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                        Painting Foil?

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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Painting Foil?
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, March 6, 2006 7:38 AM
                        I've got to put some "Belly Bands" on an F-105 I'm building.  They are basically steel straps that help support the weight of the centerline bombs and MER.  I thought I'd use self-adhesive foil for that but I'll need to paint it to match the fuselage.

                        I'm concerned about the paint adhering properly and wondered if anyone had tried painting over foil before.  I guess it's about like PE as far as adhesion goes, and I normally just use acrylic for that.  In this case, though, the paint is mixed for a specific color and it's enamel.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        ABARNE
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Southern California, USA
                        Posted by ABARNE on Monday, March 6, 2006 2:02 PM

                        Scott,  although I haven't recently used foil on a model per se, I do use it to line my paint booth.  The spray, overspray, and drips seem to adhere resonably well to the surface.  I think I have the shiny side out which would probably have make the paint adhere less strongly.  They don't sound like areas that you'll be handling a lot during post-painting assembly, so my guess would be that you won't have any difficulties regardless of the paint used.

                        Andy

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, March 6, 2006 4:43 PM
                        Scott,

                        Maybe wipe the foil first with lacquer thinner to remove any residue that may be there and I think it would work just fine.

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Wulf
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: Southeast Louisiana
                        Posted by Wulf on Monday, March 6, 2006 9:18 PM
                        Rough it up GENTLY with a fine grit sandpaper or brillow pad and clean with alcohol, etc. You should be OK
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, March 6, 2006 9:23 PM

                        Thanks guys.  I'll give it a try tomorrow night if I can figure out what I did with my foil.  Haven't seen it for a couple of years ;)

                        I appreciate the help and will let you know how it works out.

                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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