[lilpaintchic]

Those are some helpful insights!
Personally, I use tape balls (or loops-whatever ya wanna call em) If it's an issue (or if I'm planning to stick a fan on it) .stick 3 or 4 to the wall at the bottom then stick the plastic to it.
Doesn't the spray adhesive screw up the paint on a freshly painted surface? Been wanting to try it (then I forget to buy it) but I am concerned with that aspect...

 

[lilpaintchic]

I did a quick Google search and came up empty...other than a few old PT posts about the same thing.

That's all I found too...I'm gonna stick a hair tie or a couple rubber bands around it to see if that'll shim it out better than the tape we have now...
And have you struggled with 1 1/2 on it? Wondering if I need to drop to 1in...never buy the stuff but will if it makes it easier.

 

[stelzerpaintinginc.]

Those are some helpful insights!
Personally, I use tape balls (or loops-whatever ya wanna call em) If it's an issue (or if I'm planning to stick a fan on it) .stick 3 or 4 to the wall at the bottom then stick the plastic to it.
Doesn't the spray adhesive screw up the paint on a freshly painted surface? Been wanting to try it (then I forget to buy it) but I am concerned with that aspect...

I wouldn't spray the adhesive on freshly painted walls. I only use it if walls are to be painted but haven't yet been done. Low-tack is the key. No Super 77.

 

[lilpaintchic]

I wouldn't spray the adhesive on freshly painted walls. I only use it if walls are to be painted but haven't yet been done. Low-tack is the key. No Super 77.

That make a whole lot more sense..

 

[jason123]

My big thing with tape is back in the day it was " I don't use tape at all" throughout the years I have found sometimes when tape will make the job go faster. so I try to do what's best for the job.

 

[PRC]

Still working on what would make a good stop for the dual tack...we have it taped at the moment, but I think a little piece of pvc or better yet, rubber...ooohhh, maybe rubber bands would work! I need a block that stops the red tape about 3/4 in off the masking frame...so that tge 1 1/2 catches it just right but doesn't impede movement...
Also, when the red gets down to about 1/4 roll left, it's trash. It screws up the other tape....all in all, not quite as good as the old 3m stuff, but worth every dime I've got into it.

I would try cutting the core of masking paper to the right size spacer.

 

[lilpaintchic]

I would try cutting the core of masking paper to the right size spacer.

Great idea! Sometimes I get to (over)thinking about something and forget the obvious. Thank you. I'll let ya know how it goes...

 

[AngieM]

Hey LPC, do you have problems with the wall plastic wanting to balloon out from the airless blast? If walls are gonna get painted anyways, a quick spray of low-tack spray adhesive in the corners helps a lot. If walls aren't to be painted, sometimes I'll even cut plastic at the corners so I can tape plastic to walls from floor to ceiling. In those rare instances where it's a real problem and the plastic still wants to give, I'll even take off the electrical plates before bagging walls, then screw some temp plates on the electrical receptacles & light switches. Nothing ground-breaking here. You probably already knew anyway.

I use a staple gun and staple through a paint stir stick at the base and corners to keep the plastic from bubbling up. Works great!

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[DJL]

I use masking tape sometimes. I used it in my own house because I have pella wood interior windows and wanted to keep the wood on the sash's and windows but white paint on moldings and jamb, the only way possible to get a perfectly straight line in this scenario was tape, and then sometimes people want stripes and other weird stuff, I always either use a water based clear coat over the tape first or I use the color of what I am taping off (taping off white moldings to paint blue wall then lightly seal the edge of the tape with the same white paint as moldings and let it dry), this will give you a 100% crisp clean line.

 

[APP_804]

The master bedroom in that condo had a three tiered tray ceiling with crown at each level. After spraying the trim I was looking at it thinking "it's going to take forever to mask all that, maybe I should just hand paint it". Even to just spray the ceiling parts, I would have to mask the top and bottom edges of the crown. Seemed like a lot to do and I had almost convinced myself it would be faster to just cut it in.

But no, there's no way it would have been. With two coats to go on the ceilings and walls, that would have been a lot of lines to cut. Lot of trips around the room. So I started masking and two and a half hours later it was ready.

Sprayed out the ceilings, painted the walls and finished that room myself in a day (while also running crew in the rest of the house). I'm glad I didn't talk myself into cutting all that in.

I enjoy cutting in myself and understand the pride most painters take in their brush work. At one time, I also scoffed at the idea of using tape to make lines. I've evolved, and learning to use tape effectively has dramatically increased efficiency and profits.


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How did you keep the wall paint from getting on the tray ceiling on the different levels?

 

[Vylum]

How did you keep the wall paint from getting on the tray ceiling on the different levels?

pretty sure he cut all the wall paint you see

id cut that in believe it or not, maybe in part im way better with the brush than i am masking. i wouldnt knock taping that though