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Securing Remaining Sides and Tucking Plastic

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How to Mask Exterior Windows in the Wind in Under 1 Minute!

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What happens here

After securing the top and the windward side, the painter moves to secure the remaining sides of the plastic sheeting. He continues to tack the tape down the sides and along the bottom, carefully working around the window frame. He emphasizes the importance of 'tucking' the excess plastic material under the tape rather than trimming it off. This technique, especially when using wider 1.5-inch tape instead of 1-inch tape, provides extra adhesive grip, preventing the plastic from flapping or coming loose in strong winds.

Goal: Completely seal the window opening and prevent plastic from coming loose.

Tools and materials

  • 3M Hand-Masker Dispenser 3M — Applying tape and film
  • Masking Film 3M — Continuing to cover the window glass
  • Masking Tape — Providing stronger adhesion to hold down the plastic film, especially in windy conditions

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going to just tack it right here i'm kind of lucky because i got a lull in the wind right now just going to bring this all the way down now you can see how it is kind of windy you can mask in the wind you can spray in the wind as long as you're conscious and aware and use cardboard shields use a smaller spray tip do things to help control overspray i'm going to tuck this in i don't want to trim it off because if i trim it off it's just going to blow away in the wind so i'm just going to work on this corner as it started to come off i'm going to wrap it over that lip right there and that'll help hold that masking there and when it's windy i like using inch and a half tape and not one inch you need more

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