bit falls onto the surrounding area and causes uneven coating around the letters. Second, you must keep in mind that the powder still has a charge to it. When you clear an area of powder the resident charge in the powder will cause the powder around the cleaned area to move, and small bits of powder will move to the clean areas of the part. This occurs because of the leftover static charge. You can actually see the powder dance into the freshly cleaned areas. I prefer to bite the bullet and tape the lettering off.

[jtagger19]

in my case
if it's for rised letters i use tape
if it's for groved letters i wipe them off with a Qtip
and if it's other bigger things like wheel rims I wipe them off with my finger