Blue painter's tape for delicate surfaces
March 26, 2008
If the Sistine Chapel were in Jersey, our pal Damon Bopp would be hired to do the ceiling.
He's a decorative painter (if that's your thing) with loads of tips to share with those of us taking on less ambitious work, like painting a room.
3M makes one of his favorite tools, their blue Delicate Surfaces painter's tape.
Compared to regular tape, he says this is "less likely to damage any surface you are masking out (especially on plaster walls with multiple coats of paint), and that it's less likely to tear when removing it."
It's a wonder Michelangelo got by without it.
(1) Comments
I used this all over the place when I sprayed the house. I would spray the ceilings and by next day I used the delicate tape to tape off the ceilings, (actually hooked it up to my masker) and then I was able to spray the walls a different color. It came out perfect.
Funny though, the less the adhesive sticks, the more it costs! Actually though this did bond well, just not firmly. Very few peel-ups even with latex. Make sure you properly clean and prime!