Just removed the masking after painting the blue trim on my 1/32 Flying Sub, found that the tape not only left a ghost of the adhesive in the yellow paint, it also took chunks of paint along with it, right down to the primer; question I have is what's the best way to take care of paint overspray that made it through the tape (which is a brand I'll never buy again) - superfine grit sandpaper or solvent? I'm thinking I'll probably be coating with dullcote, so I want to avoid any shade issues.....

Thanks for any tips - Dave

I also had some over spray on my flying sub I used polishing compound on mine. Took it right off and also removed a little orange Peel I had. Just be very careful so you don't remove to much paint.

Wet sand or polising compound..make sure your yellow is dry and mask off lightly..the blue ..Trust me..I'm still fixing the bloody stripes...lol

Hey, I tried the compound and it worked like a dream - thanks for the tip! I KNEW I came to the right place!:thumbsup:

I think what you are describig is paint creep not really overspray. Overspray is when you mask something but not the whole model, and get some paint past the tape on the exposed model.

For masking, the ONLY tape I even consider using is Tamiya tape. If you look at my 1/350 Seaview build you can see how good the stuff is. NO CREEPING at all as long as you rub the tape down good.

It sounds like you need to wet sand down the area. Use some fairly fine sandpaper (600 should do) and wet sand down the rough areas. Glue adhesive can be removed with WD40, rubbing alcohol (if its not acrylic paint), or via the wet sanding.

What kinds of paints were you using? For primers, I have had good luck with Plasticote spray white primer, Duplicolor spray white primer (or grey for that matter), and my favorite Tamiya Fine White or Tamiya Grey spray primer. The Tamiya stuff sticks VERY well to models (its what its meant for) and then paint sticks well to it!

Some paints take a long time to dry before you can mask over them, and may not bond to primer. For example, Krylon Fusion paint is meant to apply to bare patio furniture, not primer. It also dries very slowly although it may seem dry to the touch in a few hours. I have learned with that paint that if you have a couple good layers, it needs to dry 3-6 days before you tape it up just to be safe.

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