Painting Tips

[AWorrest at aol.com]

I had a really bad experience using Flightglas Models Liquid Masking Film on 
Formula U polyurethane paint.  The Liquid Masking Film was purchased a long 
time ago and my experience may not be relevant to current products on the 
market.  Anyway, the LMF peeled easily off glossy paint.  But where I had sanded 
down the paint to take another coat, the LMF stuck better to the paint than the 
paint stuck to the primer.  Result was that patches of paint was peeled off in 
trying to remove the LMF.

I didn't have problems with either 3M Thinline tape or vinyl tape as long as 
the sticky area width was limited to 1/4 inch or less.  The vinyl tape has a 
little less adhesion than the same width, green Thinline.  I've been told that 
some auto paint shops sell vinyl masking tape in narrow widths.

Allan Worrest

In a message dated 1/4/2004 1:21:57 PM Central Standard Time, 
rozekd at earthlink.net writes:



> I was wondering besides using Liquid Mask It if anyone would like to share
> some tips on painting stripes on fuselages in order to avoid previous paint
> from peeling off when removing masking tape or how to avoid paint from
> bleeding under the tape.  Does anyone have a favorite type of masking tape
> they use?  How about drafting Chartpak tape, anyone have experience using
> this brand?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dieter
> 




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