Preventing paint bleed while using masking tape

BigFella1956

G’day All, I am painting a door With 2 colours and have experienced paint bleed through masking tape. See pictures attached. I have to retouch the paint but want to avoid further bleed. Any suggestions would be welcome. Many thanks in advance. Chris

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Jason

Hi Chris (@BigFella1956),

Great to have you join us. Another experienced handyman is more than welcome in the community, especially one with plenty of carpentry experience. We're sure you'll find plenty of like-minded people in the community to connect with and share ideas and advice.

There's plenty of experienced painters in the community, but let me tag @Simon who might like to kick off the discussion.

Please let me know if you ever need a hand gettting the most from the Workshop site, or have any feedback about how we can improve Workshop for you.

Welcome,

Jason

BigFella1956

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/6256#Comment_6256

Thanks Jason. I look forward to helping and being helped. All the best. Chris

Isobel

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/65263#Comment_65263

@BigFella1956

What's the surface of the walls? Were you using plain old masking tape or a dedicated painter's tape like this? - https://www.bunnings.com.au/scotchblue-24mm-sharp-paint-lines-painter-s-masking-tape-with-edge-lock_p1661027

Remember that when you remove the tape is also important - wait until it's dry to touch. Scoring the edge with a knife can also help you to get a clean line.

Brad

Couple of similar ideas for you and Frog Tape.

Frog Tape

BigFella1956

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/95368#Comment_95368

Hi Isobel, thanks very much. I’m painting a solid wood external door and while I use the blue painters tape, I see the one you recommended has 2093 on it, the number on mine is 2090. Yes, I wait till the paint is dry before peeling it off. Nice tip about the scoring. Cheers, Chris

BigFella1956

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/6259#Comment_6259

Hi Brad, I have viewed the videos in your response so it looks like tape and caulk. Off to bunting’s I go. I appreciate your help. Cheers, Chris

Jason

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/65267#Comment_65267

That's a great tip about using chaulk, many thanks for sharing those videos @Brad.

@ProjectPete - I think I recall you saying your wife painted the kids room below. Maybe she could share her secrets for getting such beautiful sharp lines with no bleeding?

Jason

BigFella1956

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/95372#Comment_95372

My thanks to Isobel and Brad. I re-did the paint job and it worked out a treat. I used painter's tape (Frog) and then scored it when dry and got lovely straight lines with little bleed. Because I was using 2 colours, I used the primary colour to also seal the tape edge and then painted over with the secondary colour.

Jason

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/114284#Comment_114284

Fantastic. Many thanks for letting us know @BigFella1956. It would be great if you could share a picture or two as I'm sure there will be community members keen to learn from your experience for their painting jobs.

Jason

Madmoggy

There are all sorts of tape and I have found the simplest and most effective Way to reduce bleed through by using paint. Say for example you have a white painted board and yo want to mask up an area that your going to paint red. Mask the edge on the white surface and paint the edge to be red WHITE. This will seal the tape edge and if there’s bleed through it won’t be visible.

Then when thats dry, paint the area red. Removing the tape will leave a clean line. Another idea is to use clear and seal it the same way too. With each additional,colour paint the tape edges with the colour the tape is over lapping.

For textured surfaces test a bit with paint or go for a caulk/filler

the Bunnings logo is about 70 mm diameter was made by painting surface red two coats, then made stencil with masking tape and then a coat of red to stop bleed through, and then two coats dark green WOW look at how clean that came out no bleed through for this I used SAMURAI razor edge delicate masking tape

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