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Old 09-04-2012, 07:01 PM
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This chrome paper is hard to come by. I remember getting them from a small printer shop as remaining stock of a no-name product. There were only a few packs left when I was there and now regret that I didn't stock up more. It was a new paper to me then as I wasn't sure if it really worked. The shop was out of business for 2 or more years by now and I'm still searching for the same paper. I have less than 20 sheets at the moment and thus treasure them very much.

As regards "masking", simply spread out Saran wrap on a glaze surface. You can use a pane of glass or just use your smooth table surface. Make sure you clear out the wrinkles but trust me it's quite impossible. Never mind. Then place the printed paper, face down, on the Saran wrap. Gently press it and lift it up and turn over. Use your hand or any roller to smooth out the air pockets. Try you best not to leave too many creases or wrinkles over the surface. It really doesn't matter if you see that the Saran wrap is not entirely smoothed out as long as it sticks to the printed side of the paper. When cutting out, use sharp blades or second best, scissors. After your model is done, peel off the wrap by using sticky tapes straight from the tape holder or wrap it around a Q-tip. In this way, you can have a very good result without cursing over the fingerprints and glue spots on wings, fuselage etc. It should work very well even on inkjet photo papers BUT not on matt ones.

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