Hi All
Does anyone know of a site which gives some helpful pointers in using this material? I have been trying to use it instead of costly masking sets, but I find it very frustrating at times. I sometimes wonder if I'm doing something wrong! There must be some help out there someplace.
Thanks

tek2:
What is it ? I never heard of it. Sorry.

Parafilm is a wax sheet product used to seal test tubes and the like in laboratories. Try this site for using Parafilm: http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/usingparafilmda_1.htm

Hi,
I suggest you to search around here at Armorama forum, if I´m not wrong in airplanes forums, it was already discussed here, check it out...
Cheers

Do you have the title of the thread? I would sure like to find out about this stuff and hear if it's worth a look see or not and if it has any use other than for masking aircraft canapies.

:-) Hi tek2,
I use it all the time, great stuff. I'm actually in the process of writing an article about using
P-M. I'll give you the basics here. I only use it for masking canopies.
1. Cut a piece off the strip.
2. Stretch this piece to about 3 times its length (in one direction only).
3. Apply to the canopy and press it down, gently (this is to help the frame lines to show up, more than anything else)
4. Use a sharp blade to cut along the frame lines (I usea fresh No 11 scalpel blade each time) When cutting you only require the weight of the knife. Make sure you cut right into the corners.
5. Remove the unwanted P-M, carefully (it will stick to its self readily). If while removing it you find that you pull up any corners, because you didn't cut right into them. Press it down and re-cut.
6. If the first piece you added wasn't quite big enough, just add another piece. Wrinkles don't matter either.
HTH :-)
Mal

Hi All
Thanks for all the replies.
First-off. To Major ModlrMike great article. I will make a point of reading it throughly after todays play-off games. (GO YANKEES!)
Also thanks to Lt. General Holdfast, I have been stretching it in two directions, this may have been causing me some grief. But I am also having problems getting straight cuts with my knife blade. Too much of a perfectionist I guess.

Well Thanks to All Again and Good Modeling!

Get yourself a scalpel. They have sharper, finer blades that cut better. I find hobby knife blades tend to tear the parafilm.

Hehehe, the names Mal :-) Stretching Parafilm "activates" it, if you stretch it in the other direction it sort of "de-activates" it. I agree with Michael, a scalpel blade would be best :-)
Mal