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[Dafni]

Yeah, liquid mask only works in thick layers. If it's too thin it's a pain to peel, as you know now.
Do you spray or brush the LMF?? Either way, use 3 thick coats and you should be fine.

Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I have practiced on lexan sheets and paper before, as this is my true passion as I said. Actually designs like this are not hard, it's all about the masking. For me the real challenge is on paper, to paint, say, an apple for example, to have it look as if it were a picture.
I always appreciated art, but somehow got distracted from it in the last couple of years. Now it seems as if RC has lead me back to my real "passion". I can hardly put the pen down these days.
As for airbrushing, I keep practicing my freehand skills. I would not say I'm a talent or anything like that, as I realy can't compare to the pros, but I love to paint, and I keep on improving. I don't show my stuff around much, but whenever someone comes over and has a look on my work, they want me to paint their real car, mobile phone or whatever. I take this as a good sign.

I have been not bad with rattle cans, on walls and stuff, and now the airbrush opens up new dimensions for me. I just love it.

I keep thinking about trying to sell some body shells and stuff, but I want to build up my gallery before I go public.

Thank you
Daf

[jhautz]

I brushed it on.

What do you use to spray it? Not your airbrush??? Seems like it would be kinda thick to spray. With the brush its kinda hard to get an even coat. If I can figure out how to spray it I will do that next time.

[Dafni]

Anything above a 0.5mm nozzle should be fine. You can thin it with water.
I am thinking about buying a big spray gun, like the guys use to spray truck bed liner and stuff.

Here's a nice tip for you: Get a foam brush (from Walmart I heard) to brush it on. Wash it with cold water... it might still get hard and messed up after a few bodies, but for less than one dollar per brush it's not bad.
If you brush it on, don't worry too much about getting every coat super even, rather put an extra coat on.
And yeah, let it dry overnight before you peel, or even 2 days if you still have white spots. Half an hour between coats is fine.
Best LMF I ever tried is this Bob Dively stuff, btw.

Hope this helps

Daf

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Dafni

Anything above a 0.5mm nozzle should be fine. You can thin it with water.
I am thinking about buying a big spray gun, like the guys use to spray truck bed liner and stuff.

Here's a nice tip for you: Get a foam brush (from Walmart I heard) to brush it on. Wash it with cold water... it might still get hard and messed up after a few bodies, but for less than one dollar per brush it's not bad.
If you brush it on, don't worry too much about getting every coat super even, rather put an extra coat on.
And yeah, let it dry overnight before you peel, or even 2 days if you still have white spots. Half an hour between coats is fine.
Best LMF I ever tried is this Bob Dively stuff, btw.

Hope this helps

Daf

Bob Divley you say... Thats what I used just cuz thats what the LHS had in stock. Musta just got lucky. Or the LHS has a painter there that knows whats what.

I found a blast with a hair dryer will dramatically speed the drying process.