Painting Swirls on propeller spinners using Parrafilm"M".
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1 14 October 2015, 22:12
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Hi Kerry, just wondering where's the best place to get Parrafilm 'M' from? By the way nice work on the nose cone🙂
14 October 2015, 23:06
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westlab.com.au/index.php
Andrew, Thanks for looking in mate and the link for Parrafilm "M" is for your area, being Melbourne I noticed.
I got the big roll some 15 years ago, and I use it ALL the time, and back then it cost me $20.00.
14 October 2015, 23:18
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Hi Kerry, I use for spirals Eduard Masking, I'm lazy 😄 1:32 in the looks but very very convincing of how the entire building report just thrilled 👍 👍 👍
15 October 2015, 05:38
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Jens, Hi there again, and I did not know that there was a kit for doing spirals and I am gonna' look now. 🙂 Thanks. 👍
Yep, just had a look but for $8.00 a throw, mmmmmmmm, as mine cost 00000.01 of a cent. LOL 🙂 AND, it's a lot of fun. 🙂
15 October 2015, 06:15
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Hi Kerry, I have the spirals in 1:48, Eduard EX500, unfortunately only in 48 🙁 🙁
15 October 2015, 06:47
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and eduard.com/store/Edu..am=Spinner%20spirals 1:32 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍 👍 👍 32 is not my scale, but if the subject is spoken, you look sometimes on the side 😄
15 October 2015, 06:50
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I use it for canopies and one of the things I have always liked is that you can leave it on for a very long time (moths even) and it wont damage the plastic or become impossible to remove.
15 October 2015, 07:02
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Wim, That is so true mate, and I have been a big fan of it for over 20 years now and it has never failed to do what I ask of it. 🙂
15 October 2015, 07:07
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So Kezza, Have you ever tried Portuguese beer??? hehehe, you know what I mean right? Great info Mate. THX
15 October 2015, 08:43
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Rui, NO, I never have, but I am sure there would be an outlet for it here. What is the name of the one you like ? 🙂
And, what is the name of the closest pub to you. ?
15 October 2015, 08:47
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The strong one, "SAGRES" . The same name as the village in southwest Algarve "where the land ends and the sea begins" hehehe
I like to drink at home, mine or from friends. When we go out, we go to many bars to fill our bellies, heehe but not in close quarters.
15 October 2015, 09:02
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Kezza, there is no stop for you showing your amazing talent building this Uhu! I never thought about using Parafilm for this! Thanks for this clever idea!
15 October 2015, 15:56
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Thomas and Christian, I thank you for your positive feed back. 🙂
I have used all kinds of "Masking" products, but, I am still yet to find one that has as many applications and uses that Parrafilm "M" has to offer.
I first saw it mentioned and used in a Finescale Modeller Magazine just before my son was born, and THAT was just on 29 years ago. !!, demonstrating how it was for clear canopy painting, and I have been hooked ever since. :-/
I bought the biggest roll you can get, and I have used two in that time and I am just about to order an other one (My third).
And about a third of it ended up on the floor.
15 October 2015, 19:55
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Tnx for the tip Kerry! I've got some of that stuff. primarily to mask canopies. It found it takes a bit of getting used to to get he stretching right.
15 October 2015, 21:01
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YES Jan, and it can be 'overstretched' and it is useless after that.
I have found that it is a 'feel' you get and visually, and to keep it on the 'thicker side' rather than too thin.
There were some clowns on Youtube trying to show how to use it but the waffle they went on with killed any content and nothing really was 'demonstrated. LOL 🙂
I should produce a little vid on "How to and what to know and avoid'🙂
I will keep you and everyone here posted. 🙂
Cheers. 👍
15 October 2015, 22:38
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Christian and Augie, Thanks for your words and I will post some more stuff, but in a video.🙂
Geez I'm a good salesman. !!! LOL 🙂
16 October 2015, 20:10
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I have just charged up my camera battery, and I will have to find something suitable to demonstrate it with, and I think the Uhu canopies would be good. 🙂
17 October 2015, 12:39
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Hey Kezza - I used the parafilm technique on my latest build, and I liked every bit of it except from removing it. It wouldn't come off in one bit, had to scratch it all away with my nails. Did I stretch it too much or is this normal?
17 October 2015, 18:00
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The very best way to remove any parrafilm that is difficult, I use a wood tooth pick, as this will not scratch a clear surface and it helps clean away any 'feathering' from where the edge of the PF and paint meet.
17 October 2015, 21:12
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Hehe - getting older a piece of paper is a good place to keep it too🙂
P.S. just a personal experience😉
18 October 2015, 08:27
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Sorry what are your talking about, I lost my piece of paper where I kept it🙂
Not really Kerry, but there are much to much information to keep every day.
18 October 2015, 12:48
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Yeah.. works very well.. little fiddly to remove but finger nails work a treat!.. 145ft of the stuff.. its going to last years!
22 October 2015, 00:23
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Dammed right Augie, and you will find so many more uses for it too. 🙂
22 October 2015, 00:48
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It has taken me a while to find this but it is a great idea for masking 🙂
14 March 2019, 16:30
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Kezzy my dear, can you show us how you mask a canopy with it? Do you strech it gently, pull it over the clear part and then cut it out?
15 March 2019, 08:40
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Holger. The Parrafilm is just paraffin wax rolled out flat and mostly used (before modellers discovered it's properties) by the horticultural industry and science labs like pathology, for sealing the glass tubes when building liquid carrying tubing to prevent leaks.
Now you have asked. I will produce a video on the way to use it when either masking off canopies or even when masking areas on a fuselage for camo work. 👍
It is done exactly the way you described it. As long as you don't 'overstretch' it, to give your self some 'body' in the film so that it will adhere well with the right finger pressure when laying it up on what ever your working on. It leaves NO residue or wax marks behind when removed and it's especially good when using it with fresh paint, leaving a good demarcation line with no 'feathers' along the line needed.
But I will set up something that describes that aspect when I do the video. 😉
I buy mine through a medical supplies outlet.
Stay tuned. 🙂 🙂 🙂
15 March 2019, 10:38
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Another big plus is that you can leave it on for a very long time if needed. I had a canopy where I removed it after a couple of months....no problems whatsoever
15 March 2019, 11:24
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Wim. 🙂 🙂 🙂
So true mate. 👍
I have had kits that I have 'put aside' for a while, in fact for well over the six month period and it just rolled off like it was applied yesterday. Beats the hell out of the liquid paint on masks. 👍
15 March 2019, 12:44
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This is great! I'll Keep it in mind. Got that stuff from a freind but never used it.
28 June 2019, 09:21
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Finally succumbed myself Kerry - easy to find on evilBay among all the other surgical supplies. Saw some rubber tubing also advertised, which bought back all the old nightmares....AAARRGGHH, Nurse...Not the rubber tubing again...pleeeze!!! 🙂
28 June 2019, 10:13
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To think that Parrafilm started off being used in the horticultural business, being a wrapper for cuttings when spliced into other plants. ! Then pathology grabbed it for use in labs to seal glass tubes and the like, but now, more modellers use it than any one else. !!!! FACT. 🙂 👍
28 June 2019, 10:56
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Likewise, a certain floor shine liquid that is now 'the modellers friend' (Klear)! What an inventive/innovative bunch we are!😎
28 June 2019, 12:21
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Well, we gad yo do wit what was at hand, Boeing that floor polish, foid wrapping, electrical cables.....
28 June 2019, 19:07
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The modellers are quite good inventors 😄 Or are they just practical? Creative. They are creative.
28 June 2019, 19:51
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All of the above me thinks. 🙂 Adaptation of so many things that really had no basis in modelling, like the simple little piece of plastic that goes on the bread wrapper/bag. ! How many times has that humble little square helped me out of a jam. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍
28 June 2019, 20:24
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The technique I have used for meny years to create the swirl on propeller spinner caps.