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Painting Over Tape (Wet Method)

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CAULKING Your Tape Actually Works! FrogTape Tips.

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What happens here

The presenter immediately starts painting over the caulked and pre-wetted tape lines. He stresses the critical importance of painting *before* the caulk or the pre-wetted polymer dries. He applies paint with a brush, using light pressure to avoid forcing paint underneath the tape. He explains that if the caulk/polymer dries, it will "bridge" between the tape and the wall, causing "shark teeth" (jagged edges) when the tape is pulled. He also briefly mentions back-rolling with a 4-inch roller after brush-painting if painting a larger wall.

Goal: Apply paint over the sealed tape edges before the caulk/polymer dries

Tools and materials

  • 4-inch Roller
  • Paint — Painting the wall

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going to be touch-ups so now that it's on there I want to begin painting over that caulking you know right away so I'm just gonna paint my wall do what this just could simulate baseboards it could be window trim it could be just anything wherever it could be just stripe on a wall and I don't want to use a whole lot of force and I'm not taking my brush and really pushing on it because I don't want to force you know my paint underneath the tape so I'm just like brushing it lightly I would typically if I was you know rolling the wall this was around the trim I'm gonna back roll over this you know I'm gonna roll with a four inch roller and then roll my wall so we

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