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Liquid mask??? What is it, where can I get, how's it work? I've been taping & X-acto knifing for years. Apparently I've been living under a rock. Please have pity on me and give me the "IN". If it does what the name says, shoot me now. SEVERAL TIMES!

Your LHS will probably stock FasMask if they stock the FasKolor line of paint products. It comes in a large plastic bottle. You wash the inside of your Lexan body, then brush it on in 2 or 3 layers, allowing it to dry completely between layers. Use a blow dryer to help speed up the drying-between-coats process. Then, you use an X-Acto to score the lines wherever you'd have put masking tape and remove sections to be painted first. It works very well with almost no bleed-through, compared to masking tape. The only difficult part is doing straight lines as it's not easy to do straight lines free-hand with an X-Acto knife.

I have heard that the Bob Dively liquid mask is better, but I haven't had any problems with Fasmask. For straight lines you can lay down making tape over the liquid mask when its dry and use it as a straight edge to cut along. Just be careful when you pull it up not to pull up the liquid mask with it. Low adhesion tape helps, like 3M blue or red.

Yes, Bob dively mask is mutch better

DHood wrote:Yes, Bob dively mask is mutch better

I keep hearing that but can't find it anywhere locally. I'd have to buy it online. And to everyone who says that, exactly how is it that much better? Does it dry faster? Come off easier? Because other than having to wait for coats to dry, I had no issues whatsoever with FasMask. Zero bleed-through and it's easily removed.

Can't you spray these type of masks on? I read that they are brushed on?

Yes you can spray it. Thin it out a little with water.

What PSI do you have your regulator set at when spraying it? How much are you thinning it?

No don't use ur airbrush
Find a old spray bottle that
Has a lot of volume
( old windex bottle )
Thin it with some warm water
Shake it
Spray it
Move the body around so the LM gets in all the
Nooks an cranys
Let dry
Repeat 3 to 4 times
Also after your done spraying take the trigger head
And push water through it to clean it than next time
It won't clog up
Farmer

farmer wrote:No don't use ur airbrush
Find a old spray bottle that
Has a lot of volume
( old windex bottle )
Thin it with some warm water

Use an old Windex bottle to spray on liquid mask? That's a great idea! How much water would you thin it with, what ratio? I might have to try that, Farmer.

Fantastic idea using an old spray bottle!!!!!! Thank you guys so much! I'll experiment on a test body this weekend!

Coelacanth wrote:

farmer wrote:No don't use ur airbrush
Find a old spray bottle that
Has a lot of volume
( old windex bottle )
Thin it with some warm water

Use an old Windex bottle to spray on liquid mask? That's a great idea! How much water would you thin it with, what ratio? I might have to try that, Farmer.

It all depends on the head volume
If your spray head can push a lot of volume
You don't need to thin it that much
The bob lively LM is water based
So even if you thin it to much
It will just take more coats
Also when you are done spraying
Let the body dry lid up so all the extra LM
Doesn't build up
Farmer

Showcase1186 wrote:Fantastic idea using an old spray bottle!!!!!! Thank you guys so much! I'll experiment on a test body this weekend!

Please update us with your experiences...I'll be doing some painting in the near future too and looking forward to seeing how the Windex spray-bottle works. FasMask is similarly water-based so I expect it to work the same.

Love the spray bottle idea!

I was using an automotive hvlp touch up gun at approximately 35psi, and the mask thinned approximately 10:1. Not 100% on the pressure/thinning, because its something I do by "feel", not an exact science. Definitely going to try the Windex bottle next time.

Showcase1186 wrote:Can't you spray these type of masks on? I read that they are brushed on?

I've used the bob dively mask back in the day...and it was much better than anything that was on the market. I still have a bottle that's over 20 years old...and the stuff is still good

As for spraying, I use to just pour it into the uncut body and spread it around by turning the body. If the body is cut, then use a painter's brush...but make sure the put a piece of tape on the outside of the body to cover up any holes (body posts). The thing with the liquid masks is to get a thick enough coat on the body. A thin coat will mess up your body and make it very difficult to remove the mask.

I use to find the mask in the plane section...but almost any hobby shop can order it.