WHY Caulk Your Tape? Painting Perfect Lines From A to Z
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- How caulking your tape actually works for perfect lines! WHY Caulk Your Tape? Painting Perfect Lines From A to Z. Paint Life Tools: paintlifesuppl...
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After watching this video, I was ready to start my painting project. I was blown away with the results. Exceeding my expectations.I was painting solo so I was working on a 12' section at a time. Thank you for a great video.
For trim, I prefer to lightly paint over the tape with trim color vs caulking because even the tiniest particles of caulk that are left over on the trim after you peel off the tape will pick up dust and/or yellow at a different rate than the trim itself and if you're OCD like me, it will drive you mad.
Wow I’ve been painting all my life different projects I’ve learned more in a half hour watching your show that I’ve learned in a lifetime
Great video good guys very informative
Thank you for watching and sharing 🤙
You should have 1 million subscribers!!! Thanks for all your hard work over the years with your videos.
I thought the old man that taught me this trick while spraying was insane but he was spot on as are you .
A great video thank you for sharing. I am a painting contractor myself for 30 years, I am usually sealing my tape with the base color paint "like the white paint on your wall" and it give us a great crisp line every time.
Great video mate, so many people walk past / through the inside of a building and have no idea what goes into get a really great paint job, or even a great job on any of the trades work.
been painting since 15 years old 50 now...you got great videos i dont agree with alot of stuff plus i work in Sna Francisco so we deal with alot me beat up houses with lead...frog tape has orange and yellow, the blue frogg tape is GOLD! SO AMAZING
Thanks Chris. I have been watching you for years (has it been that long now???) and always learn great tips. I paint for friends and show them how so they can do their own. This is a great tip. Great explanation. God bless!
Agree! It's 11:45 pm and I'm watching his paint videos. :) And I used to think I knew how to clean brushes and rollers. Lol
Another good trick is to use clear water base flat glaze which is a thinner viscosity than caulk and can be brushed on then wiped down over edges of the tape and painted . Once de taped, it leaves a sharp line over a rough surface.
Used this method for over 30 years in Idaho with no after problems.
Very clear examples! I used these strategies and achieved very clean lines in my house.
I’ve done this with the undercoat color of paint instead of caulking. This would work much better because with the method I have used requires that you let that filler coat dry. This is both faster and gets cleaner results. Love it!
Yes I use the same method
HI! So if I were to use undercoat instead I can leave the tape on dried until it is time to remove it?
I've had good results using the base color over the tape to seal the tape and coming back with the final color after it dries. No issues removing the tape and a perfectly crisp line.
I do like the idea of caulking around the trim.
Wife and I painted (for the first time) Living Dinning room.... Now we know how to fix it! THANKS!
maybe im the exception but i seen "caulk your tape" and the length of the video was almost 50 minutes , i said I GOTTA WATCH THIS . Straight up i need to hear as much info as i can. because whenever i use this technique and someone questions me about my methods i want to be able to back it up. Please Chris dont ever feel that you need to rush thru a video, give us your best and the videos be as long as it has to be. Dont compromise your integrity and give us something that was rushed. Ive tooken on painting jobs with confidence because of your videos. Know that your time, talent and treasure isnt wasted brother. With that being said thank for another excellent video.
Excellent demonstration, efficient and to the point, A beautiful end result to a finish line. Thank You
"efficient and to the point"
What point in the 43 minute video did you come to that conclusion?
@@Andrew-wq1ue EXACTLY! Thank you. This is a 3-4 minute video, at most, that has been drug out to almost 48 minutes. The repetitiveness just droned on and on to the point of aggravation.
So many people say they HATE painting, but I have always enjoyed it. Well maybe not always.
quick tip. if your doing 2 coats on the wall have the trim masked with tape on the edges and roll all the walls with 2 coats and get about 1/8 or 2/8 inch away from the tape then just do the caulking and paint then take the tape off and boom all rolled 2 coats and not having to take the tape off preventing drips from falling
Was wondering about 2 coats… I’ll try this on one small wall to see how it goes thanks!
My mom stopped using tape a long time ago and just improved on her cutting (which isn't near perfect at all). And the main reason is because of the bleed through the tape on uneven surfaces. Because of this video I can now myself do it, and then show my mom. Great video.
