Just a caution here. I've not used liquid mask over Future, just tape. May want to check on compatibility.
The reason I say Future first is, well, that's the common way to do it but there are advantages:
- if you mask and paint before, there are ridges of paint that may collect the Future, creating a meniscus and potentially distorting the clarity.
- if you dip after painting the frames, you're pretty much committed to having highly glossed canopy frames which may be ok but not always the finish you want.