Blue Painters Tape

Tamiya Tape only!! Blue painters tape is junk, even for 1:1 scale masking!!

Roger that!  Blue painter's tape is for painting walls.  Use Tamiya on your models.

I used blue painters tape on my first build back, darned near ruined it. Never again. Tamiya only for me too.

Cadet Chuck

  Blue painter's tape is for painting walls. 

I was a professional house painter for many years, grew up learning the trade from my Mom's brother who started in 1935.  The only use for masking tape when painting walls might be to tape masking paper over baseboards to prevent roller splatter or over-spray from an airless rig.  I get a big kick out of the folks on decorating shows on the 'tube masking off every piece of trim before they paint a wall.  No real painter would do that; they "cut" around trim either up to it with wall paint or cut the trim paint to the wall.

I can't find any use for blue tape actually, either in scale modeling or house painting.  It is over-priced crap sold to unsuspecting amateurs.  Cadet Chuck is right about the Tamiya tape. I've found none better for model work!  I now wonder how I ever did without it.   ymmv...

Gary

I use Tamiya Yellow tape for the actual masking at the color separation line.

Then I use Blue Painter's tape to tape card masks to the Yellow tape to cover the large areas, and for taping additional cards, if needed to get full coverage.

"card cover" masking is easy, just cut the card to match the center of the Yellow tape line (including curves), then mount Blue tape to the cards, letting about 1/16" stick out, stick that slender Blue line to your Yellow tape.

To remove the Blue tape and cards, and still allow the Yellow to be pulled off with the fold over method, just slice the Card Bump on the Blue tape,,,,,,then you can peel the Yellow back over itself like normal.

it is cheaper than using all Yellow tape for overall coverage

Rex

Wow!  What an incredible reaction!  Thank you one and all!  I'm convinced, Tamiya tape will be what I use.  

Valkyrie

Wow!  What an incredible reaction!  Thank you one and all!  I'm convinced, Tamiya tape will be what I use.  

You better, or we'll come and get you, an' kick dust on your models---so there! 

Seriously though: Tamiya tape is a great product. Worth the cost over other masking tapes, because it was designed just for modeling: the tack-stickiness, is just right to hold but will come off easly when wanted.

Note: when removing the tape "pull it back on its self"  meaning to pull the tape at approx. 45° angle so the part your pulling crosses over the part still stuck down . All the while pulling away from the paint line --

 -Wheew   its a lota work to paint a model  HAVE FUN!

LOL, thanks Duster!!!  I swear I ordered the Tamiya tape from Squadron yesterday evening!  We have three cats and I have enough trouble with cat hair on my models, I sure don't need any dust kicked on them!!! LOL.  And, thanks for the tip on removing the tape.  I tend to pull it off that way by habit, but it never hurts to get reinforcement on a technique once in a while.  And, thanks again for the good spirit and laugh!!!