How is liquid Frisket used?

[PonderThis]

Ok I am not completely out of it LOL but can you please tell me how you use liquid Mask? Is it something you can use over a portion that has already been painted or can you make replaceable stencil's . Can you please elaborate some for me? Also is it cost and time effective?

JC,

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This darn ship is rocking me to sleep.

[ABD]

Ok I am not completely out of it LOL but can you please tell me how you use liquid Mask? Is it something you can use over a portion that has already been painted or can you make replaceable stencil's . Can you please elaborate some for me? Also is it cost and time effective?

JC,

BTW wish i was home so I could be apart of the TUESDAY night chat.

This darn ship is rocking me to sleep.

I've messed with it a bit...I just brush it on top of something you don't want painted....Whether it's on new paint you want to protect..Or Just straight on yer new project. You can paint it on like a stencil..AB over it, then peal it up...Probably not reusable though....Hope that makes sense for ya.

[colourshift]

A word of caution... liquid frisket or masking will LIFT ACRYLIC PAINT. I've learned this the hard way- and in an underwater piece with a lot of coral, used it to my advantage...gave an almost Batik look to what was left.

If I want a Liquid-ish mask, OVER acrylic, I use rubber cement. Won't budge the existing paint. Do invest in a 90 cent "rubber cement pickup", it will lift both rubber cement and the dried liquid frisket.

It is not reusable...imagine a glue you put down and can remove again completely...only it's in a blob appearing something like snot. If you want to make a repositionable stencil, I would buy a craft adhesive that's made for that...Michaels and places like that have it in their stencil section, and sometimes the scrapbooking section.

Because of the hand work involved, after all, you put this crap on with a brush...it may not be time effective over something like a hand cut stencil out of mylar or actetate...I'm an acetate freak. This is something you can use on illustration board, or canvas if it's prepped right...or even automotive...maybe, I haven't tried that. You better pick up ALL the residue, else it'll play hell with your clears.

This is NOT something you can use on fabric...

[blinddog 99]

Yep, Lynne, you can use Acetate in automotive stuff. I use it often...

JC, check the front page of the Airbrushtech website. Steven has a good comparison article on two paintmasks, it will give you an idea of how to use it.. Also, I noticed recently you were talking about adding to your library. Vince Goodeve's DVD on helmet painting has a good piece on spray masking...