You can also take a thin piece of plastic like a credit card and run it over the tape. The Friction creates heat which melts the wax on the tape and forms a seal to prevent bleeding.
I am new to the channel, and own a VERY high end paint company in Vermont. We always cut everything by hand...no tape, and get laser straight lines. Interesting method. It’s interesting how paint company’s have such different processes from one another. Do you notice any kind of flashing doing your walls that way? I could see getting away with it on a flat/matte. But any kind of sheen i would think it would flash. We spray cabs and built-ins the same way you guys do. Except use a extractor fan with a furnace filter retro-fitted on the end to catch paint dust. Very interesting ideas, I will keep watching.
Chris thank you for excellent videos. I have learned so much. I used the caulk tip to paint stripes it came out razor sharp.
Great insight on how to get straight lines, use of caulk, and tape. So helpful for DIYer.
Looks simple enough. What we've done is to paint the edge of the tape with the paint color that's under the tape. That usually means letting it dry enough so that it doesn't mix with the color we're cutting in, which can result in rough spots when the tape is lifted. I like this idea of using clear caulk instead and then getting right to it. Maybe I'll try it with clear paint.
What's clear paint brother?
@@caezarlapuc8627 Look up "clear latex paint"
@@BigMikeECV thanks brother. I will take a look
30 yrs' painting, always willing too learn new methods. Personally. I paint trim/doors w/o tape 1st, keeping walls as my cut in line. Another trick for large voids and cracks: mix oil base primer with commercial whiting making a malleable paste-like coating to fill in deep cracks usually in historic applications. let cure for as long as possible, sand w.220 or kerosene (cheaper than mineral spirits and yes, there is a lingering odor, but works wonderfully with soft nylon rag.) Paint with a smile...
I'd never heard of such a thing. I've got a ton of painting coming up and will defiantly give this a shot. New sub for sure. I salute your caulksmanship!
mind blown! been painting and using frog tape for years and while it is a great product this tip will just take my lines to the next level and less tiny touch ups from bleed through. Thanks brother much appreciated!!!!!
and love your point about teaching this to the less experienced guys to speed up your jobs and keep the quality tip top magoo!!!
amazing! it's nice to watch a real professional! thank's
I’ve been freehanding my brush for cutting since I was 12. My family pushed my to start a painting company and this guys teaching me new things I’ll start using. Thanks man.
GREAT INSTRUCTION, THANK YOU! Oh man I have an invention for this. Gotta make it!
Awesome
Good to see another painter that actually follows the rules
I roll my brush strokes as well to eliminate any lines
Have to teach all my guys this
Even the ones that "know how to paint "
Keep up the good work 😃
Here From Chicago
Right on
When wiping I load the back of my left hand (I'm right handed) with the extra caulk so I can use it somewhere else. When cutting the tube tip go smalllllllll, tiny bevel cut! LESS = MORE!
showing the 3 pieces of tape is very helpful! thank you so much
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If your taping over a White wall to paint a different colour, just do this, tape first then paint white over the edge your painting a different colour. Let it dry then paint your new colour, the white will have filled the small voids at the edge of the tape, when almost completely dry peel off tape, result, perfect edge!!
Just sayin!!!
me: 47 minutes, that's crazy, who's gonna watch all that? It's paint for Petes sake!
also me: (47 minutes and 42 seconds later) It's over already?
California plumbing contractor here, always fun to watch a craftsman work! Keep it up gentlemen!
Cool video.. I'm guessing that when you do this process on a large area, like baseboards, windows etc., you're not worried about the caulk that gets on the paint brush contaminating the paint that's in the can when you dip it?
Latex paint and latex caulk won't contaminate the paint. Both are water soluble.
You can actually thicken your paint with latex caulk and mix well and use a roller
to cover flaws on your substrate.
Former painter used china bristle and man made material bristles depending on the type of paint it is easy to have $50.00 invested in brushes found making a cover for your brushes would use newspaper to make a simple cover after a brush is cleaned for the day.
crisp lines... try this lets say you are painting swiss coffee semigloss moldings and mocha walls. paint the trim first. then mask off the trim. then the trick-use a flat version of the swiss coffee trim color. let dry. it will seal any gaps and prevent bleed . then paint your color coat. when you pull the tape, the flat paint tears off easily leaving really straight clean lines. we roll brush and paint with this method.
