Preparation is the most important part of the job – it’s the step that ensures that your reveal is everything you want it to be. Taping your space is how you keep your lines clean, keep paint off other surfaces in your home, and get the satisfaction of a job beautifully done when you pull that tape back and see possibility made real.

Prep with Style & Paint with Confidence

Preparation is the most important part of the job – it’s the step that ensures that your reveal is everything you want it to be.

With the right preparation, you can bring any possibility to life.

Clean Area

Clean the surface you’re going to tape, using water and a damp rag.

Choose the Right Tape

Choose the right tape for your surface:

• ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Delicate Surfaces with Advanced Edge-Lock™ Paint Line Protector: For freshly painted surfaces (at least 24 hours old), wood floors, cabinets, and accent walls. Use this tape to create patterns on painted walls or surfaces.
• ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Multi-Surface with Advanced Edge-Lock™ Paint Line Protector: For metal, baseboards, trim, and glass. Use this tape to protect window frames, molding, and baseboards.
• ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Exterior Surfaces  – For use outdoors, including smooth and semi-smooth metal, vinyl, painted wood, and glass‎.
  

Tape Areas

Tape all the areas you want to keep paint-free: baseboards, windows, tiles, and other areas.

Connect Ends of Tape

Tear off about 2 to 3 feet of tape at a time, laying each new piece of tape over the end of the previous piece.

Press Tape Firmly

Press tape down firmly with a smooth surface like a putty knife or your fingers.

Let Tape Set

Let the tape set for 15 – 30 minutes.

Remove Tape

Remove tape slowly, pulling it back on itself at a 45° angle from the original line of tape.

Remember, preparation is the most important part of the job