why would you not just have he masks cut on the correct material? thats what its made for, and it works much better and more reliably? I just dont understand the logic?
Mark,
The place I go does not use this masking material. It is a whipping to have to go all over town to find it. I still had pull ups even when using gerber, FAR LESS, but they still happened.
Moved to the hair dryer trick and all the pull ups and peel ups and left over adhesive marks are simply a thing of the past. Using a hair dryer is a no brainer.
Using vinyl with the hair dryer actually pulls up easier than gerber without heat.
Another nice thing about the vinyl with the stronger adhesion, drying paint wont shrink it up off the plane as much. Red seems to really want to curl the mask off.
If gerber is available then by all means use it. It is great material and easy to work with. But vinyl can be used as well.
NO MATTER WHAT USE A HAIRDRYER WHEN REMOVING ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN STUCK TO THE PLANE! Tape, masks, whatever you have on there heat it up and it will roll right off.
Plus the mask should stay on the plane as short a time as possible. With auto paint that can be as little as 15 minutes. If you have to leave it for a long time then please use some heat to remove and you will have alot less troubles along the way.
Here is are vinyl masks I used with no pull ups.