Jeff Borges - Just so I'm confident I understand, do you purchase a 2nd can of trim paint - both cans the same color but each can has a different sheen level? So any surface (usually trim, correct?) that is taped off requires this additional can of paint?
And, you don’t experience the problem warned about in this video, that of dry, flat paint sheens cracking when the tape is pulled off? Are you leaving the tape/paint combo on for more than 1 coat of paint?
Thanks
Bethany Anderson yes. Flat paint has less strength so when you pull it off, it tears. If you press the tape well, you won’t have so much seepage. This also allows you to draw a line with a straightedge and follow that perfectly
Also, you should only need a quart of the flat color.
Genius comes in so many forms. This guy is absolutely a genius!
Takes too long to do this. Run the edge of tape with the undercolor, then paint your line color. The paint will seal the edge of the tape without leaving what he calls a "Dam".
dude this video needs to be 5 min , not as long as the Godfather part 2, thx for the tip though
Stunl3y, LMAO!! I was thinking Godfather part 3?
That’s why I unsub’d because it became more of a earn money channel with the inserted ads. Length doesn’t equal quality, wish you would go with the shorter version like you had years back.
@@hispeed69 same, his lack of transparency with when he is promoting a product was the final nail for me.
This killed me!!
My thoughts exactly..lol
This is one of your top videos on painting tapes! Keep up the great work! 👍👍👍
When you are applying the second coat how do you tape . caulk . And repeat it exactly the same.
I think this technique it is just when you do final coat bro
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I like the effort and work you put into this and learned more because I saw you work real situations.👍
I appreciate that!
I've been watching this guy for years. Idk why because I'm not a painter. But one thing is for sure, whenever I build my next house I want to pay to fly him and his team out to paint my house. I've never see such quality work. This dude knows his stuff.
Thank you🤙
LOL...I know right?
I love watching these guys, even though I only do a little painting.
you guys are amazing, im painter in california, bay area, and now im improving my skills with this tips
Thank you for sharing and watching 🤙
i find cutting in with a good brush gives the best results.
I'm with you I dont tape or caulk for straight lines. I'm faster and better with a nice brush.
@@j.o.stribute8848 yeah especially with older houses, none of the edges are straight. the perfectly straight lines of tape show up making everything else look wrong. Most people are not skilled with a brush, but with some practice and patience (and good brushes) the lines look so much better if cut in by hand.
@@miguelnoches7558 My old co. I worked for would of fired me for using tape. The guy I worked for last summer masked EVERYTHING. He sprayed all the trim on the interiors. The last place I worked on for him I had 5 old windows that needed scrapped, sanded, calked, primed, and painted on the second floor. He wanted to know how long each window was going to take me? How do you answer that question? I just said I didn't know because not every window was the same. This other guy that worked for him sanded all the paint off the front of the house. The Boss went and bought different sanders for him to do it. He came to me and said he told him that he didn't need to go that far with it. He was supposed to do it in 1 day, and he spent 3! One last thing. He didn't like to pressure wash houses! My old boss had us PW every house!
Nobs! I can cut in with damn near any brush, and I can cut with a roller in some scenarios!
Randy, You should always use a nice brush to save time. My best friend uses a block brush to cut in, and he does pretty good with it, but not me I use a 2 1/2 '' Purdy! I've had to use a duster brush if that's all there is around.
I learned the.trick years ago. Good for accent walls. Tell your painter to start rolling from top not from bottom. Do the trick when you are doing the second and final coats. Otherwise you will be masking again.
I’ve learned so much from you! You’re the man!
@Cousin Justin 😂😂
Great trick we will use on our basement project. I wish I had seen this 4 years ago. Would've saved me so much time. Thanks for posting!
So glad the title wasn’t “tape your caulk” ... ouch!
awesome, never would have thought of this but will have to remember next time I tape the wall... thanks
First thought on seeing thumbnail:
"Why is John Cena holding a caulk gun?"
Well played.
It's John Cena meets Lance Armstrong!
