Bare Metal Foil Experiment Getting Expensive Fast

Have you thought about getting some metal adhesive and trying your technique with regular foil?

If you want to keep the cost down, stop using the expensive stuff and go pick up some microscale bare metal foil glue, some cheap thin kitchen foil and try that. Cut a piece of foil a little bigger than you need, brush on some glue, let it dry a bit, stick, burnish down, trim as necessary. Move to another panel.

Thanks but I guess my question is how to get the foil not to wrinkle.   I don't know how I'm going to get the thicker kitchen foil not to wrinkle if I can't get the ultra thin BMF not to wrinkle.   I also don't want to apply adhesive as I won't be able to get it off after I screw it up.

Thanks, Chris

What, specifically, are you trying to do?  Pictures would help.  I find I use different techniques on different parts.  If it's a large, flat area, I'll try to flex it back a bit, and place it on the part, rubbing it down in the center of the part and working my way outward.  It also sometimes helps to use smaller pieces of foil.  Depending on where it is on the finished kit, you sometimes can't even see the seam.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

Thanks, Gene,

I'm trying to foil a 1/48 Revell Apollo command module.   It's not real conducive to doing in panels so I've been trying to do the whole thing at once.   However, even when I try an experiment and just apply a little BMF I get wrinkles that won't burnish out.    

I've been trying to go real slow and flatten as I apply but still looks like heck.

Chris

WZ2

Thanks, Gene,

I'm trying to foil a 1/48 Revell Apollo command module.   It's not real conducive to doing in panels so I've been trying to do the whole thing at once.   However, even when I try an experiment and just apply a little BMF I get wrinkles that won't burnish out.    

I've been trying to go real slow and flatten as I apply but still looks like heck.

 

Chris

Doing large areas with foil is a PITA.  I have stopped using it for large areas and use Alclad instead, using foil only for very small parts/areas.

I think what he is trying to say is get some cheaper stuff and practice with it first.....   there is no mystical answer to get this to behave simply....  like everything else   it takes lots of practice,,,, if you want to burn through practice foil at 17 $ a pack.... then be my guest.....