Mask Outlets and Switches

going to be on your drop cloth all right so now I'm going to be masking off any light switches and um sockets so one of the things I do like to use is software blockers it's an easy way to mask off switches and plates and they are reusable they have an adhesive on them they just come on and off and you definitely want to mask these off I've got a socket over here uh previous painters didn't mask off and they got paint all over it if you don't have the availability get socket blockers you can also just mask it off just with tape and what we do is we use an inch and a half tape to mask off our switches in place so we can just take a piece of tape put it over the top and of course you know you don't have to go to this extent if you're really careful rolling but it's better safe than sorry if you accidentally just roll over this switch right here you're going to get paint down inside the switch it's going to cause the switch not to function properly so it's always best practice professional practice to cover your plates and the socket blockers actually work if you're spraying or rolling they're an excellent little device to use and once again they are reusable too