Masking Tape

[Dick Pacini]

No, I am not painting a plane.  I have a model car that has a chrome molding down the side and the masking tape I used allowed the chrome paint to bleed through.  Have to strip and repaint the whole body.
So starting from scratch with a repainted car, what is the best masking tape to use? 

[Dan McEntee]

   There is a procuct that is a leafing type material for doing chrome trim on cars or stainless steel on airplane models. Repaint the car, and then just apply this material. Comes in a small sheet. Cut out what you need and using tweezers, peel it off the backing and then lay it over the trim. Lightly press it into place, then take an exacto knife with a brand new dlae and trim off the excess material, then take a soft rag and rub down the trim and buff it out. Kind of tedious but better than painting such small areas. I just for the life of me can't remember the name!!! In the old days, guys used to save their cigarette packages and peek the shiney paper off of it's backing and usi it for the same purpose. The stuff I'm referring to is called Bare Metal Foil I think.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[Brett Buck]

The stuff I'm referring to is called Bare Metal Foil I think.
 

   That works extremely well in small areas. It is also incredibly labor-intensive, sticking it down is just the start of the burnishing/polishing. When done, however, it is extremely effective and more-or-less the only thing that looks like real bare metal on a plastic model.

    Brett

[Dan McEntee]

   That works extremely well in small areas. It is also incredibly labor-intensive, sticking it down is just the start of the burnishing/polishing. When done, however, it is extremely effective and more-or-less the only thing that looks like real bare metal on a plastic model.

    Brett

     I custom painted some old promo cars for my old boss when I was working in the packaging indutry. A couple of late 50's Pontiacs, a station wagon and 4 door sedan. I used Bare Metal Foil on everything that was supposed to be chrome and like I said, while tedious, works very well and with some practice not hard to master. It all buffed out really nice and when I gave them to him, he was totally freaked out a the chrome and asked me how I  did that, but I didn't tell him!! A guy has to have some secrets!. They looked good on his mantle on each side of the ship in a bottle I built for him as a Christmas present one year. I didn't tell him how I did that either!
   Type at you later, 
  Dan McEntee