On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:

I think to do the best job possible, you should paint the worn steel surfaces before applying the tape. But i was too lazy to that this time.

YUP. Just getting it as clean as was necessary for the tape to apply well seemed like enough anality for this cowboy. ;-)
Really does do the trick, too. Everyone who has rolled the door the first time is surprised at how much difference it
makes. Two different camping trips since I did this so as silly as it sounds (ya, that's a play on word), the slider has
gotten about quadruple-duty time due to the number of "testers".

As far as durability goes, that area gets exposed to off road dirt/dust so much that the results so far seem to indicate
that it's going to have a long duty-life.

bob