Shells that don't have the outer protective film?
 

What do you guys do when painting shells that don't have the protective outer film on them?
I've tried cling film, which does a good job of keeping my fingers from smudging it, but isn't a very good surface on which to scribble my design with a Sharpie.
Also, do you tend to put the window masks on the outside and use them as a guide, or on the inside and spray/sponge the liquid mask over the top of them?

If there's no overspray protection then it's just a pain really but I just deal with it. There's vitually nothing you can paint or draw on that shell that won't come off very easily, so it's not really a problem.
Deodorant (not anti persperant) works well even if you have nothing else to hand, and makes the shell smell MANLY - lol

I use that - or pure alcohol or tamiya thinner or surgical spirit. All work well - solvent paints might take a little more rubbing to get rid of, especially if you've got a thumb print on there instead of some light overspray but it'll come off.

Deoderant for me to!! works a treat, and as Jimmy says.... leaves it manly :thumbsup:

what do i do...swear at them! :D

but yeh, as others have said, marker pen as usual and isopropynol alcohol to wipe it off.

just give some of the old lynx deo guys smells sweet and the birds love it too oh yer :drool:

Wow seriously?! Consensus seems to be Lynx or isopropyl then - I guess I'll try whichever is the cheapest!

So this is fine for marker pen, overspray, whatever I can throw at it? Somehow I feel that you're all winding me up so I'll be trying it on some scrap first if you don't mind! :eh?::woot:

why not jsut use some liquid mask on the outside of the shell? it dries transparent and will keep the overspray off it to ;)

no wind up bud

i should think the iso is cheaper than lynx.

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as for using mask on the outside, waste of money and time really but would work.

Cheers again Jon!

@Aaran: if I put liquid mask on the outside then I still can't draw on it! Though I'm sure Jon would love the extra liquid mask sales...! :p