Masking with Ziploc

[Dave Mikrut]

Masking with Ziploc? Well sort of. In my ongoing chassis work I am doing on my Stormy Monday 55 Chevy project, I have parts already assembled that need

to be blocked from oversparay. I could use big hunks of masking tape, but would risk pulling some of my parts loose, so I came up with this idea. It's simple but

effective. Just don't spray along the edges of the baggies because you can get a faint line. As you can see I added some parts that I wanted to spray on the

chassis and this works out real nice.

[billd64]

ok, i know your pain, here is my solution that has worked for me on painted bodies.... i use bare metal foil to give a demarcation line(cover a different paint like two tone), then using masking or body shop green 2 in wide tape, attach this to ziploc, and to baremetal foil.... this has left me minimal line to buff ot, and the wider tape makes for a tighter seal between foil and ziploc bags...

hope this works for you as well, as it has me to this date, when the paint isn't totally wet i then peel off ziploc / tape, then dry further then pull bare metal with minimal if any paint pull...

i always over cover the area with the lighter color first, then apply the darker color, it seems to cover better and protects the lighter color from discoloring at same time

bill d

  Dave Mikrut said:

Masking with Ziploc? Well sort of. In my ongoing chassis work I am doing on my Stormy Monday 55 Chevy project, I have parts already assembled that need

to be blocked from oversparay. I could use big hunks of masking tape, but would risk pulling some of my parts loose, so I came up with this idea. It's simple but

effective. Just don't spray along the edges of the baggies because you can get a faint line. As you can see I added some parts that I wanted to spray on the

chassis and this works out real nice.

[MikeMc]

save $$ and use saran wrap....just wind it around and use: tape, silly putty, or fingers to secure

[dryvr12]

I use a rag and the plastic bag that the parts come in.

[Jon Cole]

I mask large areas with Heavy Duty Household Aluminum Foil. It resists puncturing better then the cheap regular foil, it can be formed to wrap around the sub-assemblies, and you can use your favorite tape to secure it along the edge if you like.

-Jon-