discussion Using masking fluid

[BattleshipBob]

Good morning from a sunny Cardiff ( for once )

Just started using masking fluid for the first time. What do you clean the brush in????

The Mr Hobby bottle is of course in Japanese, of which I know bugger all lol

 

[Guest]

I usually use white spirit or IPA and then rinse the brush in soapy water to get rid of the chemicals.

 

[flyjoe180]

Here's the website Bob, pick your masking fluid for details. If it's Mr Masking Sol R then it's water soluble, you can clean your brush accordingly.

https://www.mr-hobby.com/en/product3/category_39.html

 

[Guest]

Here's the website Bob, pick your masking fluid for details. If it's Mr Masking Sol R then it's water soluble, you can clean your brush accordingly.

https://www.mr-hobby.com/en/product3/category_39.html

Damn, I forgot about this, and its in my files as well.

 

[boatman]

WELL Bob matey i use humbroll maskin as that is very good an its a pink colour so you can see if you have missed a bit a i used this on all them bridge windows on my tiger an they came up good an to remove it just use a needle an it will stertch off like very thin rubber
chrisb

 

[Waspie]

I use Humbrol liquid mask. Only used a brush once, too much faff cleaning brush, (IPA followed by washing up liquid the rinse).
Now I simply use a cocktail stick and stuff the cleaning!!!!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Here's the website Bob, pick your masking fluid for details. If it's Mr Masking Sol R then it's water soluble, you can clean your brush accordingly.

https://www.mr-hobby.com/en/product3/category_39.html

Many thanks Joe, have bookmarked it!!

I usually use white spirit or IPA and then rinse the brush in soapy water to get rid of the chemicals.

Great, appreciated

 

[Ian M]

I use the one from Vallejo and 'IF' you can get it before it dries washes out with water. Otherwise my cureall go to: Xylene, it'll get the stripes of a Zebra! Not yet found a paintbrush it cant clean!

 

[Jim R]

Like Doug, I find a cocktail stick far better to apply mask with. You can put on a small blob and push it where you want. Great for along edges and into corners.

 

[Guest]

Small brush and a cocktail stick as Jim says Bob.

Sunny , stand by for rain then :nerd:

 

[Waspie]

I use the one from Vallejo and 'IF' you can get it before it dries washes out with water. Otherwise my cureall go to: Xylene, it'll get the stripes of a Zebra! Not yet found a paintbrush it cant clean!

Nice to know - I have 5lts sat in the garage!!!

 

[Jostro65]

Hiya, not sure of the Mr hobby stuff but I use Vallejo and applied with a brush first time used it. Messed up brush so now I apply with cocktail sticks as find can be more accurate and no worries about clean-up.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Used Mr color and very impressed, brush easy to clean with water and peeled off with pointy tweezers.

 

[davecov]

My favourite is Microscale Micro Mask. Brushes clean with water.

Dave

 

[Watto]

I agree with davecov, I've had some good results with Microscale masking.

A while ago, I brought a small sonic cleaner, the type of thing for cleaning jewellery.

I rinse the brush and dip it into the water in the cleaner and give it a few seconds, you can see the brush actually cleaning.

I look after all my brushes by cleaning them with brush restorer which is lower sodium soap.

Watto.

 

[Flip]

Bob,

As with Waspie, I used a brush first time with Maskol. Never again.
Now, it is just the ubiquitous cocktail stick. Just keep wiping it on a bit of kitchen roll to get any setting stuff off it.

This works perfectly well with Mr Hobby Mr Masking Sol Neo, Maskol and Microscale Micro Mask.

The Mr Hobby and Maskol are pretty interchangeable. My own preference, though, is Maskol as the jar neck is wide. The Mr Hobby has a conical shape making things progressively more awkward as you progress down the bottle.

The Micro Mask pretty well comes into its own when trying to mask accurately. For example, painting a nameplate all one colour then using MM to 'flood' the background then painting the raised bits. It's my favourite for this type of work. A minor word of warning with it, though - on some occasions I have known the edges to curl a bit when spraying Alclad primers. Just keep an eye on it.

Hope this helps.

John

 

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon

Just experimented with using masking fluid to separate the lineoum deck and the grey metal areas on the edge of the deck. Looks very good however a big problem has raised its ugly head!

Tried pointy tweezers and a toothpick to peel it off, but both are leaving marks on the linoleum paint below. Defeating the object

Is there a safer way to take the fluid off???

 

[boatman]

WEL Bob when removin humbrioll maskol i use a needle an it comes off clean every time
chrisb

 

[Waspie]

Afternoon

Just experimented with using masking fluid to separate the lineoum deck and the grey metal areas on the edge of the deck. Looks very good however a big problem has raised its ugly head!

Tried pointy tweezers and a toothpick to peel it off, but both are leaving marks on the linoleum paint below. Defeating the object

Is there a safer way to take the fluid off???

I basically use a cocktail stick. I pick at it lightly until I can get enough to place between the point of the tweezers then gently manoeuvre the mask around until it comes off cleanly.

Unlike you I use it on clear plastic so don't have issues with underlying paint.

When applying the liquid mask you could try putting a large 'blob' near the edge of where you're applying it and use that to lift the dried mask off with touching the paint beneath!!

 

[BattleshipBob]

WEL Bob when removin humbrioll maskol i use a needle an it comes off clean every time
chrisb

Hi Chris, does it not scratch the surface below? It's worked very well but there's marks on the painted surface below