ScoobiJohn
Active Member
hi,
i started making a drift mask (from fortnite) for my nephew, hes totally addicted, anyway after i printed it out sanded it down and filled it with putty and then primed it and all looked good
this is where things started to go wrong i used a different paint than i normally use, a high gloss white and at first look everything seemed fine, it looked great but after i masked it up i drew on the shapes and used an xacto knife to cut them out, i knew this would likely score the paint but when i peeled the masking tape off the bits i had cut out the paint just peeled off like a thin layer of plastic - i tried putting down the next colour anyway but where the paint had come up it was very noticeable, and to top matters off the next colour seemed to have a bad reaction with that white paint too - suffice it to say it was a disaster and i had to sand the whole thing back
so take 2
i've ditched the idea of cutting through the masking tape and got some masking tape designed for curved lines, hopefully that will work but imagine applying it is going to be tricky - and i've also ditched the high gloss white and put a matt white finish down (figured a gloss clear coat will fix that??), i tested it and it doesn't react with the other paints, but i'm concerned with putting masking tape on it - it looks like the masking tape might leave marks on the matt white? should i put a clear coat over the white before doing other layers? or will that stop them sticking properly?
so advice? is there a correct way to do these things?
thanks
i started making a drift mask (from fortnite) for my nephew, hes totally addicted, anyway after i printed it out sanded it down and filled it with putty and then primed it and all looked good
this is where things started to go wrong i used a different paint than i normally use, a high gloss white and at first look everything seemed fine, it looked great but after i masked it up i drew on the shapes and used an xacto knife to cut them out, i knew this would likely score the paint but when i peeled the masking tape off the bits i had cut out the paint just peeled off like a thin layer of plastic - i tried putting down the next colour anyway but where the paint had come up it was very noticeable, and to top matters off the next colour seemed to have a bad reaction with that white paint too - suffice it to say it was a disaster and i had to sand the whole thing back
so take 2
i've ditched the idea of cutting through the masking tape and got some masking tape designed for curved lines, hopefully that will work but imagine applying it is going to be tricky - and i've also ditched the high gloss white and put a matt white finish down (figured a gloss clear coat will fix that??), i tested it and it doesn't react with the other paints, but i'm concerned with putting masking tape on it - it looks like the masking tape might leave marks on the matt white? should i put a clear coat over the white before doing other layers? or will that stop them sticking properly?
so advice? is there a correct way to do these things?
thanks