Bare Metal Foil.

[ZTony8]

I'm wondering if a factor in the graininess of BMF after burnishing could be the smoothness of the surface onto which the foil is applied.After all,how many of us polish drip moldings and window reveal moldings?I've experienced the graininess with both the old and new glue BMF sheets.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

When I started modeling back in the mid '80s I didn't know what BMF was!!

I bought my first sheet in 2007.

Before that, I used to foil models with household aluminum foil and white glue.

Still use this technique when I'm out of BMF. The looks of the finished product is the very same.

I don't have to say that when I used BMF for the first time it was so easy that it was almost not fair.

I made a video showing how to foil without BMF.

Please, don't mind my accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u272UnjzpcU

[crazyjim]

Pretty cool, Tulio. I was expecting to see some blood from using the razor blade. It seems easier to use BMF to me. Have you had any issues with the tin foil becoming unglued after a period of time?

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Pretty cool, Tulio. I was expecting to see some blood from using the razor blade. It seems easier to use BMF to me. Have you had any issues with the tin foil becoming unglued after a period of time?

Yes, BMF is so much easier it's almost like cheating, at least it was how I felt when I used it for the first time

With white glue and aluminum foil it takes a while to foil a car.

Well, the foil can be pulled off during the first 10 minutes or so. After that, it's almost impossible to get it out of the model. Even with hot water the foil will only come out in little pieces.

I still have the very first kit I foiled in my life, a AMT '64 Impala, and the foil still looks good. It was foiled in 1989.

[Tom Geiger]

Please, don't mind my accent.

I watched your video all the way through. Your English and accent are better than some of the guys on this board who have English as a first language! I didn't have any problems understanding you at all.

[clovis]

When I started modeling back in the mid '80s I didn't know what BMF was!!

I bought my first sheet in 2007.

Before that, I used to foil models with household aluminum foil and white glue.

Still use this technique when I'm out of BMF. The looks of the finished product is the very same.

I don't have to say that when I used BMF for the first time it was so easy that it was almost not fair.

I made a video showing how to foil without BMF.

Please, don't mind my accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u272UnjzpcU

Your English is superb!!!

I meet immigrants to the US who have lived here for years and years, and still don't know how to speak well enough to ask simple questions in a grocery store.

My daughter has a friend who's mother has lived in the US for over 20 years, and has to have her children translate everything for her.