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Fill Gaps and Tears with Masking Paper and Tape

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Masking Windows | Exterior Painting

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What happens here

For larger openings like sliding doors, the plastic sheeting might not fully cover the entire length or width, or it might get torn. For areas where paint spray is unlikely to hit directly (e.g., lower sections of doors), you can fill these gaps using masking paper. Apply the paper over the exposed areas and secure it with Frog Tape. If there are small rips in the plastic, cover them with pieces of tape to ensure no paint gets behind them.

Goal: Cover any remaining exposed areas or tears in the masking to prevent paint access.

Tools and materials

  • 3M Hand-Masker Tool 3M — Applying tape and paper quickly
  • Frog Tape Green Frog Tape — Securing masking paper and patching small tears
  • Masking Paper — Covering larger exposed areas or gaps where plastic sheeting falls short

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ripped it's going to come all the way down it's going to be just short of the bottom cuz it's 72 in the door's taller 72 cuz that rip right there I'm just going to fill that tear in don't want anything getting behind [Music] that now what's left we're not spraying the spray will come right up to here we wouldn't actually get overspray on that window I'd just um Shield it with a cardboard Shield but you can just take a piece of masking right here and just fill this in with paper and then I'll just tack that over right here keep it from flapping over the rest of this is not going to get overspray so I don't got to worry about it same goes the other

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