Making Stenciles

[feralhusky]

I've got a few models in which I want to use factory stripes but with custom colors, I want to make stenciles for these stripes so I can paint them onto the model.

What would be the best or easiest way to make stenciles and what material would I use?

[Evil Appetite]

Try Frisket film..you can pick them up at places like Michaels. They come in packs of 9" x 12" 12 sheets

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Edited January 18, 2012 by Evil Appetite

[Dr. Cranky]

You can also airbrush a liquid mask . . . or use tape.

[scalenut]

If you get a sheet of frisket , a trick I learned is you can run it thru your printer and print the art on the backside,

than you can see thru the frisket and cut it out.(you might have to cut the sheet down to fit the printer first)

you can draw in paint or whatever drawing program comes with your computer just remember to click "mirror image" before printing.

unless it doesn't matter which way it's flipped..like simple stripes

Edited January 18, 2012 by scalenut

[Evil Appetite]

If you get a sheet of frisket , a trick I learned is you can run it thru your printer and print the art on the backside,

than you can see thru the frisket and cut it out.(you might have to cut the sheet down to fit the printer first)

you can draw in paint or whatever drawing program comes with your computer just remember to click "mirror image" before printing.

unless it doesn't matter which way it's flipped..like simple stripes

Sweet...that never occured to me! Thanks!

[The Creative Explorer]

If you want to paint stripes on cars; don't use film or stencils. In the case of frisket, applying is quite hard compared to masking tape and stencils will not give you that sharp line if it has even the slightest bulge or round shape.

You can't beat masking tape for stripes.

[feralhusky]

Thanks you all! I'll look into some frisket.

[scalenut]

just be gentile with it ,, it stretches out of shape easy.

typically it's cut directly on the object it's applied to because all it takes is just a light score with the blade

just the weight of the knife.