need masking tape roll 4 cm wide (~ 1.5 in.)

[fiatboy]

I've been using this tape (I'm almost out) by 'Kamoi'.  It seems like good tape: it is yellow like Tamiya and I thought it was!  I went online and I can get it in Japan, but that seems expensive.  Anybody know a good place to get this tape, or similar?  Thanks

[Ace-Garageguy]

3M has a high quality 1.5" yellow masking tape made for real car body and paint work. Any body-shop supply store can fix you up with a roll.

It's probably not as thin as the Kamoi, but it's worth looking at, especially because you're most likely not going to be trying to get very fine edges from a 1.5" wide tape.

It's available from Amazon and other online retailers too. Here's 3.6 cm. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036C0PVI/ref=psdc_228921_t2_B00BZ0KFPY

Edited October 31, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[fiatboy]

Hi Ace.  Thanks for the response.  Since this is automotive grade tape, I wonder if it would be too harsh for model paint.  You know, pulling up hobby paints underneath.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

Hi Ace.  Thanks for the response.  Since this is automotive grade tape, I wonder if it would be too harsh for model paint.  You know, pulling up hobby paints underneath.  

That I can't tell you. I do know it's a little less aggressive in the adhesive department than the 3M green tape I swear by.

Because both the yellow and the green are intended for real-car use, they're designed to be solvent-resistant, and don't allow it to soak through to whatever is under it. See the caution about blue tape below.

But I always AVOID having any tape of ANY kind in contact with painted surfaces if at all possible, and only allow fine-line tape from 3M or Tamiya to touch paint.

I also usually use real automotive paints like Duplicolor, and do very careful surface prep to insure maximum adhesion. 

I also rarely two-tone anything, but I'm sure somebody here has used the stuff for that too.

A word of caution about blue tape: though it's designed to be the least aggressive to finishes, it's also intended primarily for water-based paints. Solvents can actually soak through it and literally glue it to the surface of a model...particularly if you use the el-cheapo Chinese no-name stuff.

[fiatboy]

Thanks Ace.  Presently, I am 'gun shy' of laquers, although I have never used Duplicolor.  I bought some paint from the local NAPA 'paint mixer guy' to match some Mopar paint.  He got the color wrong but I used it anyway.  He said all the manufacturers use (some type of) enamel.  Anyway, was that paint delightful to use thru my AB!!

[fiatboy]

I found the Tamiya masking tape, 4 cm wide: "Cornwall Model Boats" in the UK.

[dlh]

Maybe I don't understand.  I have several rolls of this tape:

https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87063-Masking-Tape-40mm/dp/B000BN9R1Y/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1509808108&sr=8-5&keywords=tamiya+masking+tape

I have used it successfully many times.

Dave