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FIGURE 6-21. Painting guide.

black foam weather stripping, as shown in Fig. 6-23. Place the
strips so they stick to the upper body panels just touching the
lower access panels. When you later remove and replace the
access panels, be sure to slide them under the foam strips.
The last item to be mounted to Questor is a skirt to hide
his wheels. The skirt is made of black rubber floor matting
available at any hardware store. You will need approximately a
2- 2-foot piece of matting; from this cut four 6- 20-inch
strips, one for each side of the robot’s lower body. Cut slits up
the matting to allow it to pass over obstacles. Then screw the
mat strip directly to the edge of the wooden platform using
large washers to help support the strip. Figure 6-24 shows
how the installed strips look.