A method for application of ink to an object with an elastic seal, wherein the seal, as a result of introducing an elastic strip is raised.

摘要

The invention provides an improved system for masking the free edge of a window gasket in preparation for re-painting or re-finishing a vehicle. The system includes a method of painting a vehicle which comprises introducing a flexible plastics strip beneath a window sealing gasket in the vicinity of a part of the vehicle to be painted, the plastics strips having a tapered profile in cross-section so that as the strip is pressed beneath the gasket, the latter is lifted and held in the raised position, masking the edge of the raised gasket and applying paint to the vehicle so that paint reaches the area normally covered by the edge of the gasket. Generally, the strip is a plasticised polymer in the form of a triangular cross-section having one side longer than the other two. An applicator is also described which comprises a handle and a pointed end for lifting the free edge of a window sealing gasket, the applicator having a recess or aperture adjacent to the pointed end, said recess or aperture being shaped to correspond approximately with the cross-section of the flexible, plastics strip. IMAGE