# I've used follow me to create a tube with a bend - how do I texture it seamlessly?

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** paintbucket, follow-me\
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ive-used-follow-me-to-create-a-tube-with-a-bend-how-do-i-texture-it-seamlessly/205029 "2022-08-08T11:56:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spectrum48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Spectrum48](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Spectrum48)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ive-used-follow-me-to-create-a-tube-with-a-bend-how-do-i-texture-it-seamlessly/205029/1 "2022-08-08T11:56:38Z")

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I’ve created a tube with a 180 degree bend. I wish to texture the inside of that tube seamlessly, but as you can see from my attached images, the texture is applied but not seamlessly. It looks ‘disjointed’. How can I remedy this? I used a typical texture provided with Sketchup.

Here’s what I did to create the tube and bend…

1.Used the ‘2 point arc’ tool to create a path  
2. Used the ‘Polygon’ tool to create a 36 sided flat circle.  
3. Used the ‘follow me’ tool to make the flat circle follow the arc, creating a tube  
4. Remove the solid front and rear faces of the tube

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

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**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ive-used-follow-me-to-create-a-tube-with-a-bend-how-do-i-texture-it-seamlessly/205029/2 "2022-08-08T12:15:45Z")

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Fredo Tools ThruPaint or SketchUV.

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**Author:** ![Spectrum48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Spectrum48](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Spectrum48)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ive-used-follow-me-to-create-a-tube-with-a-bend-how-do-i-texture-it-seamlessly/205029/3 "2022-08-08T13:06:34Z")

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Thank you very much. I used ThruPaint and this worked immediately.

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