Potato salad*
He dont know how to hold a paint brush
I thought it was lance armstrong
today i learned something, masking and frog tape have never worked that well on their own but next time i need to do some i'll buy caulk too. i suck at applying silicone seal but this looks much easier.
How early can I pretape with the FrogTape? I know the rest of the steps need to happen at the time of applying the paint.
Wow! This was so helpful to make sure I get a perfect paint job. Thanks!
This actually was news to me. Excellent. Thank you so much.
I can't wait to try out this method tomorrow when I paint ..thank you!!
I've been a painting contractor over 40 year's and have never had to tape baseboards, door casings, countertops, cabinets, or anything to brush a straight crisp line, do all prep work the day before painting, taping is a waste of good time and money, tape is to keep plastic drops in place over cabinets, railings ceiling fans and hanging lights and furniture, get a 2 1/2 inch sash brush and you can cut a straight line to a razor's edge
Jay Line absolutely correct. 28 years for me. Have to look hard in my garage to find tape..
I have to agree with the both of you. I am also a painter 8 years. Prep my walls. Then caulk, wipe, let dry then cut in with a sash brush. The only time I use tape is when the trim work is already finished. And I am only Painting the walls so i put the tape on the top of trim to stop splatters getting onto the already finished trim.
@@giddygoat6242 Use high quality woven roller covers and you won't even need tape then. I'm with Jay.
@@josephbuckalew8667 thanks 🤘
Bull
These are the sort of details that separate the pros form the amateurs. Good stuff Chris!!
PLEASE add more close up shots when giving examples of very detailed work on high-end projects :) would be extremely helpful if the camera zoomed in after you pull the tape (for instance).
Yes!
Very nice idea!! Why didnt'you have this abt 10 yrs ago?? Thanks you, guys!!!
I was taught to paint a coat of clear paint first (along the tape edge) and let it dry so that if it goes behind the tape you won't see it; plus it will seal it from the color coat. That way no color leaks behind the tape. BUT---if I could apply caulk as fast and accurately as you do, I might reconsider.
This is a MasterClass.
Psalm 31:24 King James Version (KJV)
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
I just found this channel a few weeks ago...Love it!!. Great job guys, very professional and great tips. Thanks and keep up the good race. We are almost home.
I'm a bit confused. How does this apply to the topic at hand?
I guess like everyone else, I never was able to get a tape line that didn't bleed a bit. This is amazing. WIll try.
This guy looks like a beefy Tommy smothers
John Malkovich
I could watch you work all day :) thanks for the info 👍 I live in really old house and diy ing it as a renter. Going to fix lines in room we already painted. Yay thanks will help with abstract art mural I want to do as well. So Excited!
Found the 950A Siliconized Acrylic Latex Caulk at Sherwin Williams...I believe that is what you guys are using? Love the tutorials! I painted aircraft for 15 years LOL.
Absolutely perfect. This is exactly what I've been searching for. Quick question...How close to the wall do I get the tape when I'm doing floor trim? Should I leave an 8th of an inch between the tape and the wall?
First time I've seen another painter do this. Quit telling my secrets! xD
I do this too 😬
Ditto. about 15 yrs for me also. That's what separates us good painters from the bad, learning the tricks of the trade.
This is what I need for this ole’disaster I’m painting! The question I have (and I may have missed it) is. .. what if my trim is a color other than white. In fact the only thing that’s white is the ceiling. So would I paint the trim then tape it off and run the caulk then paint the walls? I’m trying to avoid the tiny ridge of caulk showing when finished. I guess I would use clear caulk.
Chill dudes he’s explaining things properly, if you listen you will learn!
Great video! Thanks! I was dreading doing this against an interior corner with two different wall colours. Feeling a bit more confident now 👍 Good tip about using latex caulking, other videos I've watched haven't mentioned that.
Glad to help
Yes great tip! Should try combined with the Masking Master
Cool trick, but 47mins is way too long dude
we had to watch the paint dry to make sure no runs
If you watched it, you would have seen that it is several of his videos on using caulking with tape, all put together in one video. That's helpful to someone who wants multiple examples, but for the guy who just wants to see it, he can just watch the first part.
youtube is filled with 5min vids with no explanations. I prefer real insight vids with good info.
For us newbies, the vid length is not a problem. We're trying to learn something here!
