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Yes best way leaving a blob , gives you something to grab.
Using masking fluid
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Great minds John!!!!
Thanks Chaps, just added more in blobs on top of thr first layer to see, plus as practice added a larger amount in one place. Might try wrapping the tips on the tweezers with masking tape??
I remove the bulk of the Maskol with a cocktail stick, the remaining Maskol is plucked off using old masking tape. You can sometimes get the whole thing off with tape, reducing the risk of scratches.
Really struggling, tried rubbing with finger, tweezers with tape on the end, wooden cuticle thingies, no good. Small success with putting masking tape on top and ripping off, some luck. I am wondering if i left it on for too long?
I left it in place while the paint fully cured. Will have to do another test but remove it after 20 mins or so. Otherwise a failed experiment!
I left it in place while the paint fully cured. Will have to do another test but remove it after 20 mins or so. Otherwise a failed experiment!
Try giving a second coat of mask when the first is cured,more likely to come off in one lump if it's a bit thicker.
Will do Mark, so glad its a test ship and not nachi!
We’re all here to help each other
Right progress!
Carried out a comparison experiment!
Used a section on a sheet of plastic. Used both Mr Hobby and Abteilung 502 liquid mask.
Painted two rectangrectangular shapes per product. One with a thin layer and the other much thicker layer. Left to dry, of course the thicker shape took longer. So a cuppa coffee and scone or is it scone??
The Mr Hobby stuck like brown stuff to a blanket, would only come off with tweezers, so marked the plastic below! Next Abteilung, came off very quickly with my finger or a cotton bud!
So brush painted Tamiya LP in squares and repeated, again Mr Hobby a problem, Abteilung quickly off with a rub of my finger or cotton bud.
Only issue the smell, they say it smells like vanilla, the tester must have had a stinking cold! It has a ammonia smell, not pleasant but it works! So try on the practice hull next!
Carried out a comparison experiment!
Used a section on a sheet of plastic. Used both Mr Hobby and Abteilung 502 liquid mask.
Painted two rectangrectangular shapes per product. One with a thin layer and the other much thicker layer. Left to dry, of course the thicker shape took longer. So a cuppa coffee and scone or is it scone??
The Mr Hobby stuck like brown stuff to a blanket, would only come off with tweezers, so marked the plastic below! Next Abteilung, came off very quickly with my finger or a cotton bud!
So brush painted Tamiya LP in squares and repeated, again Mr Hobby a problem, Abteilung quickly off with a rub of my finger or cotton bud.
Only issue the smell, they say it smells like vanilla, the tester must have had a stinking cold! It has a ammonia smell, not pleasant but it works! So try on the practice hull next!
Its scone........rhymes with bone or cone
This has been a very interesting thread as i want to try some on a canopy instead of masking tape
Glad you’re finding solutions Bob. Ammonia stinks, but nothing like Maskol which has a fishy scent 
Bob,
You asked "I am wondering if i left it on for too long?"
I've left Maskol on for months (cos I'm such a quick modeller
) and it has come off again with no detrimental impact.
As the guys have already said, make sure there's a thicker area to grab.
Make sure, when removing the dried fluid at the end of the process, that you pull it off AWAY from the paint.
When doing canopies, for example, a fresh scalpel blade around the periphery will cut the paint layer bridging the canopy and the masking thus preventing chipping of the paintwork.
You asked "I am wondering if i left it on for too long?"
I've left Maskol on for months (cos I'm such a quick modeller
) and it has come off again with no detrimental impact.As the guys have already said, make sure there's a thicker area to grab.
Make sure, when removing the dried fluid at the end of the process, that you pull it off AWAY from the paint.
When doing canopies, for example, a fresh scalpel blade around the periphery will cut the paint layer bridging the canopy and the masking thus preventing chipping of the paintwork.
Hi John
Today on Nachi's deck, the Abteilung mask came off with a cotton bud and very easy too. no damage to the paint below. The problem was all my making. Other issue was my mistake of going over it when it was drying, the brush started to peel the first layer off. One to remember
Did ruin too cheap brushes though!
Today on Nachi's deck, the Abteilung mask came off with a cotton bud and very easy too. no damage to the paint below. The problem was all my making. Other issue was my mistake of going over it when it was drying, the brush started to peel the first layer off. One to remember
Did ruin too cheap brushes though!
Hi Bob,
Only just read this post, what a result. I bought a bottle of Abteilung masking fluid when it first appeared on the market,thought it was excellent. Then could never seem to find anywhere that sold it assumed it was discontinued and then I found your thread. Hopefully I can finally get hold of some again
.
Only just read this post, what a result. I bought a bottle of Abteilung masking fluid when it first appeared on the market,thought it was excellent. Then could never seem to find anywhere that sold it assumed it was discontinued and then I found your thread. Hopefully I can finally get hold of some again
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