azgreg That's what I answered. Stretch it into a longer grip during installation.
The part about the air is not me commenting on how to use air to do a grip. I'm saying that you can't really get a stretched grip to stay put without double sided tape, hence you need to install it the traditional way.
edit: OH, now that you've given the buildup, I would say just skip the blue painters tape layer. That will be as close to what you want as you can get. Probably damn near perfect. I think the GW spec masking tape that I use is .010 per layer.