Apply Tape with Finger Tucking

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Masking Carpet For Painting. House Painting Tips

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Using the 1.5-inch Frog Tape ProGrade orange tape, apply it along the base of the wall where it meets the carpet on the stairs. The 'finger tucking technique' involves placing the tape edge precisely against the wall and then using your fingers to push the carpet fibers downwards, tucking them under the tape's edge. This ensures a tight seal and pulls the carpet away from the wall, allowing paint to go behind the visible carpet edge. The presenter notes that some carpet might already be stuck due to previous painting, but the technique still works to achieve a tight line.

Goal: This step involves applying 1.5-inch painter's tape along the wall where it meets the carpet on the stairs, using a finger-tucking technique to push the carpet down and securely adhere the tape.

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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

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