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Masking straight lines with FrogTape. #frogtape #paintprep #painter #paintingwalls #interiorpainting

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Video by The Idaho Painter

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This project demonstrates an effective technique for applying blue painter's tape (specifically mentioning Frog Tape) along a baseboard to achieve perfectly straight and crisp paint lines. The method focuses on maintaining tension on the tape, manipulating its position, and firmly pressing it down for optimal results, especially on smooth surfaces.

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Just a little tip on how to, how to ask a straight line with, uh, from Frog Table. So I'm base forward. So I take, pull it out, how you see to pull out about two feet of masking and you can manipulate it. You know, back and forth, I'm going to get it up against my wall. And then this trailing hand is going to press it down. I'm pulling my asshole tight. So I don't want it to be loose. I'm going to stretch it out. I'm going to pull it tight, manipulate it up against the wall. I need to go away. I'll go away if I need to get closer, I'll go closer and just pull in it. I'm pulling it with your tight, stretch it out, pull it tight and you pull your masking tight. You know, straight now but you don't want to do short runs, I don't want to do short runs like this. I'm going to do longer runs, longer run, straighter mine will happen. This hand is pressing it down with three fingers, I'm pressing it down tightly, I frog tape when I press it down on a smooth surface tightly like that, I'll get perfectly straight behind it every time. Okay, get it down, rewind it, run with three fingers, press down.

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