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Mask and Spray Around Obstacles

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Airless Spraying The Right Way? Painting with an airless sprayer

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When encountering obstacles like electrical boxes or pipes, carefully mask off adjacent surfaces using masking paper and painter's tape to prevent overspray. Utilize a cardboard shield or similar barrier to further protect surfaces directly next to the obstacle while spraying. Employ short, controlled spray passes, ensuring full coverage around and behind the obstacle, adapting your angle as needed. Once the area is painted, it is advisable to pull off the masking paper and tape while the paint is still wet to achieve a clean, crisp line and prevent the paint from 'bridging' or drying onto the tape, which can cause peeling or jagged edges when removed later.

Goal: Use masking paper and shields to protect surrounding areas when spraying around utility boxes and pipes, then remove masking while paint is wet.

Tools and materials

  • Cardboard Shield
  • Masking Paper
  • Paint Sprayer
  • Painter's Tape
  • Paint Unspecified

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so here's a logical start and stop I'll use the I'll even hold my shield down even though I got paper down there I'll hold my seal down for just added Assurance I'm going to spray Behind These pipes underneath this electrical box now you got a lot of different angles around these boxes behind this pipe space now get ready to spray this fence just to help this paper not whip around just going to spray hold it down just like that one little tip once you've once you get this sprayed in order to keep the paint from bridging on your tape right there it's good to pull that off while it's wet so once I know I've got it all sprayed here a lot of different angles just like that I'll pull off my pipes while it's wet [Applause] pull that off while flat nice crisp clean line around your meter and now working on certain High sides like this you know you all you can't always you know have a logical start and stop especially if you're working alone

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