The Use of Frisket and Mask?

I struggled with frisket, (half the time couldn't even peel the backing off with my clumsy fingers and chewed finger nails!!). If I need t omask I now tend to cut out the mask from mylar or acetyl, then hold in place with very small magnets or hold away from the surface with small magnets as per the Hedgehog.
 
I tried to de-tack mine by sticking to the neighbours dog, that was two years ago and the dogs still has it on, I tried to remove a little bit of it but I could the dog's ribcage so I quickly put it back, ;):whistling::)
You should market that. How to waterproof your dog, and avoid all that unnecessary grooming. Now there's an infomercial I'd watch LOL!
 
I just spray my Lab with Clear Base Coat when she is moulting then I just take it off like a onesie ;) She's not to keen when I heat set it though :sus:
 
I just spray my Lab with Clear Base Coat when she is moulting then I just take it off like a onesie ;) She's not to keen when I heat set it though :sus:

LOL, I smiled so hard at that, my wife just checked to make sure I wasn't viewing porn, lol
 
I use frisket alot to get the sharpest possible edges. I never used frisket and honestly i never got sharp edges. although i used shields and freehand stencils or templates for hard lines, i never got such a sharp result until i started using frisket. I found that being completely freehand made me a little lazier towards my reference and i would airbrush a line in free hand that was sharp on the reference and would be too soft on my painting (i.e. eyelashes).
I would end up doing my sharpest lines with the airbrush at 0.5mm close and it would be a sharp line, but not quite the frisketed line that the reference really called for.

Blocking in shapes at the start i'll generally use a template, not frisket. That wouldn't make much sense to me either.

Template @ beginning of artwork:
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Frisket towards end of artwork:
Used here to protect the surrounds from overspray and to achieve the sharpest line possible around the eye ball.
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ive been using plastic cd cases in a similar way (the thin arcylic ones for holding burnt cd's) , nice small size (you get 2 pieces from 1 cd cover , i just cut the shape out with a blade and either hold it down by hand or weigh it down and make sure im holding the gun into the edge and using low pressure.
its not as good as frisket as it has no tack but is a very cheap way to make stencils for small bits and pieces if you dont have any small bits of frisket (or dont have any frisket full stop)

* i got 100 cd covers for £1.50 on fleabay , for that you can just thro them in the bin if you want once you are done with them.
 
Sounds like a good [cheap?] idea, Pugster.
Over here in Oz, I go to Officeworks (office supply people) and get a pack of transparency sheets.
they're acetate or vinyl or something clear, cut well and leave a clean sharp edge.
Re-usable, if you need it to be, but cheap enough to be disposable, and doesn't react with much other than thinners you'd be using on urethanes, etc,
so pretty good all round.
 
Think I used just opaques only with frisket. Used its (frisket masking technique) bold sharp-edged look in this case for its style, which is not always desirable elsewhere. Just thought I'd add this, hope its helpful to someone

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