Model Masking Tape Refill

This tape is excellent for masking. If you burnish the edge down and are careful with your paint there is no paint bleed under. I use this for my fine masking, then use a wider tape over part of it to cover more of the area I don't want painted. I have not had a problem with this tape pulling the undercoat paint off of the model, as long as I let it dry.

So this is great tape for masking your models before you paint. What makes this tape so great? Basically, it's that it'll stop paint from getting where you don't want it without damaging the surface the tape is stuck to. Yes, painter's blue tape or regular masking tape also do a great job of creating that perfect line between the area you want to paint and the area you want to avoid painting. But depending on how dry that surface was before you taped it or how strong that tape's adhesive is, you risk pulling up the paint or damaging the surface material when you remove the tape. With this tape from Tamiya, that risk is virtually zero.

This tape makes laser straight paint lines. Don't stretch or pull the the tape. Lay it down flat and press down along the edges. Spray light coats to help seal the tape edges and build it up in several coats. Make sure your base paint is cured before using masking tape. Lacquer paints dry from the outside in. So it may feel dry but a strong tape may peel the base coat if you don't let the paint cure all the way to the body. I usually wait several days for the paint to cure before using any masking tape over a painted body.