This a great, in-depth video. After years of being a decent painter I think I’ll be even better for my next project. Anyone complaining about the length of this video has a losers mindset and should not be listened to.
Thanks for watching
can do the same thing with paint... use the base color that your masking against. Then paint with your desired color. Any bleed through will be the same color as the base color.
If I got hired on a job and this guy was training me I would think I'm being punked
I just use a 2 1/2 sash brush and learned how to cut in properly and occasionally use frog tape. Interesting method I’ll give it a try, never to learn something new.
Great video I just started following your channel and so far it’s been a great help! Quick question; so when doing your trim work, the trick is to remove the tape while everything is still wet,… only question I got is what if your’re doing 2 coats on the trim?
Thanks
Jason from Alberta Canada!!
Thanks i have learned allot..i think the time of your videos are just fine, Specifically if you are new to painting we need all the explanation.. Gracias...
So this was a rough textured wall, you don't need to do this on a smooth wall do you?
Sorry I am not going to spend almost 50 minutes watching someone talk about masking tape.
If he answered that question, sorry.
Amazing artistry to be proud of.
Yeah cool way to paint a crisp line but why don't you just say what you mean? 10 minutes would be fine dude.
Ok
Some of us who are new to this, appreciate the detail he goes into. If it's too long for a viewer, they always have the option of quitting or jumping ahead. But if it's too short, without pertinent info, there isn't another option for that viewer, right?
~:-)
Thanks for this. Interesting to learn about the white pigment lending a heavier body.
Hold his hands together he can’t talk lol
Thanks for your excellent video.
How would you recommend to do 3 coats on a wall 🤔
Actually I learned a lot from this video. Thanks
You are welcome
Love your videos Chris! Thanks for making and sharing!
Love the Comments!
Love the multipart explanations!
Love the Unicorns!
Wait, what?! Sorry fell asleep, pls don't ask why I dreamt about unicorns. 😂🤣
It's been a long time since I last saw this channel and it's good to see how great some of these videos really are.
This guy is a genius
Thanks for all the tips absolutely love these videos
Glad to help
I painted for about 8 yrs back in the late 70s. If you think this guy talks a lot, the guys I worked with were way older than me and had 1001 sayings for EVERYTHING, most of them drank an extreme amount, so I guess that’s why- but I used to have a blast painting!
Do you have a video on how to touch up the spots if it bleeds through?
Excellent information and delivery.
Excellent. Wish I knew this before. I frog taped off my hardwood to paint my trim. After I painted the paint bled a bit under the hardwood all over, especially in the seams between the hardwood strips. It came off with careful scraping with a small putty knife thankfully but I spent hours. This was my main floor. I'm painting my upstairs tomorrow so this tip on the hardwood will be very valuable.
So if I'm spraying 2 coats do I remove the tape right after the second coat? Thx for all you do to educate us.
Awesome video. As a homeowner I wish I knew this years ago!
This is excellent tip and helpful to understand taping use. I never knew it was done wet! But please consider breaking these into segments, way longer than I want to sit and listen to commercials.
Thomkirby - my mobile permits me to stop watching at any time. By the number of remarks about video length, apparently not an option for everyone?
painting my mom's fireplace. the vertical part only, not the base. using the stain that you did in a previous video. problem was taping it off on a grout line. used gorilla tape to get the most stick i could, then used a concrete repair tube lightly on my tape edge to seal it. i could not find a caulk that was stainable, so this is the only thing i could think of. leaked in a couple spots. ugh.
brick fireplace.
Are you saying that the caulk technique shouldn't be used at the wall/ceiling joint?
Nope you gotta learn to cut in like a real painter is supposed to. The texture of a ceiling is usually knock down brocade which is way too thick of a texture to apply tape that would seal any peaks and valleys. Even the house they are showing you to use the tape and caulk trick is skip trowel so it's very flat compared to that first bit where he used the 3 methods of wetting the tape, caulking the tape, and nothing. Don't believe the hype try and learn to cut in with an angled brush and you'll never need to waste money on caulk, tape and the time it takes to do all that BS. No knock on this guy. He's out here hustling I respect it but if you don't start with a crutch you'll never need one.
Thank you john for all your videos