3M No.471 Blue
Tape |
Summary | |
Description:
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Vinyl adhesive tape (no product #471) |
Scale:
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- N/A |
Price:
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- approx. 5.00-10.00 USD (depending
on the width) |
Contents
& Media: |
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Bag containing one roll (30 m) |
Advantages: |
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Very flexible - Solvent resistent - Can be used for rescribing - Moderate tackiness |
Disadvantages | -
A bit gooey adhesive |
Recommendation: |
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Highly recommended. |
I was first told about this tape by Sandro, from GBUP and ordered my
samples from Chao
Airbrush Studio. This is a vinyl tape of the type used by car/bike
customizing shops for pinstriping. They are available in 30 m rolls of
four widths (2, 3, 4, and 5 mm). Being vinylic, they can be stretched
and curved as you press it on the surface, producing flat curves where
other regular hobby tapes will wrinkle. Although flexible, it still can
be used for rescribing, with the advantage of allowing non-straight
panel lines - something very difficult to accomplish using the old Dymo
tape.
Vinyl is solvent resistend, even for lacquer thinners. My only complain
about this product is its relatively low tackiness. If, by one hand,
you can mask everything without any concerns (except if
you are shooting a review video! Oh well...), on the
other side it
is difficult to produce perfectly sealed overlaps like we do with
Tamiya tapes.
I'm convinced this tape can be used to avoid the boring job
of cutting curved masks from wide tapes, saving some precious time
during camouflage painting. It is just a matter of following the
desired pattern by freehand. The down side, in my opinion, is the
somewhat gooey adhesive. I do not recommend to leave it on painted
surfaces for too long.
And yes, of course you can also use it as
a conventional tape - holding parts together.
Recommended.