I *LOVE* this trick... got it from a Car Craft article... Use tin foil to wrap parts you are cleaning, painting, etc... it goes on quick and holds its shape, and easily wraps around ANY shape - and pops off in a second... rather than the yards of tape and plastic I have been using to mask off areas on stuff I am working on... alternately you can mask off areas you don't want to paint like hoses and cables that are difficult to remove. Painting bolts and screw heads?... wrap a wad around the threads and line 'em up between a few pieces of wood - they don't fall over when you move the wood to paint from the other direction or re-coat. I'm still trying to mount a 2 barrel in my car... I used a tin foil cone - which compressed without bouncing back up - to check the hood clearance with the airbox. I just finished cleaning and painting a pair of sport mirrors on my Comet - this would have made the job easier rather than wrapping and taping the cable with plastic bags and green tape. Probably a few other tricks - I have a roll in my toolbox now so I'll use it - and RE-use it again and again. Whisky
and when it's all nasty and used up, you can recycle it and use the money to buy more ... try that with masking tape ...
And you can put a wad in an empty blown fuse holder to get your car home...:16suspect (Just kidding, but who has NOT seen someone do this in the past?)
yeah ... but a .22 caliber bullet works better ... at least for a little while until it overheats and shoots you in the generals ...
I've used tin foil for years. There are just some under the hood parts that are impossible to tape when painting an engine compartment. Try using masking tape and paper on brake lines, steering boxes, ect. Not only is it a PITA to do, it's even worse to try and remove. Tin foil conforms tightly to the contours of the brake lines and steering boxes so you can get paint around them. It works great on master cylinders too. The heavy duty tin foil works best for me.
