How to apply masking tape between carpet and skirting boards like a pro
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2018
- A very useful tutorial for the DIY'er , on how to apply masking tape between the surface you are painting , and the surface you want to protect...in this case a carpet.
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I feel confident to tackle this now. Thank you!!!
Thanks, just what we needed.
Great stuff. Had a question, video answered it. Cheers!
Great video. Thank you.
Great video and the best way to do it. I looked at 4/5 videos and this is the best way of doing it. 👍
I'm glad this has been useful to you 👍
Great video Joe.
Thank you 👍
Brilliant, thanks for the informative video, just as I imagined a pro would do it, I’ve watched videos of so called pros doing it with out masking tape and can't believe they didn’t get it on the carpet and get loose fibres on the paint work , as a diy decorator, I’d probably ruin the carpet that way and I’ve got a to do it down a stair case so it’s going to be somewhat of a pain masking it, but I don’t want to take up the carpet
Nice, I’m using water based paint. I’ve noticed that when I’m removing the tape after the second coat , I’m peeling of the paint in few spots.
That's usually down to insufficient preparation work and lack of a good adhesion primer ontop.of old oil based paint. If the surface is cleaned and sanded, and a coat of primer is applied, it will never peel the paint off
Brilliant tips. Thanks a lot for that!
Fab thank you!
Legend!
Good video brother I'm a pro painter from the states
Brilliant video
Thank you 🙏 hope this has been helpful
Great video thanks...do you wait for the gloss to completely dry before peeling the tape off the carpet?
No, the tape is pulled off whilst the paint is still wet, or going off.
@@JoeProDecorthanks for your reply, however, just wondering why you don't leave the skirting to dry fully as surely there is a danger of fibres then sticking to the newly painted skirting when the tape is lifted? and also the edges of the carpet sticking to the paint? Thanks.
@@mariewilliams8365 if you leave the skirtingvto dry, the tape sticks to the skirting board which is never a great outcome as the tape can then peel away some of the paint...the edge needs to be at a stage where its not already bonded. Ive never experienced fibres coming off the tape tbh, and there is only really a chance of the carpet touching the skirting if the carpet has not been installed correctly/professionally as the carpet should be tight against the grippers. If the carpets are that bad? Then I would always recommend that the client removes the carpet before paint application, and then re lay afterwards....but removing the tape once dried is not the best practice.
I've removed tape once it's dry and no problems as long as your tape isn't stuck to the skirting board and is nicely taped down parallel to it. If the tape is stuck down an touching the actual skirting board, when u pull tape off once its dried it all peels off
Thanks. Lift the tape right after painting 1st coat ? Reapply new tape for 2nd coat ? Or do 2 coats then lift right after you've finished ? OR Let 1st coat dry, then lift tape . Reapply new tape, do 2nd coat, lift once dry ...?
Hi Victoria, you remove the tape after the final coat. The final coat softens the previous coat allowing easy removal.
The only time I remove tape, and re-tape is if I have to apply say coverstain or zinsser bin primer first... I remove tape after the primer and then new tape for the water based finish because one is oil, and the other is, water based.
The water based coating does not soften the oil underneath and you end up tearing dry underneath.
Hope this helps 😊
Thanks for the video - I am painting in an elderly persons bedroom and will have to use quick dry gloss. They will not be able to tolerate solvent odours and will forget to avoid touching long drying time, oil based wet paint. The previous paint was oil based gloss but though I have rubbed down and prepared thoroughly, I expect I may need to apply 2 coats of both undercoat and topcoat. Would you recommend to remove and re-apply tape for each coat?
Hi Simon, you should get away with 3 coats with water based if it is a good quality product.
There is no need to remove the tape until finished, and I always remove the tape as I complete each section with water based before it dries
Depending on the product you are using, you may or may not require an adhesion primer as your first coat
@@JoeProDecor Thanks! - I am using Dulux Trade Quick Dry Gloss with the matching undercoat, I have tried it on a window sill and it's ok(ish). It took two coats of undercoat (I had gone down to bare wood in parts) and 3 top coats - though I may get away with one undercoat and two top coats on the skirting. It leaves some visible brush marks but that is not the most important factor in this instance. Thanks again.
@@Simon-bc7zk not a great lover of the dulux quick dry gloss . Even for a water based it's not got the greatest opacity....dulux diamond satinwood is a much better product and doesn't require a separate undercoat
@@Simon-bc7zk the quick dry is actually a hybrid as opposed to a fully water based product and still yellows slightly over time
Doing some painting for 1st time, When you are pressing the tape in is there surplus sticking up?
Depends on the pile of the carpet. If it's a really thick pile(shag pile) then it has to be ightly on the skirting to avoid bleed... But generally it either gets tucked under the skirting or tucked as far down as possible.
Hi, along that wall where you have put the masking tape along, it looks like you can see the dark patches of the carpet. If so, won't the paint catch those bits and show up? I ask as I want to do my living room that has a dark carpet like in your video but I don't want to risk any gloss going on my carpet.
Been doing mine at home, As long as you tape up n cover the carpet it won't go through. Make sure that the tape isn't sticking to the actual skirting board tho Wna a get it tucked up to it nice
@@heretic5116 Ye just looked at the video again and I thought he was originally tearing it, but yes, he is pushing it down so it separates the carpet from the skirting board, but I think he gets his width wrong as he says he is using a 25 mil width one when his actually looks like a 40/50 mil width? Also, another video says u can do it a bit cheaper by using packing tape which does the job just as good. Thanks for your info.
@@gaskellr44 yes I was using 2inch tape 👍
Can you push down the masking with a scraper behind carpet
Yes you can, although it is very rare I need to do it with anything other than my fingers... All depends on the pile.
All the best, joe
Who caulked those skirtings 😳
😂😂 no idea fella, but it's pretty standard to come across this type of stuff on domestics, and if we didn't, there would be no work for us to fix 👍
Thank you for your comment.
alright ive always used tessa tape to afraid to trust cheap tape.
Always use the general masking tape for carpets because it gets tucked right down. Tessa tape is great, but I only use for straight lines.
I did actually try the tesa general masking tape a couple of months ago though and hated it...much prefer johnos or dulux own masking
I never get any paint on the carpet with the cheaper stuff Jack
totally joe all these decs are full of shit i mask every carpet good vidio m8
Cheers for your comment Rob 👍
Sorry but tape is a four letter word to a real painter. masking it is a waste of time but a good idea for diyers
Applying tape onto carpet is essential for a professional painter imo unless you want to pick up carpet fibers onto your brush. In an ideal world the caroet is best being removed, but in the majority of domestic situations, this is not the case unfortunately....i dontknow many painyers here in the uk that psint skirting boards agsindt carpet without using tape
@@JoeProDecor i’ve been painting for 35 years and never used masking tape on carpets, and never picked up carpet fibers in my brush if there are loose fibers in the carpet it’s much easier and faster vacuum them up than it is the mask.
@@billprezioso3677 its not just to avoid fibers...the tape holds down the carpet so the oaint line goes behind the carpet...by cutting in onto a carpet without masking is classed as unprofessional here in the uk, but i understand everyone has their own ways.
Thank you and all the best, Joe
@@JoeProDecor I get you but we here in the US don’t stand on ceremony we are greedy little capitalists as in the words of one of my idols Larry the Cable Guy (Get er done ) plus you can still get the paint below the carpet by fanning out the bristles and wiggling the brush gently and still not pick up carpet fibers, but as you say to each his own. Nice talking to you good luck.
It's to protect the carpet as well. @bill prezioso now that you've shared your two pence, where's your video dude