Patent ID: 6875469

Claim:
A method of coating a vehicle surface with a coating material comprising: a. applying to said vehicle surface an elongated filament bearing masking tape comprising: i. an elongated substrate having at least one adhesive surface which is removably adhered to said vehicle surface, ii. an elongated filament releasably adhered to said substrate adjacent to an elongated edge of said substrate, which edge corresponds with and defines at least one edge of said vehicle surface to be coated, and iii. an elongated masking material adhered to said substrate on a surface opposite said surface of said substrate which is removably adhered to said vehicle surface; b. applying said coating material to said vehicle surface and over said elongated edge of said substrate; c. allowing said coating material to at least partially dry or cure; and d. drawing said filament through said coating material to cut the coating material, wherein said filament has sufficient tensile strength to cut said partially dried or cured coating material.