I spent the last couple of days masking the canopies on my B-25 kit. I wahsed the clear parts in soap and water and let them dry. Then I dipped the parts in future and let cure for 48 hours. I then used Testors Parafilm M to mask the parts. I took the parts to the paint room for the interior color. I noticed when I sprayed them a couple of cornors rolled up and I got paint where I did not want it. In retrospect maybe I should have put another coat of future over the masking to ensure it was down good and prevent any paint creepng unerneath… but not sure if this is a good plan. Any thoughts? Also what is the best technique for removing the paint I don’t want? Thanks for any suggestions.
Since you futured the parts, a swab dipped in ammonia based window cleaner will remove the future and the paint with it. Done carefully, you probably will not need to repaint. As for the Parafilm, I have found nothing that maskes better than thsi stuff! The real trick to it is to burnish the heck out of the edges after you apply it. Adding future over the Parafilm would probably create a disaster when you tried to remove it. Hope this helps, and good luck. BTW, we are “almost neighbors”, as I live just across the Columbia in Camas, WA!
Not an uncommon occurrence. What I have done in siuations like that is used a DULL piece of sprue , run the sprue across some sanding film to get a nice chisel edge and scraped the paint off. Because the sprue is exactly as hard as the clear plastic, it will not scratch, but will remove the paint.
Acrylic paint makes this easy! I use a wood toothpick or popsicle stick with a chisel point cut onto one end of it. You can scrape the paint back with that. Don’t rub too hard, you’ll just want to remove the overspray, not the Future. If you scratch the Future, you can touch it up with a fine-point brush, its self-levelling.