Humbrol Maskol question?

[Guest]

Well John as highly un qualified chemist with many degrees to prove it tis my expert opinion that it is the same as the others green and smells of ammonia.
Forgotten John I detested the things. They either clogged of let out a big blob, if you overfilled them, on beautiful hand made Watman Paper.


But a good idea for Masking Liquid. I would say that the Masqueol keeps all the liquid in the bottle until demanded.


I had a set of those pens. Were they called draughtsmans ink lining pens ? Something like that.


Laurie

Ha Ha! I got used to them having put in a lot of hours doing Display body type (way before the days of PCs, we had to draw big letters up by hand, and the only way you could get proper sharp edhes and corners was with one of these bad-boys!). Fantastic for painting perfect circles and rings too. I've always known them as Ruling Pens, and a good one behaved much better than a crap one.

[Guest]

I use a cheap brush dipped in water first and regularly rinse it in water during maskol application, its not perfect and has limitations but it works.

I'll give that a try, ta!

[takeslousyphotos]

Yeah, love the stuff, seems to be fine even after a couple of months! What I'd love, and pay muchly for, is a reliable and save solvent for it, so I could use decent quality brushes with it. I'd be able to do all sorts of magic with it if I wasn't restricted to using a cocktail stick to apply it!!

...... I thnik I'll either break out a couple of old brushes on this or mabe look toward the cocktail stick....... They are tiny lights and I think they'll be easier painted and masked rather than detail them after fitting aand painting the Camo.

[takeslousyphotos]

I use a cheap brush dipped in water first and regularly rinse it in water during maskol application, its not perfect and has limitations but it works.

I reckon a bit of experimenting is called for Rick....... Before i use it in anger .

[Guest]

...... I thnik I'll either break out a couple of old brushes on this or mabe look toward the cocktail stick....... They are tiny lights and I think they'll be easier painted and masked rather than detail them after fitting aand painting the Camo.

Yeah, for masking off holes to keep them clean, or lights etc the stuff is genius, and once I get my ruling pen out, I may well try it for camo on this Spitfire I'm cobbling together!

[takeslousyphotos]

Yeah, for masking off holes to keep them clean, or lights etc the stuff is genius, and once I get my ruling pen out, I may well try it for camo on this Spitfire I'm cobbling together!

Does the Maskol peel off easily in one chunk or do you have to sort of "pick" it off a bit at a time with a cocktail stick?

[rickoshea52]

Does the Maskol peel off easily in one chunk or do you have to sort of "pick" it off a bit at a time with a cocktail stick?

Depends how big the masked area is. I use a blunt cocktail stick for stubborn bits but you can rub it with your finger to loosen it too then use tweezers to peel back gently. I've applied a piece of masking tape to the area before applying maskol with a tab of tape protruding so when ready you peel the tape to remove the maskol, I used this technique on larger areas like locomotive windows.

[takeslousyphotos]

Depends how big the masked area is. I use a blunt cocktail stick for stubborn bits but you can rub it with your finger to loosen it too then use tweezers to peel back gently. I've applied a piece of masking tape to the area before applying maskol with a tab of tape protruding so when ready you peel the tape to remove the maskol, I used this technique on larger areas like locomotive windows.

Thanks Rick........ I'll do some experimenting with it I think.

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I did Maskol chipping on a build and used Blutak to remove the Maskol after I had finished painting, just brush it over the Maskol coated areas and it comes straight off.


Adrian

[takeslousyphotos]

I did Maskol chipping on a build and used Blutak to remove the Maskol after I had finished painting, just brush it over the Maskol coated areas and it comes straight off.
Adrian

Thanks Adrian. I watched a video a little while ago about Maskol Chipping..... It looks like a good effect........ But the Blu Tak to get it off is a good pan.

[rickoshea52]

This what I mean about using tape as a tab under maskol to remove it later.


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[Guest]

I have used Maskol extensively when doing camouflage patterns and I use it for masking glass windows and canopies, I love it.


scott