Dave23 wrote: |
Anybody use this stuff? Seems to work great for quick low-tack masking. I used it this morning to cover the canopy on my P-40 while I gave it a coat of Dull Cote. It was quick to apply, stayed in place and didn't mess anything up underneath.
Wouldn't want to hit it with too much air pressure, but I'm adding it to my tool kit for those situations where I need a quick and dirty mask.
-dave
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I needed to cover some large flat areas on a simple piece of sheet styrene (I'm remaking my Alclad color sampler for possible publication). Press 'N Seal left a tacky residue in the material's honeycomb pattern on the existing paint strips (they had been allowed to cure for a few days), which had to be removed with rubbing compound or micromesh. It also doesn't stick reliably; it frequently lifts off the area I'm trying to mask. In future I'll tape newsprint paper over large areas, or use Parafilm.
You can by pads of newsprint at artist supply stores. It's very cheap, and is blank, so you won't have to worry about the ink rubbing of onto your model the way newspaper might.
Press 'N Seal might work okay covering bare plastic, but I will no longer trust it on any painted surface.
Regards,
Bruce
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