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1. A method of masking glazing panels using a masking machine having a roller wiper that is simultaneously rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the roller wiper and subject to relative linear motion, with respect to a glazing panel, along a desired axis of the masking machine, the desired axis of the masking machine being crosswise to the longitudinal axis of the roller wiper, the method comprising providing the glazing panel at a masking station of the machine, the glazing panel having opposed front and rear surfaces, the front surface of the glazing panel being oriented toward the roller wiper, providing a masking material having opposed first and second faces, moving the roller wiper toward the glazing panel so as to press the masking material against the glazing panel such that the first face of the masking material is secured to the front surface of the glazing panel, and applying a desired length of the masking material to the glazing panel by rolling the roller wiper along the front surface of the glazing panel, thereby securing the desired length of the masking material to a desired width of the front surface of the glazing panel. |