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Mask Edges, Ceiling, and Baseboards

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DIY Metallic Finish

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What happens here

To protect adjacent walls, the ceiling, and baseboards, apply painter's tape and masking paper. Use Frog Tape (green masking tape) along the edges of the accent wall where it meets other walls and the ceiling. The Frog Tape contains a polymer on its edges that swells to prevent liquid from bleeding underneath, ensuring clean lines. For the baseboards and floor, use a 3M Hand Masker to efficiently apply 9-inch masking paper, securing it with 1-inch painter's tape along the baseboard. This provides excellent splatter protection for the floor and trim.

Goal: Protect surrounding surfaces from paint splatter and ensure clean paint lines.

Tools and materials

  • 3M Hand Masker 3M — Applying masking paper and tape to baseboards and floors efficiently
  • Drop Cloth — Protecting the floor from paint splatter
  • Frog Tape FrogTape — Masking edges and ceiling for clean paint lines
  • Masking Paper — Protecting baseboards and floors from paint splatter
  • Painter's Tape — Securing the masking paper to the baseboards
  • Socket Blockers Socket Blocker — Protecting electrical outlets from paint

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going to be applying uh two rows of frog tape on the edges. I don't want to get anything on my um on my walls or on my trim. So, I always apply two rows of my frog tape. So, I'm going to get cruise along. And the frog tape, the benefit of this frog tape is is it has a polymer on the edges of the tape that swells. So, nothing liquid will actually bleed underneath the tape. So, one tip I like to do, I use a 3M hand masker, 9 in paper, 1 in tape. I like to just tack a row of paper down here along my baseboards. That way, if my my drop cloth slides away from my baseboards at any point in time, the paper there is to is there to cover any splatter. This metallic grit, when you're actually rolling it on, it does have a tendency to um splatter little bits of the grit and stuff like that. So, definitely want to have a drop cloth down and definitely want to have some protection on your floors. So, now I'm ready to go. I'm

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