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Is newspaper a good enough mask for spray painting?

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Is newspaper a good enough mask for spray painting?

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Is newspaper a good enough mask for spray painting?

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Will be giving the rangie a new coat of paint soon and was wondering is newspaper will do or should I buy some proper masking paper?
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Post by ToNkA »

Depends on how thick you have the newspaper i guess. I aint no pro at spraying cars, but all the touching up work etc I have done I have just used newspaper. If I was to do a whole car, I would fork out for masking paper to be sure.
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Post by bj42turbo »

I voted newspaper but then again i painted my truck with rustgard enamel milo and otis style so i'm proberly not a good example..........Dazz
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Post by chimpboy »

I swear, the subject line made me think you were gonna tape newspaper over your mouth and nose so you didn't breathe in paint fumes... "mask"... y'know.

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chimpboy wrote:I swear, the subject line made me think you were gonna tape newspaper over your mouth and nose so you didn't breathe in paint fumes... "mask"... y'know.

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Post by Guy »

chimpboy wrote:I swear, the subject line made me think you were gonna tape newspaper over your mouth and nose so you didn't breathe in paint fumes... "mask"... y'know.

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Thats exactly what I thought as well :shock:
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Post by bazzle »

Newspaper works well.
Ensure you cover the tine holes made by some printing presses.

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Re: Is newspaper a good enough mask for spray painting?

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Maggot4x4 wrote:Will be giving the rangie a new coat of paint soon and was wondering is newspaper will do or should I buy some proper masking paper?


i justed used newspaper

it worked

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Post by ausyota »

Newspaper works fine.
I know a couple of pannel beaters who use it all the time because they are too stingy to pay for masking paper.
BUT... Masking paper on one of those dispensers that auto puts tape along one edge is SO much nicer to use.
Masking a whole car is so much quicker using the propper thing.
But yeah newspaper is fine.
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Post by 98lux »

I did work in a panel shop that only used newspaper and like someone else said make sure you cover the press holes

But the paper roller machine is much quicker but for one car the cost is not worth it
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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

I've only ever used newspaper. Just make sure you tape it down properly on all sides so that it doesn't start to flap around if caught by the air from the spray gun, and end up with overspray on spots you don't want.
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Post by 4sum4 »

chimpboy wrote:I swear, the subject line made me think you were gonna tape newspaper over your mouth and nose so you didn't breathe in paint fumes... "mask"... y'know.

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I thought the same aswell.I was about to right WTF I wouldn`t even wipe my ass with the sh#t.
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