Winsor & Newton, Art Masking Fluid, 75ml

Great product. It flows well, and does exactly what it says it will do. I've never used masking fluid before and I was very pleased as the little bunting flags on the painting I've attached, needed to be masked, while I did the sky and the buildings. I barely used any of the 75ml, so I'm sure it'll last me the year. It does ruin the paintbrush though. It won't come out once it's in the bristles. So be prepared to keep one or two brushes just for this use. I was also pleased that the latex came off really easily days after it was applied - I'm a slow painter.

I’ve used this masking fluid for a few watercolour paintings now and it works perfectly to allow painting layers and keeping areas paint free until adding final touches. It has a creamy colour once dried so easy to identify masked areas and rubs off easily with a soft rubber. I keep a separate old brush for applying the fluid.

It does really work, but can be tricky to peel off. Use plenty because otherwise it's hard to grab hols of to peel

Easy to remove from your art work. Dries quickly. Covers well

As expected

Easy to apply it with brush, it gives enough time to work with it and if I wash it out with water right after I've finished, then it's easy to wash it out from the brush. It's drying on the paper very fast and I can remove it nicely, but only from good quality paper. (It will tear up cheaper paper as any other masking fluid would do) It's a big bottle so it's worth the price.

I haven’t tested any other types of masking fluid so I can’t compare - but this did what I wanted it to do. I’ve tried on watercolour and mixed media papers and hasn’t stained, even when left for several days before removing. Make sure that it is absolutely bone dry if you make a mistake before attempting to remove or it WILL destroy your paper underneath.

does the job