After I put a load of clothes in to wash I went downstairs to work on the painted room. I finished pulling off the rest of the tape; I pulled some Thursday and Friday afternoon. Even though we tapes, paint still managed to seep underneath along the crown molding and chair rail. This is the first time I have painted a house with cherry molding. It’s a bear to tape the way it’s cut and a pain to get paint off. And, being a messy painter that I am, I still managed to get paint where there was no tape. I worked about an hour then came up to put the clothes in to dry and give some attention to Colin before going back down to work some more.
After lunch I used a small brush to touch up spots we missed, mostly along the chair rail and in a couple of corners. I put the switch and outlet covers back on and did a little more cleanup before calling it quits for the day. JoAnn is coming over this afternoon to hang out for awhile.
That ‘tape leakage’ you experienced is most likely due to cheap masking tape. Or it wasn’t smashed down hard enough.
I use a flat hand trowel thing and run it along the tape after applying it. If taping moulding with rounded edges, that’s a bit harder. Some painters don’t even bother with the taping, just are very careful and slow with the ‘cutting in’ at the edges. And a clean wet rag is good for cleaning any messes if you do it right after the ‘splash-over’ – don’t wait.
But, Huzzah! for you to take on a painting project!
I used painters tape that I used before. I used to be able to paint without using tape but my hand is not steady enough anymore.