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I just bought this Tamiya Masking Sheets from my local hobby store. It doesn't say anything in the description of the item.
http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-finishes-60/finishing-supplies-62000/masking-sticker-sheet-(5pcs)-87130

Can I use my laser printer to print on these sheet or do I have to painstakingly draw all the shapes I want?

I want to airbrush a few letters on shipping containers, but it's a repetitive task, as I have four containers with two sides of text each. This leads to the seconds question, can I reuse the masking sheet after I pull it off the first model?

I am aware that I still need to cut out the text manually


PS. A trip to the search engines lead me back to 2006 for answers (that didn't even really apply :/ )

Test with a felt-tip pen. If you can write on it with a pen, you can print on it with a printer.

Just don't touch the surface for a while until it dries.

You cannot usually use a masking sheet more than once. You may be better making a stencil from acetate and taping it in place.

Thank you for the fast answer!

Usually they will go through a bubble jet printer but not a laser.

You can always print onto a normal sticky label sheet and then stick that to the making film to cut out

Thanks for the answers, here's a late answer from myself.

It worked on my laser printer just fine. I was a little fluffy on the edge, but nothing that I couldn't handle while cutting it from the sheet.

By the way, there are several companies that make cutting devices like the silhouette portrait/curio. With these, you can cut your shape right onto the masking sheet.

They are available for a good deal at michaels if you use a 50% (or recently, 60%!!) off coupon, or sometimes on Amazon.

Also, the yellow FrogTape (the delicate one) comes in a pretty fat strip, and it's a zillion times cheaper than Tamiya masking sheets. It's a little more tacky, but I find that it works just fine on a dried airbrushed surface -- not the green Frogtape though, that will rip paint right off.

If your going to be doing this on multiple models I suggest using a flexable plastic or card stock sheet for the template and scotch brand repositional artists spray adhesive (it makes it into a post it note) (if you use a plastic then you can clean the sheet with rubbing alchohol for storage)
The repositinal adhesive also comes in a glue stick form and is much cheaper than the spray..

morfydd wrote:
If your going to be doing this on multiple models I suggest using a flexable plastic or card stock sheet for the template and scotch brand repositional artists spray adhesive (it makes it into a post it note) (if you use a plastic then you can clean the sheet with rubbing alchohol for storage)
The repositinal adhesive also comes in a glue stick form and is much cheaper than the spray..

I imagine you'd likely have issues with bleeding or hazing using flexible plastic or card stock.

I haven't used the Tamiya masking sheets because no one bloody carries it out here. If it's like their regular masking tape, you can probably reuse it 3 or 4 times before it loses its tack to the point where it won't stay down.

Yeah, the problem with Tamiya in Australia is that the distributor is more expensive than buying from hong kong.

I am importing now, but it's hard to maintain stock without the manufacturer helping you - if you want to get anything skink, pm me