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When painting, you will undoubtedly use tape to mask off an area that you don’t want painted. You can use traditional masking tape, or you can use painter’s tape. I love painters tape, but for big jobs, it gets very expensive.
Traditional masking tape is cheap and thin. It tears rather easily and can make removing it a real challenge. It is very sticky and has great “bite” on whatever surface it is sticking to. Masking tape is the choice for typical production paint jobs.
Painters tape is certainly more expensive but offers several benefits. It is thicker than masking tape and tends not to tear as easily. Consequently, you can remove the entire length of it with one pull. It also keeps cut lines very crisp. Paint can tend to creep under regular masking tape, but not so with painters tape. It can happen, but not as often as masking tape. If you want to keep cut lines crisp, use the rounded back of a spoon and push down along the edges of the tape. This will help prevent unwanted paint from getting underneath your tape and ruining a line.
For smaller jobs where you require a clean cut line between colors, painters tape is the way to go.
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