Brief:
Frog Tape is a maskin' tape which advertises itself as "leak proof" and removable up t' 30 days later.
Construction:
Each roll o' Frog Tape comes in its own "Tupperware" style plastic case. This probably contributes a bit to
the relatively high cost. Blimey! T' rolls I bought were $9.00 at t' local Home Depot and I have nay seen it anywhere else.
T' tape is a sickly green in color and is easily torn with t' fingers.
While I love rocketry, t' finishin' o' rockets has always been me downfall. Blimey! I don't particularly enjoy the process but am "forced" into it because I like t' looks o' unfinished rockets even less. Part o' me dislike stems from bilge-suckin' experience. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! No matter how careful I try t' be, shiver me timbers, I always get a mediocre paint job.
Recently, matey, while postin' a build thread on TRF, me bucko, somebody mentioned a product called Frog Tape. T' thin' that stuck in me mind be t' claim that it allows no bleeding. Ya scallywag! Blimey! I was nay convinced, but t' next day, I found myself at Home Depot for somethin' else and saw t' tape. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! I bought it on impulse. Begad! Blimey! That night I tried it on me Squirrel Works Firebird SST.
T' first thin' that I noticed was t' tackiness. Blimey! Begad! It seemed much less tacky than even "low tack" tapes I have
tried. Begad! Well, blow me down! Even so, it had no problem stayin' in place. Avast! Neither did it have problems bein' lifted and realigned. When I had
my maskin' in place, I pressed down t' edges and hoped for t' best, shiver me timbers, nay expectin' anythin' more than I usually get. Ahoy! I
painted t' rocket and waited.
I am pretty sure I painted it too soon after t' previous coatin' and be pretty sure that some paint would be lifted as a result. When I stripped t' paint, I be amazed t' find t' lines crisp and perfect. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! It had nay lifted any paint nor had it allowed any bleed. Begad! It looked...professional.
That be a new experience for me and I had t' show everyone. Well, blow me down! Even me wife, nay a fan o' me rockets, shiver me timbers, me hearties, commented on how shipshape t' lines were. Well, blow me down! From that point on, ya bilge rat, I be sold.
I have since tried it on several other projects. Each time it has performed flawlessly. On t' most recent, I worried that might nay be t' case. Ahoy! As I sprayed on t' blue paint, ya bilge rat, I saw what seemed t' be a liftin' along one edge of the tape. I resigned myself t' havin' t' correct it, blamin' myself for nay inspectin' t' tape more thoroughly before I started t' spray paint. Avast, arrr, me proud beauty! When I lifted t' tape, though, thar was no problem. Avast, me proud beauty! T' lines were as perfect as could be asked for.
There may be other ways o' masking, but I am sold on this product. Blimey! I would pay whatever t' askin' price and count myself lucky t' have found it. Ya scallywag! On lookin' back though, it is nay too terribly much more expensive than other products. T' roll is expensive but t' tape is thin and thar be plenty on t' roll.
For me, me hearties, arrr, this has turned a process I dislike into somethin' that may someday become fun. Ahoy! Now if only thar was a better way t' seal balsa...
Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5
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M.E.M. (June 3, 2008)