wayneman Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I recently posted a question about airbrushing nail polish and wanted to thank everyone again. Not sure I will do it again but it is better. Just a lot more hassle - to me anyway. So now that I have sprayed sanded and polished I am ready to try some creative designs and I am not really sure what to use to mask the design. I was thinking about using some bare mettle foil, I have sprayed my base color and now I want to lay down the foil , or something so that after I spray the major color, it can be removed, revealing the design. I am sort of worried about using masking tape because it may adhere too good and mess up the paint below. I know the foil is sort of expensive for this purpose. Any ideas? I am open to some commercial masking but what I have found is tape and not suitable for cutting a design into. Thanks in advance. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S. Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Tamiya makes a great line of masking tapes in varying widths that are great for masking models. It's thinner than commercial tape i.e. the blue stuff. You should be able to find it at a local hobby shop or from many places online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTH KUSTOMS Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 X2 Ryan good advice, I use the same Tamiya tape, great stuff and I have never had an issue with it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneman Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Thanks. I will take a look and see if I can get some that is really wide. I suppose I could put it down on some wax paper, cut the design, and then "re-stick" it to the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastardo Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I've used many different masking tapes in my past and the one that turned out to be the absolute winner is Tamiya Currently I'm using the 6mm and 18mm stuff and they pretty much cover all my masking-tape-needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalenut Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 anything that is not crepe paper based for house painting.. also the thinner the better , like 3m fine line or tamiya. shop at the auto body stores not the hardware store and your in the right place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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