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Masking and Painting Hinges

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Masking to spray with an airless sprayer. Idaho Painter spraying tips.

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What happens here

The presenter moves to a different door to address hinges that are covered in old paint. He explains that removing and cleaning such hinges can be time-consuming and expensive. Instead, he demonstrates how to mask them for painting. He uses an orange painter's tape (often a multi-surface tape) for the hinges, applying it around the hinge to create a clean line. He then attaches brown masking paper to the tape, completely covering the hinge. The masking paper is twisted and molded around the hinge to fully protect it. He mentions that after the masking, these hinges will be spray-painted with a 'bomb can' of primer and then the trim paint, to blend them in and make them look much better.

Goal: Cover and prepare painted hinges for a fresh, uniform finish.

Tools and materials

  • Handheld Masking Tool — Dispensing and applying tape and paper
  • Masking Paper Roll — Covering the hinges
  • Orange Painter's Tape — Creating a clean edge around the hinges
  • Spray Primer
  • Trim Paint — The final coat for the hinges to match the door trim

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to hit them with a bomb can a primer and then we'll shoot them with our trim paint and they'll just blend right in and look a lot better you see we've got just a lot of unusual things in this job site like a deadbolt at eye level really not sure why that's like that but um it is and this is actually an exterior door which had um exterior weather strips right there that had paint all over them we removed them fixed them by spraying them with flat black spray paint and you can check out that video seeing how we resolve that after you're done watching this nine inch paper one inch frog tape orange one inch fog paint green two mask off door knobs in this scenario because what we got going on with these hinges and stuff like this and the situation we're just going to spray the doors up i typically don't like doing that but once again it all

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