Black Bare Metal Foil(BMF)?

[crowe-t]

Is Black Bare Metal Foil(BMF) any good?  

Does the black rub off easily?

Edited May 5, 2019 by crowe-t

[Nacho Z]

It has been many years since I used it but I remember mine didn’t stick very well and did not burnish down as nice as regular BMF. Again, this was many years ago. It may be better now. I don’t have any memory about the black rubbing off.

[Khils]

I agree with John....as he said...long ago for myself also!!

 It did not burnish well! but, I do remember rubbing through the black trying to get it to stay. New stuff?? no idea, but I'm over it...I've had better luck just painting what I want black.

[oldcarfan]

I've not had much luck with it. It didn't stick well or burnish down well and the black coating started to come off.

[crowe-t]

I'll just mask and paint the trim black.  Thanks everyone.

[Exotics_Builder]

2 hours ago, Nacho Z said:

It has been many years since I used it but I remember mine didn’t stick very well and did not burnish down as nice as regular BMF. Again, this was many years ago. It may be better now. I don’t have any memory about the black rubbing off.

 

1 hour ago, Khils said:

I agree with John....as he said...long ago for myself also!!

 It did not burnish well! but, I do remember rubbing through the black trying to get it to stay. New stuff?? no idea, but I'm over it...I've had better luck just painting what I want black.

Same experience, about 24 years ago.  Went on one model and never tried again

[carrucha]

I had the same disappointing experience as everyone else.  I used it on a few models.  Now I just use the rest of it as masking material.

[martinfan5]

Hasegawa has a similar product , I have a sheet on the way to try out.

[Jim N]

I used it to do the trim work on this model.  No problems.

[Tommy124]

For things like black trims on modern cars, you can use black 3M ElectroCut foil. This is some kind of self-adhesive plotter foil, available in many colors, pretty flexible and easy to cut. The black foil has a semi-gloss look about it so it'll look good for this purpose.

ScaleProduction has it on sale, but you can buy this (or probably similar products) from other sources without problems.

https://www.scaleproduction.de/product_info.php?info=p805_3m-electrocut-foil-a4-210x290mm.html

[martinfan5]

Looking forward to trying this out( its not new, been on the market since 2009 I believe)

[Kit Basher]

3 hours ago, martinfan5 said:

Looking forward to trying this out( its not new, been on the market since 2009 I believe)

Please let us know how it works, Jonathan, it looks like just the thing for modern cars.

Edited May 13, 2019 by Kit Basher

[Foxer]

It's a bit different but still works well for black trim. This build is about 20 years old and still stuck on tight.

 

Edited May 13, 2019 by Foxer