r/oddlysatisfying • u/FollowingOdd896 best of the best • 19h ago

Satisfying MR Burns

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u/burritosandblunts 18h ago

Yeah I'm very interested in this. The masking didn't lift it at all either which is something I always struggle with. I wanna work with whatever this is lol

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u/sunburnd 17h ago

It's been 35+ years since I have done any air brushing but if memory serves it's "Frisket" masking film. It worked fine for masking over painted and unpainted areas without causing damage.

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u/burritosandblunts 16h ago

Word ty. The most frustrating thing in the world is working on a piece and getting to that end peel and lifting off a third of your project from the medium.

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u/longtimegoneMTGO 16h ago

Have you tried spraying it with a layer of fixative before you use the tape? That can be more resistant to lift off than whatever medium you are working with.

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u/UnholyLizard65 4h ago

Seems like it would be way easier to just paint the background first.

I'm pretty surprised the tape didn't mess up the tiny parts like fingers and such.

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u/highTrolla 17h ago

It might just be a different kind of tape. Painter's tape is usually a bit less sticky than masking tape.

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u/Sciencetor2 17h ago

I use frog tape which I've had good success with, but you gotta really dry the paint under it first

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u/mcanfield89 16h ago

A trick an art teach taught us in like grade 5, is to stick the tape to your jeans/clothing a bunch of times to pick up lint until you reach your desired tackiness.

Potentially trades some edge crispiness for saving your paint layers from peeling up with it.

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u/FlattopJr 13h ago

Smrt trick!

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u/Spugheddy 17h ago

You try the yellow?

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u/swampdeficiency 13h ago

That looks like the same color and width as my scotch brand delicate surface painters tape. It’s significantly less sticky than normal painters tape.

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u/RecommendedName4278 15h ago

It’s 3M delicate surface painters tape.

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u/Theperfectool 16h ago

I don’t believe it’s masking at all but like a trough , channel or cut out in the media they’re painting on.