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Apply Tape Using Finger Tucking Technique

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Masking Carpet For Painting. House Painting Tips

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Okay, here's the the finger tucking technique I use when I'm masking on stairs. And what I like to do is just get my tape up against the wall and then I push down and I'm going to be tucking and pushing the carpet down. And you can see how somebody's already painted this carpet and it's kind of stuck it to the wall a little bit, but I can tightly pull that down and push it and it's going to make that carpet pull really tight. So, I'm getting it up against the wall, pulling it down, and pulling my tape tight. So, you can see how that is nice and tight. I will do it again. Close here up against the wall. I'm going to just walk my fingers along that tape. And you can see how tight and it pulls that carpet down. Now, once I paint this wall, when I pull my tape off, it fluffs the carpet right back up. And there's going to be paint behind the carpet right there. But yet, no paint on the carpet. Once I run this whole

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