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Controlling paint overspray tip!

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Video by The Idaho Painter

The Idaho Painter

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This DIY project demonstrates a clever and effective technique to control paint overspray when spraying door jambs, preventing paint from reaching adjacent walls. It involves using a masking tool to apply tape and paper, then folding and taping the paper to create a 'dam' that deflects overspray.

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So, I'm out here and we'll be spraying a door jamb right here with uh testing out Benjamin Moore Ben. I'm going to give you a little tip how to control over-spray. I'm not uh painting the walls. I'm just painting these door jambs and the doors that they did some repairs on. So, here's a little tip for you controlling over-spray. I'm going to mask this off right here with Frog Tape. >> Now, to control over-spray from continuing down the wall, all I've got to do is fold my paper over, put a crease in it. Now, I'm going to take my tape. I'm going to tape that down and it creates what we call a dam now that no over-spray will It'll hit this, curl out instead of riding down the wall. It's a

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