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[greymack]

I seen someone on youtube use heating duct chrome tape is that better than bare metal foil that everyone uses?

[vypurr59]

It is a thicker product, so in some ways, easier to cut without tearing, but when doing fine details, could be harder to use.

[Fat Brian]

The thing about BMF is that it's so thin that it conforms to almost any shape, thicker materials tend to pull up from tight bends and such because the material is thick enough to try to keep its flat shape and the adhesive isn't strong enough to hold it down.

[Skydime]

Yeah, I use a lot of aluminum foil...just for budget sakes and I can tell you...anything but BMF is horrible in a tight bend.

Edited by Skydime, 20 November 2012 - 07:12 PM.

[Futurabat]

If you have a large area to cover and want to avoid the expense of BMF you can use regular foil and Microscale foil adhesive. The problem is as stated above, even regular kitchen tinfoil has issues with behaving when you ask it to make a turn. If you are doing say, the side trim of a '64 Belvedere or a '58 Fury...no sweat. It even works well for window trim. However, when you get to the wingtip trim on that '58 Fury, you're going to want the BMF handy so it will conform and you don't have a crease near the front of it.

When it comes to the heavy ductwork tape, well it might work awesome if you want to make a mirror for the cieling of your custom van, but it's really too thick and unwieldy to work anywhere other than a totally flat surface. Like anything else though it can have it's uses and trial and error is really the only way to learn. Best part is you can go to your local H/AC dealer and if you ask one of the service tech's nicely he'll probably give you some. Then you can try it out for yourself. I suggest you 'play' with it over bare plastic though as the adhesive may leave some of itself behind and it's tough to remove without some thinner on a paper towell.

[Chillyb1]

It does have its uses but it is no replacement for BMF. Here are two examples of useful applications: