paper or plastic?

[Alss]

which do you guys prefer? Have to mask off the freshly painted floor/trunk in my chevelle now that I am moving on to final paint. So I'm taking a poll:

paper or plastic?
and which kind/brand <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

thanks

[BARRY]

both .... home depot sells hdx plastic sheeting 12x400 around 23.00 you can buy smaller

[njsteve]

I would use paper since various types of plastic are vulnerable to the solvent out-gassing of the freshly painted floors. It could result in the plastic melting to the floors in spots.

You don't want to have to redo the whole thing over again, once again. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would use paper since various types of plastic are vulnerable to the solvent out-gassing of the freshly painted floors. It could result in the plastic melting to the floors in spots.

You don't want to have to redo the whole thing over again, once again. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif </div></div>

AND don't use newspaper -- get paper used by pro body shops to mask off surfaces .. will not bleed through.

[SuperNovaSS]

3M sheet made for auto paint is pretty inexpensive and saves a ton of time on large areas.

Jason

[earntaz]

X2

[scuncio]

I used to use paper but now use the 3M plastic on a roll. But after reading Steve's comment I may go back to paper.

[Rixls6]

We used the 3M plastic. Sure goes on fast.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/03/full-3463-23278-dscf7615.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/03/full-3463-23279-dscf7622.jpg

[njsteve]

I don't know what material the plastic sheeting is but I had a bad experience years ago when a body shop covered the brand new convertible top on my Z11 with plastic sheet and then accidentally left a rag that had solvent residue on top of the plastic. The fumes permeated through through the plastic material and ruined the grain on the convertible top. The shop had to pay to replace the brand new top.

I imagine that the same thing would have happened if paper was used as well, but the plastic seemed to react violently with the solvent, turning into a goo that ate up the top.

[Verne_Frantz]

That doesn't sound like the plastic was a bad idea; it was just a mistake by a tech. I doubt there would be an issue unless paint was sprayed directly on it.

Verne

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That doesn't sound like the plastic was a bad idea; it was just a mistake by a tech. I doubt there would be an issue unless paint was sprayed directly on it.

Verne </div></div>

I agree on the bad idea part.

[Alss]

thanks guys..guess its gonna be a hybred! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[firstgenaddict]

I mask with paper directly next to paint surfaces and use plastic for large areas, I had some base flake off of plastic once when shooting clear and screwed up the paint.
HOWEVER
Most professional plastic auto masking is NOW corona treated to prevent this from happening. Corona treating alters the static surface charge so the surface attracts rather than repels the paint.
I had paperboard poly coated for years and this is something I had to specify when ordering so printing inks wouldn't fish eye.