Preventing overspray my way

[Dalboy]

I am in the process of making a piece and thought I would pass this on, I don't know if anyone has done this before as I have not seen it.

This is the piece which I have sprayed the inside a copper colour and wanted to spray the outside with ebonizing spray to which I will be adding more colour to later.

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The question is how do you do this without getting over spray on the copper inside. Well rather than spend time masking everything op I simply "used a balloon" by giving it a gentle squeeze at the top will force it down to cover the lower section, The photo is just to give an idea on how I did it. It only needs to be blown up to push against the sides

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Sorry if this has been done before but as I said not that I have seen or even read about it.

The other good thing is that many paints will just rub off. I should have pointed out that some paints may attack the balloon so check first

[Simplicity]

That is fantastic idea
Simple and would save a done if fiddle masking up.

Cheers Matt


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[Peter Z]

Where there's a will there's a way.

Peter

[Dalboy]

That is fantastic idea
Simple and would save a done if fiddle masking up.

Cheers Matt


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I found that light coats deflate and move the balloon to prevent a build up at the edges worked best.

[crowie]

Increasing the skills with a master...well done Derek, cheers, Peter

[brendan stemp]

Great idea. Thanks for sharing. BS

[Dalboy]

Thank you guys for the replies. I tend to have two or three balloons on the go at the same time as the last thing you would want to do is put a balloon back in that may have some paint that is not fully dry

[Keith_1]

Clever :2tsup: