Seeking interior painting expertise...again?

Question

I posted a question the other day about achieving a perfect design without bleedthrough. I noted that I had outlined my design with masking tape, however, the paint kept bleeding through leaving my lines lacey and frayed rather than straight and pristine. The suggestions I recieved were helpful, although, now I'm faced with another quandary. I've already painted another surface using, this time, thinner coats of thickened paint to resist recurring bleeding. Again, however, upon pulling away the tape, I've found that my lines still aren't pristine. I'm thinking, perhaps the paint isn't bleeding but rather the dried paint overlapping the tape is fraying over the covered area as the tape is being removed. In which case, how can I adhere the dried paint to it's tape outline so that all of the excess is removed with the tape. My boyfriend suggested spray-on polyurethane. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

i did this for a girls daughter on the bedroom walls for a tinkerbell colorscheme. heres the trick, buy the "blue" masking tape and lay out your lines,press firmly on the tape edges after youve got it where you want. now when you lay on your paint, put the first strokes well below the lines, about three to 4 inches and yes make sure you dont load it up too much, then after youve smoothed out your paint below the lines then use the semi-wetness thats left on the brush and do quick strokes along your tape line. now a big factor is to remove your tape as the paint is still wet and CAREFULLY@ that.DRY BRUSH STROKES onto YOUR WALL AND TAPE EDGE THAT GET PAINT "ON THE TAPE AT THE SAME TIME",NOT PUSHING THE PAINT "AT" THE EDGE yaknow? i hope it works out for you and trust me there might be 1 or 2 small areas that need touch up. thats normal. have fun.

Answer 2

I didn't see your original question. To keep paint from bleeding under tape paint the tape line with clear glaze. That seals the tape and will not affect the removal.

Answer 3

i lately painted a pretty good stripe round my room style of as a border. the best way i did it used to be to actauly draw at the wall witha pencil like i desired it 12 inches down and 10 inches broad so with a backyard stick i marked 12 and 22 and drew my traces across the room. used a sponge to cautiously do the backside and most sensible edges takes persistence nevertheless it appears effective!!

Answer 4

this has happened to me too. i think youre waiting too long before you take the tape off. if its latex paint, you should remove the tape after 10 min.

Answer 5

Paint your design and then touch up afterwards with the other color.