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Question:
I like to paint stripes on the wall. I saw on a HGTV show that you could put something over the painters tape so that when you remove the tape you will have a clean line. And no paint drips or goes under the tape.
Does anyone know what to put over the tape?
Thank you.

Cindy L

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Matte Medium, an artist acrylic painting medium/extender. Dries clear, thin, and water proof. Burnish the tape against the wall, small artist brush, apply it spanning part on the tape, part onto the wall.

Hi Cindy,
This is a huge problem that just irritates all of us the want to paint nice, crisp stripes.

My two best tricks to prevent bleed under the tape:

1. Paint the stripes the base coat color of the wall first… then paint over that with the new color. The reason for this is… the first color will bleed into any areas that are missed by the tape, but this color matches the already painted area.
2. Paint the stripe with clear sealer. Any sealer that bleeds under isn't going to show.

I also found a video with some helpful hints:

How To Paint Stripes

There is a new tape out called "frog tape" (you can Google it).

It is green and has a special adhesive that is gengle, but almost gel like to prevent paint from flowing under the tape.

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