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frisket

frisket

1 9.9
A thin sheet that covers parts of a surface to keep them clean during painting or printing
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɪskɪt/
  • Specialized
: máscara
  • Before painting, I used a thin sheet of frisket to cover the areas I wanted to keep white.
  • liquid frisket
  • remove the frisket
  • piece of frisket

Examples

  • The artist used a frisket to protect the canvas.

  • The artist placed a frisket over the paper to keep certain areas white while painting.

  • After printing, she removed the frisket to reveal the untouched sections of the design.

  • Using a frisket helps achieve clean edges in watercolor artwork.

  • Do you have a frisket for this project?

  • To create sharp edges in my artwork, I applied frisket over the parts I wanted to protect during airbrushing.

  • He carefully peeled away the frisket after the paint dried to reveal the untouched canvas beneath.

Synonyms

masking paper
vsfrisket
1 3.7

A paper with a sticky edge that you put on parts of a surface to protect them from paint

is a thin sheet or mask that can be other materials not just adhesive paper

How Precise

stencil
11 3.2
frisket
  • Specialized
1 9.9
masking tape
7 2.8
drop cloth
  • US
4 3.0

Surface Forms

frisket singular
friskets plural

Etymology

Frisket comes from the world of printing and painting, where it meant a thin sheet or 'mask' placed over part of the paper to keep that area clean. So a frisket today is still a thin protective cover used to keep parts of a surface safe while you paint or print.