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looking to source a Low Tac Stencil Vinyl for Spraying Cars
Anyone know of a manufacturer or supplier of low tac vinyl that can be applied to a car as a stencil, sprayed over then removed and lacquered over?
I know the stuff is available in the UK but don’t know who makes it or what the correct name for it is.
Any help appreciated.
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9 Replies
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It’s called paintmask or Ruby Stencil film, most vinyl suppliers will do it,
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legend, thank you!
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Mactac make a Greymask which is slightly see thru with a low tack adhesive and is excellent although it does react to some solvents.
They also make a similar paintmask in white which has a more aggressive adhesive but can’t be left on for more than about 4 hours.
Metamark also make a bluemask.
I personally don’t like the second two as they sometimes leave adhesive residue behind.
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Oracal do a blue and a grey. One is for rigid surfaces, the other for non rigid (banners etc)
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quote :Mactac make a Greymask which is slightly see thru with a low tack adhesive and is excellent although it does react to some solvents.
Is there any particular brand that is accepted as being the least reactive to paint and solvents etc? Our client does custom paint for cars and bikes so I assume there could be some pretty funky chemicals being thrown in the mix here.
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I have recently begun using the grey mask from Oracal (I think it’s called Oramask) and it’s great, altho I hand-paint, not spray.
I do, however, cut stencil all the time for a local airbrush dude.
He prefers the Oramask as well.
He paints with HOK and other tuff paints, and when we used the MacTac mask, it shrivelled up and also caused ghosting.
I wouldn’t recommend that at all.
Love….Jill -
I’ve used oracal blue and grey for years, never had an issue
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I would speak to your customer first about the materials they use, most people that do this sort of work have their preferred paints, fillers etc.. etc.. and tend to stick to them for most things, you can then speak to the suppliers knowing what sort of paints will be involved so they can give you a better idea about the best product. You could also get a couple of samples and ask your customer to see which they prefer.
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if their an up todate body shop all their base coats should now really be water based and would not present any problems , we had some problems when using 2k I.C.I base coat
rich
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