I have been having real problems when masking over aircraft painted
silver/steel- the masking tape invariably pulls off some of the coating or
sheen, and leaves an obvious mark where the tape had been placed. I
typically apply silver enamels by airbrush, allow them to dry several days
at RT and then mask locally for black nose cones, etc. I have also tried
airbrushing with buffing metallizers, buffing, drying for 2 days followed by
masking- I ran into the same problem. For my latest model I applied a
clear-coat lacquer before masking, but the tape still pulled some of the
clear coat and silver paint off.
How the heck do you guys get this to work ?
BTW- I use the blue 3M painters tape that is supposed to be low
adhesion/non-damaging.
Regards,
John
- posted
18 years ago