RV7AJeremy
Well Known Member
Just wanted to share my results with the group in hopes it will save others some time.
I am getting ready to glue my canopy and I wanted to see tape would perform best with the sika primer.
Here is a list of the tapes that I was able to find locally with realitivaly little effort:
3M Blue Painters Tape (Home Depot)
Frog Tape (Home Depot)
Rust-oleum Professional tape (From auto zone) how the primer would perform
Old Cheap Electrical Tape I had in my tool box
Scotch/3M Professional Grade Super 88 Electrical Tape (Home Depot)
Scotch/3M Professional Grade 35 Yelloy Electrical Tape (Home Depot)
The Results:
All the masking tape performed poorly, the Frog Tape was the worst. The Scotch/3M tape did the best, and it performed best when you let the primer dry and the remove pulling toward the primed side. I likes the yellow tape best as it offered better visibility with the contrast.
I would have liked to try Fine Line tape by 3M but was unable to find a source locally.
Hope this helps other.
BTW, the canopy pieces love the 100 degree AZ temps, I had to work very hard to get the scraps to crack/fail.
I am getting ready to glue my canopy and I wanted to see tape would perform best with the sika primer.
Here is a list of the tapes that I was able to find locally with realitivaly little effort:
3M Blue Painters Tape (Home Depot)
Frog Tape (Home Depot)
Rust-oleum Professional tape (From auto zone) how the primer would perform
Old Cheap Electrical Tape I had in my tool box
Scotch/3M Professional Grade Super 88 Electrical Tape (Home Depot)
Scotch/3M Professional Grade 35 Yelloy Electrical Tape (Home Depot)
![ptbb.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.com%2Fa%2Fimg534%2F7919%2Fptbb.jpg&hash=d46744a23fe27333c8b854418a5a4edb)
The Results:
All the masking tape performed poorly, the Frog Tape was the worst. The Scotch/3M tape did the best, and it performed best when you let the primer dry and the remove pulling toward the primed side. I likes the yellow tape best as it offered better visibility with the contrast.
I would have liked to try Fine Line tape by 3M but was unable to find a source locally.
Hope this helps other.
BTW, the canopy pieces love the 100 degree AZ temps, I had to work very hard to get the scraps to crack/fail.
![fmgr.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.com%2Fa%2Fimg818%2F1685%2Ffmgr.jpg&hash=1d9836b5d7dc93a40ccd6e693dc1d2e2)