Cross Country Roadtrip - Using Painters Tape Good or Bad? (2600 miles)

WHAT are you taping? And WHY???

 

duck tape on my rear bumper is peeling

 

don't they make a clear product that sticks on and peels off?

 

Well, if it doesn't work your FIL is right and so things don't turn out so bad after all.

 

There is a bra you can put on and take off when you don't need it.
The tape isn't going to last long and will probably eventually come off...

 

Easy peasy my dude, spray it with plastidip. My bottom bumper lip has a few coat so rock bounces off the rubber coat, peels off with common solutions in the garage.

 

That's nascar where they have layers and layers of those on the windshield, and pull off the outter layer when pitstop'd.

 

This is common on track cars when people don´t want stone chips, etc.







OP, assuming the car isn't freshly painted you can leave it on for a couple of weeks with no damage. If the paint is fresh and hasn't had enough time to cure completely, the tape will likely pull it up.

 

On a Track, no the highway.

Butttt..... It's your car, do with it as you wish....

 

lots of people who transport their car with a uhaul trailer do that /

 

Masking tape should be ok for a few days; it's designed to peel off without leaving residue. What if it rains though??

Off topic but anyway: one time, I applied masking tape, just for a few minutes (other car decades back) and when I pulled it off it took the paint off. Turned out the (near-new) car had sideswiped a bollard at the dock, had a fast/cheap paint job (one side completely sanded down and repainted) before delivery to dealership.

In BC: the standard bill of sale has a clause saying the new car may have incurred up to 20% of it's retail value in bodywork before it needs to be disclosed.

If you're ever in that situation, keep in mind: until you sign, it is not a legal document, and you're free to cross that clause out, say amend it to $500 max, for example. You may need to twist arms, dealership might protest, but probably will go for it. If not...

Just cus it's pre-printed doesn't mean it's unalterable.