[WWI] Curses, foiled again; was: Anyone used Frisket Film for masks?

[Andy Bannister]

Speaking of sticky stuff...

Anyone know of a better foil adhesive than that Microscale stuff? I've tried
my best to work with it but it sticks fast the second it gets within
spittin' distance of the model and leaves no margin for error. Plus you have
to repeatedly brush it on the foil to avoid blank spots but even at that I
always seem to end up with at least one bubble of unglued foil. For every
couple of foil panels I stick on I usually end up having to remove and re-do
at least one of them. In short, I find the stuff to be a royal pain in the
butt to work with.... 

I know you've had great results with Microscale adhesive Neil (Crawford) but
I'd like to try and find something more like Bare Metal uses, without the
chrome-like finish their foil has though (their matt aluminum foil looks
more like aluminum paint, plus it always goes on with a pebbly finish).

Any ideas? Or has anyone tried reducing the tackiness of Microscale
adhesive, perhaps by mixing it with something else? I've tried watering it
down but the adhesive properties are unaffected it seems.

Cheers,
Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk 

> 
> And of course you can get "Post It Note" glue on a stick and 
> make anything a temporary self-made frisket. I agree on the 
> "tack time" on the stuff, I got some Badger Frisket at 
> Michaels and it was "low tack" but it took up my base coat 
> even thought I was trying to be delicate and also removed it 
> as soon as the paint set up. Oh well...  Next try I'm using 
> the post it note glue...
>