Frog Tape
When Mark and I went to
pick up the bedroom paint, there was a new type of painter's tape
beside the traditional blue stuff. "Frog
Tape: Keeps Paint
Out. Keeps Lines Sharp. 10% Bonus Length." the advertising read. Plus,
it was a dollar cheaper than the blue stuff. I bought a roll.
So did the product live
up to its claims? I didn't do a side-by-side comparison, but I'm not
sure I'm sold on the Frog Tape.
I masked off either side
of the raised ridges we'd decided to paint a darker shade of green
about 18 hours after slapping on the final coat of pale paint. But when
the time came to take off the tape...it took off some of the dry paint
behind it as well.
Meanwhile, the crisp
edges didn't really materialize (although they might have been a little
less blurry than what I would have gotten with blue tape). To cut a
long story short, I'll be doing some touch-up work when it's all said
and done. Oh well, it's hard to complain about getting to play with
paint!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Anna,
Most tapes recommend removal by pulling the tape back on itself, not up.
Some people also recommend removing the tape before it is fully dry to reduce "lift off" of edges.
Not sure if you were already doing these...
I love the blog. I live vicariously through your blog.
Don Falls Church, VA