Hannu Rinne
05-22-2010, 6:55 PM
Maybe this case is discussed here many, many times but I just put it here.
I've been searching some suitable masking material for my needs and I think I've found a good solution. I've tested 3M-product ( SCPS-100 ) with several different materials and so far the results with granite, acrylic, wood and glass have been pretty good. This masking paper ( or tape ) seems to stick very nicely to every of those materials without leaving any marks on those when pulling off. Also, you can engrave very small and sharp text with good result. Cutting goes nicely and color filling is simple. I attached here some test pictures from where you can see the results. That material is baltic birch and the size of that plaque is about 150x90mm ( about 5,9"x3,5" I think ? ). After engraving it's filled with acrylic paint and I let it dry about 3 hour's before removing the tape ( the paint was still little wet, but because I'm not very patient, I just took the mask off :) ). The reason why I painted the plaque overall was that I wanted to see if the paint goes through the mask - it didn't ! Mask paper removed easily and the small areas I scraped with piece of sharp edge acrylic without any mess. One thing I was worried about was that how the paint would mess the edges but there wasn't any sign of it ( even after quite wet paint ). As far as I know, this material doesn't include PVC. It rupture's quite easily and when I burned it, there wasn't any green flame... But I can't be sure about the content, so maybe here is someone who can say if it's PVC free...? There is also the same masking paper with aggressive glue, type is SCPS-2 ( I haven't tested it yet, but I will as soon as I get it ). These papers are also quite cheap, 300mm X 90meters is about $60,- ( 3 wides, from 60,- to 140,- $ / 90metres ) and I think that this material is easy to find from all over the world... If anyone have any experience about this stuff, it would be great to hear... ( sorry my Fingrish :) )
Regards,
- Hannu
I've been searching some suitable masking material for my needs and I think I've found a good solution. I've tested 3M-product ( SCPS-100 ) with several different materials and so far the results with granite, acrylic, wood and glass have been pretty good. This masking paper ( or tape ) seems to stick very nicely to every of those materials without leaving any marks on those when pulling off. Also, you can engrave very small and sharp text with good result. Cutting goes nicely and color filling is simple. I attached here some test pictures from where you can see the results. That material is baltic birch and the size of that plaque is about 150x90mm ( about 5,9"x3,5" I think ? ). After engraving it's filled with acrylic paint and I let it dry about 3 hour's before removing the tape ( the paint was still little wet, but because I'm not very patient, I just took the mask off :) ). The reason why I painted the plaque overall was that I wanted to see if the paint goes through the mask - it didn't ! Mask paper removed easily and the small areas I scraped with piece of sharp edge acrylic without any mess. One thing I was worried about was that how the paint would mess the edges but there wasn't any sign of it ( even after quite wet paint ). As far as I know, this material doesn't include PVC. It rupture's quite easily and when I burned it, there wasn't any green flame... But I can't be sure about the content, so maybe here is someone who can say if it's PVC free...? There is also the same masking paper with aggressive glue, type is SCPS-2 ( I haven't tested it yet, but I will as soon as I get it ). These papers are also quite cheap, 300mm X 90meters is about $60,- ( 3 wides, from 60,- to 140,- $ / 90metres ) and I think that this material is easy to find from all over the world... If anyone have any experience about this stuff, it would be great to hear... ( sorry my Fingrish :) )
Regards,
- Hannu