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  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: United Kingdom
Posted by scotty on Saturday, March 4, 2006 3:36 PM
Great tips, I also use Tamiya Tape where possible but I also us the wide decorators masking tape for large coverage, it's low tack just the job, & it's V.cheap about £5 a 5 metre x 7cm roll.My 2 cents [2c]
Scott.
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
Posted by djrost_2000 on Saturday, March 4, 2006 12:54 AM
Jimf,

Thanks for the tips.  I love Tamiya tape and use it whenever possible.  I also have learned that it is hard to find.  I used to order from my LHS but he's gone now.  I hope I can find online vendors that carry it.

Dave

  • Member since
    January 2006
Masking Tape
Posted by Jimf on Friday, March 3, 2006 10:29 AM

Nothing beats Tamiya tape for masking the edges of a paint job where you want a clean edge.  Tamiya tape is a yellow color, but it gets slightly darker when it is cleanly and securely burnished.  When you see the color change, you can be pretty sure that you will not have paint creep.  A major drawback however is that Tamiya tape is expensive and not readily available SO -

I conserve on the use of Tamiya Tape by using 3M blue tape, BUT LOOK CAREFULLY FOR A MARKING STATING THAT THE TAPE IS FOR DELICATE SURFACES.  This is nearly as good as Tamiya tape, but without the color change.  It is low tack, but will stick.  I make my edge using Tamiya, then cover large areas with the 3M variety.  Nothing is more irratating than finding some area of overspray that happened because you were cheap or innatentive with masking, so I use plenty of this stuff, 'cause its cheap.

By the way, when doing compound curves cut the tape into very thin strips to mask the outside line.  Then fill in between.

 

Good Luck

Jimf

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