Greetings from the Philippines. Has anyone used Grafix Frisket Paper for masking? It comes in high tack and low tack clear or matte. I have not come accross a thread in this forum that dicusses this subject.
Mabuhay!
Limbas 237
I believe we had this discussion a couple months ago but I’ll cut to the chase. IMHO it is great stuff. I’ve only used the low tac. If you want a soft edge place silly putty or blu-tac under it.
Dean
It’s good stuff… Why? Well… Masking is what it’s designed for…
Thank you f-4phantom and Hans for your reply. I just ordered some and hopefully I can make good use of it.
Limbas 237
I have used frisket paper twice now and am convinced its the way to go for tricky masking 2 air racer paint jobs came out very well IMHO
Thank you Vetteman42.
Hmm, any tricks to using it? I tried it on a F1 car, to mask the paint scheme, and after about three attempts, with being completely unable to get it to lay down across the irregular curves of the body, gave up, and decided on a different paint scheme. I found it too stiff, and didn’t stay stuck where I put it, even after trying to burnish it a bit along the cut edges.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
What I did on the P-51 because of the compound curves was cut it in strips then apply it to the curve overlapping it a bit, as you are right it wont stick to curves very well. For instance on a fender going down the side from the top I would cut a strip 1/4 by 3" long and place it at the top of the fender along the length of the hood, then cut another piece 1/4 wide overlap the first piece a bit and further around the curve and so on. That trick worked for me as the stuff loves to stick to itself. You can still see thru it and it still cuts easily. I havent tried it but if you are worried about it wicking paint under the overlapped pieces I would think liquid masking would solve that problem.
Vetteman42, I guess from what you have mentioned, it does not stretch to stick on a curved surface, but based on your technique one can mask a canopy and cut out very easily the outline. Thanks. I am still waiting for my daughter to bring my orders from NY when she comes home.
No, it does not stretch. I’ll try the 1/4" strip technique and see how that does. Thanks.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
Thought i would post a picture for you guys this is a 1/48 Travel Air Mystery Ship WIP that I used frisket paper to mask and let me tell you this thing is tiny for me. As I stated above you do need to be a bit creative getting it to stick in some places but its well worth it to me. In fact I don’t think I would even try this with regular masking tape.
First “trick” I learned with it is that it won’t stretch over ridges, bumps, & the like, so a long time ago I took to using the stuff along with a little rubber cement carefully applied to the “tricky” areas at the edge… There’s really, IMHO, no ONE masking method or material so usinga combination of two, or even three masking materials is sometimes your only recourse…
Thank you all for your tips and comments. My order has just arrived and am just as excited to try it out.
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