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Masking With A 3M Hand Masker

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To begin masking a window for painting, gather all the necessary tools and materials. You will need a 3M hand masker, which is designed to apply tape and film simultaneously. For the film, the presenter specifically uses 3M 72-inch masking film, noting it comes in a roll. For the tape, 3M 1-inch 2020 tape is used. When preparing the 3M hand masker, ensure that the sharp plastic blade is installed, as this is crucial for cleanly cutting masking film; a paper blade is not suitable for this task. The hand masker usually comes with a blade protector to prevent cuts, but for faster and easier cutting, it is recommended to remove this protector. Additionally, some 3M hand maskers are equipped with a wire 'ladder hook' which can be used to hang the tool on a pocket or ladder for convenient access, allowing you to carry multiple maskers (e.g., one for paper and one for plastic) simultaneously.

Goal: Prepare necessary equipment for masking

Tools and materials

3M Hand Masker 3M — Dispensing masking film and tape simultaneously
Ladder Hook 3M — Attaching the hand masker to a pocket for easy access
Masking Film Cutter Blade — Cutting masking film accurately within the hand masker
3M 2020 Masking Tape 3M — Adhering the masking film to the window frame
3M 72-inch Masking Film 3M — Covering the window glass to protect it from paint

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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

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