Cutting plotter adhesive film appropriate for masking

This is the place to get answers about painting, weathering and other aspects of finishing a model.

Moderators: DasPhule, Moderators

Post Reply
MRF
Posts: 1131
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:40 am
Location: Krakow - Poland

Cutting plotter adhesive film appropriate for masking

Post by MRF »

Simple question - is there any?
Why so serious ?
User avatar
Kylwell
Moderator
Posts: 29643
Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:25 pm
Location: Lakewood, CO
Contact:

Post by Kylwell »

Like vinyl stuff? Or are you looking for something lower tack?
Abolish Alliteration
MRF
Posts: 1131
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:40 am
Location: Krakow - Poland

Post by MRF »

I meant stuff like Oracal films, widely available in Europe. But thinner and with adhesive weak enough to be used as a masking tape. Finally I've found this and its dedicated masking film ready for plotting. A guy from this store said that if this ripps a paint off models, anything else will too...

http://www.fine-art.com.pl/en/20-cm-x-4-m-matt.html

We'll see ;).
Why so serious ?
User avatar
Kylwell
Moderator
Posts: 29643
Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:25 pm
Location: Lakewood, CO
Contact:

Post by Kylwell »

Well you can now get Tamiya tape in sheets but that'd get costly very quickly. Usually people who use vinyl masks will stick it several times to clean glass before applying it to a model. I've also hear tale of spritzing the adhesive side with an ammonia based glass cleaner before applying. Stops it from sticking immediately and reduces adhesion.
Abolish Alliteration
kenlilly106
Posts: 1302
Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:18 am
Location: in the mountains

Post by kenlilly106 »

Back in the day I made several masking templates by plotting images in reverse on the back side of frisket film.

I'm an engineer by trade so I had access to pen plotters and AutoCAD, I don't know if you can still get frisket film and haven't seen a pen plotter in years.

Ken
User avatar
Richard Baker
Posts: 16150
Joined: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:23 am
Location: Warrior, Alabama

Post by Richard Baker »

We use Gerbermask (about 3 mil with a special low tack adhesive) and 3M Scotchcal (2 mill with a good adhesive) here at work.
Oracal and Avery as good brands. High performance vinyls IMO are best- they conform to compound curved surfaces well and as long as the paint is dry there is no problem removing them.

These materials are part of any modern Sign Shop's inventory- there should be a number of them near to you locally. If you stop by and ask nicely you can probably get some scrap pieces to experiment with- most will also sell it to you by the foot at cost. We get somebody at least once a month coming in for this sort of thing where I work.
"The future is not what it used to be" - G'Kar

Things go wrong and bad things happen- that is just the way the world is-
It is how you deal with it that tells the world who you truly are.

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” -Mark Twain

Deviant Art Gallery-
http://phaedrus-3.deviantart.com/
Post Reply