The few times Jen has painted before she has experienced that forever frustration of paint tape bleeding paint and blemishing those intended crisp clean paint lines. Dan the painter at HD was most h
elpful with this dilemma, he passed along a painting tip that we have tried several times now and it works like a charm! We're so very excited about it and wanted to share it with our friends and family.You'll need to be geared with your trusty painters tape, a caulking gun and a tube of clear caulk.
Start by taping off your line, we've tried this both on closets and on ceilings. Just before you're ready to paint your taped off line apply the clear caulking along the line with you finger, rub it hard into the line where the tape meets the wall.
Immediately apply paint to your line and as soon as you're satisfied with your coverage remove your painters tape. Do not wait too long to do this no more than a minute or two. If it dries it will take
the paint up with the tape.
basically, are you just putting the clear caulk on the tape? And then pulling the tape off after you've painted?
ReplyDeleteCan you make a "how to" YouTube video? I think I need the visual... :o)
exactly! it seems odd that you're painting over the caulk but it's clear and you're rubbing into the tape line so it's a very thin coat, paint over the line as you normally would then pull off the tape - wa la!
ReplyDeleteI'm totally going to have to try this. I love the look of color on walls, but don't like the crappy lines that result from paint leaking under the tape.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Jen!!