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Caulking Your Tape. Paint Like a Level 1 Master.

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What happens here

The presenter begins by introducing two types of caulk: Tower Tech 2 Clear and Tower Accelerator. He explains that Tower Accelerator is a 50-year caulk designed to be painted over instantly, even with flat paints, and is resistant to cracking. Conversely, Tower Tech 2 Clear has a thinner consistency, making it easier to work with but dries slower, making it less suitable for filling large gaps. He opts for clear caulk for 'cut-ins' where no significant gaps need filling due to its easier workability and thinner consistency. He notes he will use Tower Accelerator for a tighter space to test its faster drying capabilities with matte paint (Behr Dynasty). The choice of caulk is crucial for a dark accent wall to prevent paint bleed and achieve perfectly straight lines when tape is removed.

Tools and materials

  • Behr Dynasty Interior Matte Paint Behr — The wall paint being applied; specifically noted for its matte finish
  • Caulk Gun — Applying caulk evenly
  • FrogTape Green Painter's Tape FrogTape — Masking off trim and wall edges to create clean paint lines and prevent bleed
  • Tower Accelerator Caulk Tower — Fast-drying caulk suitable for painting over immediately, especially with flat paints, to prevent cracking
  • Tower Tech 2 Clear Caulk Tower — Creating an invisible seal on trim and moldings where a thinner consistency is desired and no large gaps are present

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so I got everything masked off we begin the cocking I got a couple options I typically caul with either Tower Tech 2 clear or I'm going use Tower accelerator Tower accelerator it's a 50-year cing that was actually designed to be painted over um brush and rolled over it instantly you don't have to wait any period of time over flat paints it won't crack either painting on it your right away we're using a matte paint right here I've tested um I'm doing some testing with this product um it's bare a dynasty so I've used a tower um the clear cuz I like the clear better cuz the consistency is a lot thinner it's easy to work with it's not good for filling gaps but if I don't have any gaps to fill on when I'm doing my cut ends uh I'm going to always side towards using a clear cocking cuz it's just thinner easy to work with dry slower also so but if you're using flat paints I would highly recommend Tower accelerator cuz it's not going to crack um flat paints are notorious of cracking over the top of caulking but um being a suit the Bears high-end paint Topline paint we're going to experiment with it on that wall and see how it performs I'm going to be using tower accelerator on the inside of this tight space right here and we're going to see the difference between the two but once again um a white coofing it's got you know more pigment in it more solids it's heavier bodied and dries a little bit faster don't need to be worrying about cocking inside here it's just going to be cocking right here and these two sides right here um and that way I get perfectly straight lines on my tape using this super dark color accent color I don't want any type of bleeding it's really thin it could bleed on any type of imperfection on your tape so you

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