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While you can spray Lacquer directly over the other Lacquer, you are relying on the solvents to create a chemical bond instead of a mechanical bond which you get with scuffing. Therefore I would scuff the area you are going to paint with 600 grit wet/dry paper. If you are not going to rub-out the Rubelite, then do what we call "burn the tape" by first applying it to a clean surface and then removing it so it will remove some of the harshness of the glue before applying it to the fresh Rubelite paint. If you are going to buff the Rubelite, you can color-sand the areas adjacent to the belt with the 600 grit and then apply the tape as normal.

I might add that we generally like to use ¼" tape first as a way of ensuring we have a good crisp/defined edge at the belt and then follow it up with the ¾" tape over the top of that. As soon as the paint has flashed you can remove the tape/paper but leave the pulled edge until it has dried. Then it will just flake off. We generally pull the tape at a right angle away from the paint so as to shear the tape from the paint. Hope that answers your question(s).

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