Masking

[m408]

In my ongoing attempt to do some decent detailing, I'm always looking for masking help. My latest purchase is "Mask-it EASY" from Micro-Mark.

Anyone have experiance with this product? If so, tips?

[evilone]

i dont know about any of those but i do know anothe good one to use

1/4in and 1/8 in masking tape you can cut it down and add any stripe any size any where

[Olle F]

I don't know anything about this particular brand, but have tried a few different masking fluids. They work really well for some things, and can also open up interesting possibilities. For example, I used it to mask the chromed headlight reflectors when painting the bezels on a '57 Chrysler 300, an area that would have been very tricky to mask with any other masking material. It can also be used when you want to detail paint certain things like dashboards in the "wrong" order. Paint and detail things like instruments, radios etc first, then mask them and spray the dash with the overall color. Another thing I have done with masking fluid is to simulate flaking and chipped paint. Paint with primer, rust or whatever you want to show underneath the paint, dab on some fluid and spray paint over it. When you remove the masking, you'll have a nice and realistic flaking paint with the right "3D effect" to it. One thing I have learned is that it's almost impossible to get a nice line when you brush it on, it's usually better to apply on a larger area, cut the line and remove the excess.

Here is an example of what you can do: I wanted to create the illusion of a rusty car with some shoddy bodywork done to it, so I ground out a "rust hole" from behind, painted some rough "rust" on it and masked with fluid. After painting the body, I peeled off the masking fluid to reveal the rust underneath. I used the same technique to paint the radiator: First a brass color on the whole radiator, then some masking fluid and flat black. After peeling off the masking fluid, it looked like a brass radiator with the paint flaking off in places.

[m408]

I don't know anything about this particular brand, but have tried a few different masking fluids. They work really well for some things, and can also open up interesting possibilities. For example, I used it to mask the chromed headlight reflectors when painting the bezels on a '57 Chrysler 300, an area that would have been very tricky to mask with any other masking material. It can also be used when you want to detail paint certain things like dashboards in the "wrong" order. Paint and detail things like instruments, radios etc first, then mask them and spray the dash with the overall color. Another thing I have done with masking fluid is to simulate flaking and chipped paint. Paint with primer, rust or whatever you want to show underneath the paint, dab on some fluid and spray paint over it. When you remove the masking, you'll have a nice and realistic flaking paint with the right "3D effect" to it. One thing I have learned is that it's almost impossible to get a nice line when you brush it on, it's usually better to apply on a larger area, cut the line and remove the excess.

Here is an example of what you can do: I wanted to create the illusion of a rusty car with some shoddy bodywork done to it, so I ground out a "rust hole" from behind, painted some rough "rust" on it and masked with fluid. After painting the body, I peeled off the masking fluid to reveal the rust underneath. I used the same technique to paint the radiator: First a brass color on the whole radiator, then some masking fluid and flat black. After peeling off the masking fluid, it looked like a brass radiator with the paint flaking off in places.

Thanks Ollie, great help on the dash board. Another thing that I struggle with is multi color interior trim. Door panels etc... seems like the same procedure would work for that. I'm thinking that it might work for molded in fire wall details as well. Paint wiring, etc.. then mask and shoot color. Anyone tried it for that? In fact, maybe molded in chassis details, brackets etc... Oh Oh there goes my imagination.