Liquid Masking
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Are any of you guys using a form of liquid masking? I need some imput on some of the products out there.
We are currently using plastic but at a previous shop we used a product called slime, might have been by 3M. It was pretty good anyhow.
played with liquid mask some time back… I was always a little worried it might get on the preped panels. works good for engine compartments and wheel wells … keeps dust down and over spray off :pcorn:
I am curious about that stuff too.
Like Stone said I’m afraid of what it would get on that I didn’t want it on so I haven’t tried it yet.It sounds like a good idea though
[b]jimmo wrote:[/b]
[quote]We are currently using plastic but at a previous shop we used[size=5] [b]a product called slime[/b], [/size]might have been by 3M. It was pretty good anyhow.[/quote]3M Slime now there is a blast from the past i used to use slime in the early 90’s bit of a novelty product tried it for awhile but went back to wondermask polethene
i have the stuff from AFS. company i used to get my booth filters from. put a link below. it reminds me of dawn dish soap. even smells like it. i would use it as a booth coating. i reduce it 50% with water and after we clean the booth and the walls are dry i spray a coat on. it dries and when we wash the booth out everything just melts off the walls leaving it bright white again. works really well. i have a 55 gal drum of it here. i figured it out and at the rate i use it that will last me aprox 12 years. :lol1
http://www.afcfilters.com/pc/index.html
[b]jim c wrote:[/b]
[quote]i have the stuff from AFS. company i used to get my booth filters from. put a link below. it reminds me of dawn dish soap. even smells like it. i would use it as a booth coating. i reduce it 50% with water and after we clean the booth and the walls are dry i spray a coat on. it dries and when we wash the booth out everything just melts off the walls leaving it bright white again. works really well. i have a 55 gal drum of it here. i figured it out and at the rate i use it that will last me aprox 12 years. :lol1http://www.afcfilters.com/pc/index.html%5B/quote%5D
wow, that’s an idea I’ve never heard of. What do you apply it with on the booth walls?
I used the slime from 3m for quite awhile.but when the buy a 55 gal. drum get one free deal stopped i stopped using it stuff is quite expensive, worked well though i always put it on with a old paint gun.
I use spray mask and love it. The 3M stuff is high dollar but tons of people sell the stuff. I’m using the spray mask from Keystone now and it works great. Finishmaster has been sending me gallons of the stuff for free!!! Some new promo brand called Smart. As far as the spray mask overspray…it does get on everything. I just spray mask the jobs when I get them from the bodymen then use a water-based cleaner to wipe off the panels I’m painting. DX394 from PPG works great for this. Don’t be fooled though. If you spray your paint or clear directly on the spray mask it will bleed through. I always use 36inch paper for masking.
wow somtimes u guys really amaze me with all ya know about different products on this site :blink: keep it up…cool stuff
I guess what I don’t understand is the application procedure and what it actually replaces in traditional masking. Does it replace the plastic sheet we use to cover the rest of the car?
So, you still use tape to tape up the molding around the windows?
I just use an old paint gun to spray the stuff on. Don’t use any of your good guns, the stuff is really hard on all the guts of the gun. Still have to mask everything like normal. It is simply a replacement for plastic sheeting. When you’re done with the job, just powerwash it off.
on the booth walls i just spray the stuff. like i said this product is blue and looks just like dawn dish soap. actually i swear thats what it is. anyway with my booth being white i dont want to turn the walls a blue color so i thin the stuff out 50/50 with water and spray a thin wet coat on with my lph400. that sprays it thin enough where its basically transparent. i go right over the glass on the lights and everything. you cant even tell its on there but washes off great. takes me about 15 minutes to do the whole booth but saves a ton of labor cleaning it and the walls always look brand new. between that and the white booth paper for the floor that i started using the booth always looks brand new and is super bright all the time.
Out of curiosity. how much does 55 gallons of this stuff cost?
hey maybe instead of water on the floor which is unfavorable with water born :pcorn: The real Spraymask ( a thick film not dish soap) was and is used for airbrush work but dries and can be cut and pulled out :pcorn: this stuff is in fact more of a boothcoat / dish soap :pcorn:
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