Masking Large Window Top and Sides

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Most People Get This WRONG – How to Mask Windows Like a Pro

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For a large window, use a sturdy ladder or step stool to reach the top. Position the masking film dispenser at the top of the window frame and apply the plastic sheeting and green painter's tape along the top edge, ensuring a tight and straight line. Extend the masking down both vertical sides of the window. In windy conditions, continuously pull the plastic taut and immediately tack it down with additional pieces of tape as you move down the frame to prevent it from billowing or detaching.

Goal: Apply masking to the top and vertical sides of a large window frame.

Tools and materials

Ladder/Step Stool Little Giant — Reaching high areas of the window frame
Masking Film Dispenser — Applying plastic sheeting and tape
Painter's Tape — Securing plastic sheeting and defining a paint line
Plastic Sheeting Premium Easy Mask — Protecting the window from overspray

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And now, you know, that's protected. Got some wind picking up. Hold it tight, snap it really quick. Get yourself, you know, a nice straight line torn. Press this down. Depending on how windy, you know, you'll tack it shorter distances. Now, looks like wind is blowing here this direction right now. Pull this down, pull it tight, like that. I'm gonna grab this, tack it down. It's gonna hold it. You can tack it down right here. Pull it down tight. We'll tack it all the way down the bottom. Run this over here. We don't want over spray going down inside there. That's all protected. I'm gonna come across the bottom. If you got any lines that need to be straightened up, just wanna make sure that line is perfect. The last window I was doing, the wind was blowing this direction. So we'll see where it catches my plastic. So the wind's pushing it up against the window. So I'm gonna move over to this side. It hasn't picked it up yet. So I'll quickly grab it, tack it down. You can see I've got about three quarters of an inch from my window to my plastic. If it's out too far, you're gonna have to run multiple rows of tape. Now I'm gonna move down because I got a larger window. I gotta work on and off of a ladder. I'm gonna pull this over, pull it tight, tack it down, and fill this in. I'm gonna come over to this side. I'm gonna pull this down. I'll work from the bottom up. So I'm gonna come across. I'm gonna tuck that up underneath.

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