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                        What's better masking agent? Silly putty or Play-Dough?

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                        Shellback
                        • Member since
                          March 2006
                        • From: Right Side of a Left State
                        Posted by Shellback on Friday, December 8, 2006 11:45 AM
                        FSM ad an article about this and i think they used Silly Putty .
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                        wing_nut
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:09 PM

                        Bed, Bath and Beyond sells a Blu Tac like stuff that works great.  It is yellow in color.  I tested some on the bottom of the wing of a finished model and forgot it was there for about a month or so.  Pulled it off and it did not leave a mark of any kind.

                        Marc  

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                        cruichin
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by cruichin on Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:45 PM
                        I used Blue Tack on a ship model and it worked well.
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                        djrost_2000
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
                        Posted by djrost_2000 on Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:12 PM

                        Thanks for the replies.  I'll stick with the Silly Putty or Blu-Tac if I can find it.

                        Thank you!

                        Dave 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:40 PM
                        i use Silly Putty all the time,it's the correct choice out of the two
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                        Gun Tech
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: Oromocto, Canada
                        Posted by Gun Tech on Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:35 PM
                         MikeV wrote:

                        Not sure but I think Play-Dough may leave a stain.

                         

                        Mike 

                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] It looks really greasy

                        Jean-Michel    "Arte et Marte"

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:15 PM

                        Not sure but I think Play-Dough may leave a stain.

                         

                        Mike 

                        “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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                        djrost_2000
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
                        What's better masking agent? Silly putty or Play-Dough?
                        Posted by djrost_2000 on Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:45 PM

                        Will be building an aircraft for which I'll want a very light feathered edge on the camo, and am wondering what is a better masking agent, Silly Putty or Play-Dough.  I would think Play-Dough would be more economical but not sure which has better properties.

                        Thank you,

                        Dave 

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