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Mask Cabinet Face Frames and Interiors

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5 INCREDIBLE HACKS Every Painter Should Use!

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What happens here

The process begins by applying masking tape (an orange painter's tape is used in the video) along the inner edges of the cabinet face frames. This tape defines the clean line for the paint. Next, a roll of pre-taped masking film (a transparent plastic film attached to a strip of tape) is unrolled. The tape portion of this film is carefully adhered to the previously applied masking tape, ensuring a secure and straight attachment. The plastic film is then unfolded and extended downwards to fully cover and protect the entire interior of the cabinet box or drawer opening, preventing any paint or finishing material from reaching the inside surfaces, which are typically made of melamine and not intended for painting. This technique is demonstrated on both upper cabinet openings and multiple lower cabinet/drawer openings. The film is smoothed out to ensure complete coverage and adhesion.

Goal: Apply masking tape to the inner edges of cabinet face frames, then attach and unfurl pre-taped plastic film to shield the cabinet interiors from paint overspray.

Tools and materials

  • Masking Tape
  • Pre-taped Masking Film/Plastic

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okay the first hack today is going to be on painting cabinets i get a lot of questions about masking cabinets and how we go about masking cabinets and especially the face frames and it's kind of very simple but if you just watch the video the background you'll see some some tips and tricks on it some hacks what i do is just applying tape to the back of the face frames and then it's just going to be taking and tacking some plastic over the top of that and that way it keeps paint out of the inside of the box we're typically never painting the inside of the boxes because they're melamine and they don't accept paint they'll never wear up to the wear and tear so we always mask the face frames and we do spray our face frames so just check out right here some of these really cool tips and tricks while i'm masking and you'll get some ideas how i go about doing it and it's very fast simple and easy to do and then some people will be asking well why not just brush and roll them we can mask a lot faster than we could actually just brushing and rolling them so we'll mask them spray them because we're also spraying the doors inside inside of a spray booth inside the kitchen so check it out and just watch and stay tuned for these really cool tips and tricks so got

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