Thread: Masking Tape

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I want to know what is the best brand of masking tape to use that comes in a 6 inch roll?

yes they make it that wide your best bet is to get intouch with a sign company,they use a variety of width tape for applying vynil graphics me and my wife use 250mm wide tape for applying vynil graphics

I like useing the blue painters masking tape, it's not to sticky, and doesn't allow bleeding. I did try the green auto tape, it seems to be a tougher type tape, and has more sticky to it. For bigger jobs, I use artool frisk masking, works great.

I like the blue painters tape or the green auto tape for most applications. I also use Frog tape for more difficult surfaces due to rough or uneven textures. Transfer tape is okay for light masking, but it doesn't stick well enough if the area is going to get heavy spraying.
For larger areas, I tend to use painters or auto tape for the edges, but use trashbags or large sheets of newsprint when the areas aren't going to get much spraying near them. Using huge pieces of transfer tape on easily covered areas seems a bit wasteful to me, don't get me wrong, it's great stuff when you need it, but "a penny saved is a penny earned" holds true, and adding more landfill because of wasted materials isn't great for the environment either. The large sheets of paper or the trash bags can get used over and over again.

Check out the new masking from TCP Global it comes in three widths and lengths can be drawn on. follow the attached link. then to the kustom shop and look for K tape

http:/www.tcpglobal.com

Sorry if there was any misunderstanding there Dean, there wasn't anything aimed at anyone in particular.

I've seen plenty of articles and videos where celeb painters cover EVERYTHING with transfer tape for their masking. Too many people watch those videos or read the magazines and take what is being done as the word of God. "If Frazer does it this way, then so should I" kind of attitude causes all kinds of problems, from people not wearing protective gear, the wasting of masking material and so on just gets ingrained, and it's tougher to break bad habits than it is to learn good ones from the start.

From the sounds of it, you mask pretty much like I do, where I've seen people have problems with the transfer tape and wet coats has mostly been with clear coats, where the coat goes on wet and heavy, only to be repeated in a few minutes.

Same here Dean, but I also realize that many people read these posts, and like the videos, they want to apply everything globally, so my comments are made to answer the initial questions, but also to start people on good habits from the start.
And now with youtube, the internet and videos as a whole (hole), we need to think more carefully when we explain the what, how, and why of things.