Wish they wrote this onto the frog tape box… or website! This could be a game changer! We are in the process of painting our baseboards in our almost century home! There is tons of trim in this old place! This is a great tip…wish I had seen it yesterday! In addition to the slight bleeding that I had there was one other problem…. We have a knock down finish on walls and ceiling. I taped the ceiling and painted the walls.
When I tried to remove the tape the paint started coming off as well. What did I do wrong??? We got the same issue and found the trick. There may have been a lot of cursing.
Dare I try again with a small project? Was your wall a little wet or damp from paint still? But, as long as the paint is fully dry underneath—I promise this will work! Where has this information been all my life! This would have saved me so so much time. My relatives hated frogtape when they rehabed their old home, and strongly recommended I use the 3M blue tape. I think they would change their minds if they had seen this. Thank you sooo much for this post, so glad I saw it before I started painting next week!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Great Timing! So much more money for the same shoddy results! If only we had known this tip! Thank you so much!!! About to start a repainting of our entire first floor….
I feel like this has just changed my life. Really : I love this so much more than the paint it over with the other wall color! Blessings to that Sherwin Williams lady! What a much needed boost to our little DIY hearts!
I had no idea! Frog Tape!!! You know what makes me SO. Glad you found the trick, though! The activated gel shit stayed on the wood I was painting and i had to rub it with another damp rag to remove the gel residue, which actually rubbed the white base coat off. So sorry that happened to you! So sorry what sounds like a beautiful project got messed up.
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Check our Where to Buy page to find a retailer near you or to purchase online. We like to think of masking tape as a tool. You make your tools last longer by taking care of them, storing them properly, and keeping them clean. The canister FrogTape comes in keeps it from being damaged such as the edges being nicked , and keeps dirt and debris off the tape.
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We recommend that you remove masking tape immediately after you are finished painting to reduce the risk of tearing fresh paint. We recommend that you remove masking tape immediately after you are finished painting. How long should I wait to remove the tape from the surface? Remove tape while the paint is still wet. If the paint dries and you notice that the paint is pulling up with the tape, or that the paint is cracking along the paint line as you remove the tape, score along the edge of the tape with a razor blade before removing.
This breaks the seal between paint and tape, ensuring a cleaner line and easier removal. Not sticking to walls? If you have recently painted your walls, this usually indicates that the paint has not fully cured.
Following the directions carefully for the use of Frog tape you will have great success. It takes a little practice. As professionals we often do lacquers right up next to master painter faux work, leaving us with a high liability if there is any leakage onto the impossible to match faux work.
This is the very best product we have found. The best success comes with applying it nice and wet as specified. I like that frog tape has more adhesion.
Blue painters tape just falls off for me, especially if it is on the ceiling. High humidity can really cause the tape to fall off. I used it today, we will see about bleedthrough. It is too expensive in my opinion, so is the blue 3M tape, and it is not worth a damn. I painted a 15 by 15 room with two large windows, baseboards to mask and spent almost as much on tape as I spent on paint. That is ridiculous. If I had a steadier hand I would just feather in on the edges, but I am not that good.
Frog tape sucks! I read your adhesion area where you describe that it might hold on too tightly to the wall. Well my friend, I am having the opposite problem. It literally falls off, even after I run my hand over it to ensure that it adheres. The stuff sucks. I am going out to buy am 3M now. Any suggestions? Bernie, The blue 3M tape sticks even less than the green frog tape by my experience. Did you use the yellow low adhesion tape? Also, none of this stuff works well in high humidity.
You know Noah, I caught that error back when this first posted and somehow managed to not correct it. Thanks for the reminder. Got it! I was repainting my Master Bedroom and wanted a medium brown boarder to frame our oak headboard. Because I wanted a crisp edge I paid the extra money for the FrogTape. I even followed the special instructions on their web site for textured walls and spent at least 30 extra minutes pressing the tape down firmly to the wall. The result?
Just as crappy a feathered edge as any other masking tape. Will I have to touch up? Will I buy the FrogTape again? When you buy other rolls, the plastic gets ripped off and then months or years later when you want to pull out that old roll of blue stuff the edges are full of dust and crumbs and whatever else was in your toolbox or closet. Good points Holly. Now that you mention it most of our old non-Frog Tape rolls are pretty skanky. I stand by my earlier remark — masking tape is for rank amateurs!
However, given that when it comes to painting this is clearly the category into which I fall, Frog Tape sounds positively lovely. I have to disagree with you on this one. Ever seen an automotive colour change that was not masked?
I expect the same quality of line as on automotive paint and you simply will not get it without masking even if one considers themselves a professional.
Thanks so much for the great review for FrogTape — we think it is a fantastic product as well! Please be assured that the canister is not a marketing strategy and it does have several different functions.
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