Stuck Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I have been using some supermarket lacquer based aerosol decanted clear coat over Tamiya and other lacquer based paints and it gives a superb high gloss finish. However after masking some areas i found on removal of the tape it is leaving marks which can only be rectified with a lot of cutting back. I left the clear coat 4 days to cure before masking, I am left wondering if this is long enough, or is there some chemical reaction going on ?. The masking tape I am using is Tamiya. i have been looking into using Zero 2 pack, but having experienced spraying stuff like that on furniture many years ago I am a bit reluctant. Have any of you any thoughts on this, or recommend an alternative product ?. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's tamiya tape they have changed something in the adhesive a while ago and for some reason it attacks paint no matter how fresh it is. I had a similar problem on a build early last year and it left it looking very dimpled and left lines where the tapes edge was i found that polishing it back was the only way to fix it. I now use fastrax tape it works so much better than tamiya ever did Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Well that has surprised me Shaun because the last thing I would have suspected causing the problem was the Tamiya tape which I always swore by. I am just about to start some more masking so I will try with an old role I have of another brand, and see what happens. Can you tell me where you get the fastrax from please. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thankyou Shaun, how right you are ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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