Pebeo Easy Peel Liquid Latex Masking Fluid - Drawing Gum - Dries Quickly - For Ink - Watercolor - Gouache Painting & Illustration - Fine Arts & Crafts Supplies - 45ml Bottle

I ran this through an ‘endurance’ test today. I used three different types of applicators - one was a ruling pencil (a very cheap one) and two were silicon ‘brushes’ (also cheap). Bottom line was this mask will be an indispensable part of my toolkit. Detail:I made thin lines with the ruling pencil and thick lines with the ruling pencil and with the silicon brushes, and swooshes with the silicon brushes. Ruling pens require frequent refilling but the mask didn’t seem to be more likely to bleed at the places where I had to refill my ruling pen. I did curves and straight lines. I did little dots and circles. Once the masking was done, I let the mask dry for about 90 minutes before applying in different areas water color, water color pencil, and colored pencil and mineral oil blender. Mineral oil in my test didn’t negatively impact the mask one bit.Bottom line is that this mask passed every test.I was happily surprised that the mask did alright with colored pencils. I was a bit careful in my pencil strokes though, because I think the pencil EVENTUALLY would remove at least the edges of the mask, but in my test it didn’t happen. Not even a rubbery nubby! I didn’t color a lot with pencil over the mask, but I wasn’t as careful as I could have been. Not one edge of the mask came up with the pencil work. That’s amazing. Let’s call my level of caution with the colored pencil ‘careless light’ (as opposed to ‘wantonly wild’ or ‘fearfully timid’). Light pencil pressure didn’t seem to mangle the mask in my test.I waited with mask removal until about five hours from mask application. The mask removed super easy with a rubber/gum eraser (also purchased on Amazon). In fact, once I started removing the mask with the rubber/gum eraser, I could pull off long pieces of the rest of the masked line without even using the rubber/gum eraser. This seems to be a strong mask if it turns into something strong enough to pull off in one piece!Even though I used lots of water in some of the watercolor, and mineral oil with the pencil, there was NO BLEEDING either above or below the masked lines. I purposely did one side yellow and the other blue just to see if I’d find any green - there was no green! I used so much water that the watercolor bulged up to the line, but no bleeding. That’s fantastic!Cleanup of the tools I used to apply the mask was pretty easy - and my application tools super cheap.I like the blue tint in the mask, makes it easier to work with. Also makes removing the mask a true ‘reveal’ - the difference is quite fun!Definite recommend. Enjoy!6-30-2022 UPDATE: I applied quite a bit of masking fluid using a ruling pen on one page of Canson XL Bristol paper. I estimate the masking when all added together covered roughly 40% of this 9”x 13” piece of Bristol paper. After the masking was all applied, I ran out of time and so did not add color (Caran d’Arch water color pencil and Prismacolor Premier color pencil) until the next day, so the mask was on the paper for more than 24 hours. It worked without any bleeding (either on top or below the masking fluid) and amazingly removed easily (with my fingers) without damaging the paper, and left absolutely no residue at all on the paper. I’m also surprised how much masking fluid is left in this little jar after this project! A++++ 5 stars :)Hope this is helpful info for you :)

Easy to apply. I bought a bunch of liner brushes to use just for masking fluid. Wet the brush first, apply fluid, brush cleans up very well. Let masking fluid dry. Paint over masking fluid & paper under fluid remains white. When paint is completely dry, rub dry fluid with finger (or better yet, a rubber eraser). Removes easily and paper is not damaged. I've used it on a variety of watercolor paper and it worked well on all.

I tried another masking fluid before this one (can't remember which brand), but I definetly like this one better. For one thing the other product was white -- this one is blue, which makes it easy to see on your paper. People have different ways of removing it, but I simply rub it with my finger or a rag and brush the crumbs away with a old large paintbrush. Very quick. To prevent the masking fluid from hardening on my brush, I use a method I learned from a youtube tutorial. Before dipping into the masking fluid, I dip my brush in a small jar of water w/ a little bit of dish soap. I pat the brush on a papertowel, then dip in the fluid and paint. I do this every 3rd or 4th time I dip into the fluid. When I'm done, I swish the brush in the soap solution, then rinse in water. Works like a charm. If you want to do very fine lines with the fluid, consider a ruling pen. You can adjust the pen for different widths. This worked great on a painting I did of a brick building -- I used the ruling pen and masking fluid for the lines between the bricks. I could then freely paint the bricks in different shades (as real bricks are not a solid color). I removed the mask, then tinted the lines between the bricks with an off white.

This stuff works well and is only slightly difficult to remove. I was using only my finger initially but using a tool to do the removal made the job that much easier. It masks well without any issues such as bleed through or lifting so I would say it's a win-win. Price was good, product did as advertised, cleanup was simple and end result was painting that I could sell.Definitely recommend both seller and product.

After reading about a lot of similar products and their odor, I chose this one based on other reviews of low-odor, as I'm not always working in a well-ventilated place. Scent is comparatively light. It works well, masks completely in a watercolor or ink painting, and removes completely on 100% cotton paper, and also on a cellulose watercolor paper, both 300gsm, so far has always removed easily without damage to the paper or surrounding paint.I'd been warned about damage to brushes when applying masking fluid, but Pebeo included directions for putting soap on the brush to protect the bristles and make cleaning the brush easy, and it has worked like a charm every time. Even forgot a couple of times and used a favorite brush with no damage so far, though I'll try to err on the side of careful. None of my brushes are particularly expensive, but I've had some favorites for decades, along with some new favorites, and want to keep using them.

So I got the stuff because I was working on a painting of a van outside at night. I wanted to paint in a very dark area, and I wanted the van to appear like the lights were on. So I drew everything really bright in the van, and then I went over it with a very dark color. Once this stuff was underneath it it went on like a very sticky paste and then I went over everything with a dark water color and then once it dried I just took it off and everything in the van was very bright and everything else was very dark so that’s what I intended at four but it stayed on really well and paint went over it great and didn’t mess anything up around the edges, but I use watercolor. I don’t know what other paints would appear like, but overall it did what I needed it to

This is such an amazing product! I love being able to change my artwork and not worry about messing it up. It's easy to use and there are so many resources on drawing gum on YT. Just try it, you'll love it as much as I do!!!