Best way to mask lights

Pipo · Post by **Pipo** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:03 am

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone had any great ideas for the best way to mask the led lights prior to priming. Is there any liquid I can apply to protect them instead of good old tamiya tape?

florjon · Post by **florjon** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:06 am

Some sort of clay?

Pipo · Post by **Pipo** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:21 pm

florjon wrote:Some sort of clay?

Maybe, thanks for that- I guess that would protect the LEDs from primer.
Cheers!

Wug · Post by **Wug** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:04 pm

You can buy liquid masking compounds in art supply stores and some hobby shops. Any of them should be safe for LEDs. You need to be careful if you use them on paint. Some of them will attack acrylic paint.

Mike

en'til Zog · Post by **en'til Zog** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:10 pm

Liquid maskers seem to be mostly liquid latex.

I've also successfully used plain white glue, painted on and allowed to dry.

Pipo · Post by **Pipo** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:48 am

en'til Zog wrote:Liquid maskers seem to be mostly liquid latex.

I've also successfully used plain white glue, painted on and allowed to dry.

I've got a load of white wood glue lying around. I'll give it a whirl later. Thanks for the great suggestion!

Glorfindel · Post by **Glorfindel** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:21 pm

Rubber cement, Microscale makes that blue liquid mask...works good.

Scott Hasty · Post by **Scott Hasty** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:27 am

Silly Puddy...

Pipo · Post by **Pipo** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:12 am

Glorfindel wrote:Rubber cement, Microscale makes that blue liquid mask...works good.

Even sweeter, just ordered some liquid mask. Just what I was looking for. That Krystal klear stuff looks perfect for the paragraphix arboretum windows. Nice one Glorfinel

Glorfindel · Post by **Glorfindel** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:46 pm

I aim to please.

Ziz · Post by **Ziz** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:45 am

You can also just paint on a coating of Elmer's White Glue.