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Mask Glass Panels with Film and Tape

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What happens here

The presenter begins the masking process by covering the glass panels within the doors. He uses a masking film dispenser (specifically, a 3M Advanced Masking Film dispenser, although not explicitly named, the 3M film is visible) to quickly apply protective film over the glass. After applying the film, green FrogTape is used to secure the edges of the film and create precise, sharp lines. The presenter specifically notes his preference for FrogTape due to its 'PaintBlock Technology,' which causes the tape's edges to swell upon contact with moisture (paint or primer), preventing any bleeding underneath. He mentions using the more affordable blue version of FrogTape, which offers the same technology as the green but comes in contractor packs. The process is done in a 'batch processing' manner, completing all like steps (applying film, then taping edges) across all panels before moving to the next task.

Goal: This step involves meticulously masking the glass panels on the doors using advanced masking film and painter's tape to prevent paint bleeding.

Tools and materials

  • 2 Edge 5-in-1 Tool 2 EDGE
  • 3M Advanced Masking Film
  • FrogTape (Green and Blue versions)
  • Masking Film Dispenser

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we go so I'm gonna start masking I like to damask the doors while they're ops I don't have to bend over to mask them I'm a really big fan of frog tape so frog tape has a product on the edge of it that any paint or any liquid moisture that hits it it actually swells up it's called paint walk technology and it won't allow anything to bleed underneath and I don't want anything on this frosted glass or the glass in the back frog tape has a more affordable option now this is their blue version it's exactly the same as the green tape just less expensive because it comes in contractor packs I'm gonna begin just masking these windows I got a mask inside now and we'll start working this process I'm going to be using my master I've got a two edged knife right here that I use to trim the corners of my masking all right so I just got done with adding all the plastic right here and this is a process called batch processing so I'm doing all like steps all at once now I'm gonna go down fold in and I'm gonna fill it out versus just doing you'll all one panel and then moving down all one panel it's gonna take you a little bit longer if you just batch process and do all like processes together the process is going to is going to go a little bit faster for you so now I'm ready for the next batch process and that's gonna be trimming my corners just gonna be using got a two edged knife so the cool thing about these five and one tools right here is they actually have a blade on them I'm gonna want that blade to be extremely sharp if it's been used before I'll flip it over change the blade because I want to be able to cut really nice sharp corners here I don't want any glass exposed because if there's any glass exposed that glass will actually get painted that's that side I'm gonna go back into the other side mass outside and then we'll begin pulling off the hardware and then remove the doors all right so I got looked up found the instructions got this thing off came off pretty easily it's interesting this plunger had a long screw in the top short screw in the bottom and if I didn't know that I could turn around and like end up using this one someplace else or if I reverse them this little screws probably not gonna get very much bite on the top because a long screw was in there so that's exactly why I like to just put them back in where they came from put some tape over there it does say up so I know that's up screws are right there where I can find them now I'm to

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