How do you keep interior paint from peeling off when you pull off the painters tape?

Question

I am painting the interior of my home and am having problems with paint pulling off when I finally take off the painters tape. Help!!

Answer 1

Richard has some good tips.

PLUS, use the blue tape not the green tape.
let the paint cure for 30 days (if you can) before applying the tape to it. If you are painting the walls and then taping the walls to paint the trim. You will need to a) wait as long as you can before applying the tape or b) don't keep the tape on the walls for days.
I always paint my trim first getting some paint on the walls and then when it is time (trim paint is dry) I cut the walls with a brush and thus cut down the edge of the door without using tape. I find it easier than painting the walls first and the trim second. I think most painters do it that way. But who am ???

Answer 2

The tape is onto the wall that you're too much. Sorry, you'll understand if someone showed you what I mean, it's a visual thing. Um... you want the painters tape not on the part you're painting at all, so if you're painting the lower half of the wall, then you'll want to make sure that the tape is exactly along the dividing line, and not over. If it's impossible for you to keep the tape from going over, then try to get the least amount of paint possible on the tape.

Answer 3

Remove the tape before the paint is dry and run a razor blade along the edge of the tape to cut it free if it has dried

Answer 4

1. make sure that the wall is primered, so paint sticks to it.
2. make surethat any gloss or semigloss trim is good and scuffed up with sand paper
3. I peel the tape off when the paint is still wet- but do it carefully.
4. always use the expensive, blue tape, not crappy regular masking tape.
5.I touch up small spots with a tiny artists' paint brush

Answer 5

First of all, you are working over primer. Never a good idea. Secondly, don't let the paint dry. Take the tape of every 15-20 minutes.

Answer 6

try to keep from loading a lot of paint onto the edge of tape,sort of taper it off a little? sometimes the angle that you pull it off affects it also? also you could take a razor knife and make a cut along the tape edge to release paint?

Answer 7

take the tape off about 5-10 minutes after you paint, if you wait any longer it will pull off bits of paint.

Answer 8

pull off the tape before it dries,will solve that problem.

Answer 9

I think that means its not completely dry.

Try letting it dry more, and then go sllllooooowww.