Masking With A 3M Hand Masker

a window to get ready to spray a house. And we're gonna be masking that window with a 3M hand masker and 3M masking film. And to complete this task, you're going to need a 3M hand masker. You're going to need we actually use 1 in 2020 tape. And we use 72 in uh masking film from 3M. And that masking film comes in a roll just like this. This is 72inch masking film. And the 3M hand masker comes with to actually use the masking film, you actually need to use not the paper blade, but the the sharp uh plastic blade. And to start off, we typically when we buy these maskers or we actually get them free in the boxes of masking film, it comes with this protector on it. It keeps you from getting cut. We typically always rip that protector off because it's a little bit harder to cut our masking and we can go a lot faster without that protector on. And then you're going to get your hand masker loaded up. And if you don't know how to load up your hand masker, I got a video to show you how to go about doing that. And then we also that some of the hand maskers come with this wire. This is kind of a ladder hook. And we actually use them to keep them in our back back pockets so we can have paper maskers and plastic maskers. And this brand new masker didn't come with one, so it doesn't have the hooks. But I've got one right here that has a hook in my back pocket. We're going to go about showing you how to mask this window. Got my masker loaded up. Got an extra roll of 3M 1 inch 2020 tape. We'll show you how we go about. We got this masking this window. We got the window right here. Going to get one corner started off at the top. And you want to get your tape set right to the very end, only about an eighth of an inch from the end of the vinyl on the window. Get a nice straight line at the top. Get a nice straight line. And you're going to pull your masking to right to another eighth of an inch to the other side of the window. And then you're going to cut your masking. And now your plastic set at the top of the window. Now you're going to pull it down. And we'll begin masking the sides of the windows now. And I typically go down about 3/4 of the way down the window. And I'm going to pull it and tack it onto the window. I like to tack it on the sides about 3/4 of the way down in case it's windy so the plastic doesn't blow around. Now I'm going to take my tape and begin running edges. Now I'm going to make sure that my masking the plastic is actually is attached to the tape. And if it's not attached to the tape in some areas or there's some holes, missing spots, you can just fill them in. Or if you cut your masking a little bit too short, just add another row of tape. And then on the bottom, I'm going to take and tuck the extra max matt extra plastic up. So you fold it up and then tack the bottom down and mask the bottom. Check your corners. Make sure there's no leaks, any holes in the plastic where paint can get through from your sprayer. Make sure it's secure all the way around. And that's how you go about masking a window to get ready to spray the body of the house. Here's a little closer view of how to mask this window. Got a blank window right here and got our master set up with our 72-in masking film. It takes a little practice getting this side to the right length, but you'll want to pull it. Just take a look at it. Measure it. See where it's going to fall. And then if it's a little bit too long, all you got to do is fold the tape over and tack it down. And now your plastic is mounted to the top of the window and it's ready ready to be pulled down. This is what the masking looks like at the top. A close-up view. It's ready to be pulled down and tacked down on the sides. I've got my extra roll of tape in my hand to keep it free from your hands. You can just keep it in your mouth. That's typically how I keep it. Going to pull your masking down or your plastic down. And we only keep one length of plastic in our vehicles. We use the 72 inch. If it's too long, we just fold it under. And some people trim it with a knife, but we just fold it under so we don't have pieces of plastic blowing around in the wind. And once I get it set pulled down to where I want it to, I just tack the sides about 3/4 of the way down. Just like that. And I'll begin uh masking the sides. We got the window, the plastic up top. And it's actually just tacked with some pieces of tape 3/4 of the way down. And then my plastic just extends to the bottom of the window. And we'll begin adding the tape to the sides. While you're learning how to mask, you could actually use inch and a half tape. If um you're pulling your plastic too short and it doesn't reach your tape, it's a little bit easier when you're learning to use inch and a half tape. But inch and a half tape is quite a bit more expensive and we try to keep our cost down. We've been masking for a long time and one inch just works just fine for us. the PL. Sometimes the plastic has the the edge isn't cut straight and there'll be spots where there's exposed vinyl or exposed windows. Just run another run of 1 in tape to cover those holes if that happens. or using the inch and a half tape covers that problem too. Windows masked with 3M 72in film and 3 in 3M 2020 1 in tape all the way around and we can spray and then it actually pulls off easily when we're done. spraying masking just comes off easily. Just like that when you're done spraying and it's all done. And we like using 3M 2020 tape because it has high adhesion but it releases easy. Uh if you use that type of tape, you definitely don't want to leave it set overnight on your exterior project because it will stick and bond to your windows or whatever you're using extremely fast. And it's only a professional painters tape that's meant to be applied and pulled off same day. Here's a look at our masking film we use. It's 3M hand masker advanced masking film and it's flake resistant 72in film.