I am trying to paint a bedroom with a large horizontal stripe through the middle. My walls are really textured. I have tried to push the blue tape into the the valleys the best that I can but the paint is going underneath the tape.
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scrap the tape idea. Draw a straight line with a pencil and a level to outline the horizontal stripe. CAREFULLY paint the line with an artist's brush... then paint INSIDE the line with a thicker artist's brush, then paint with a 1/2" brush, then you should have a large enough "cut in" line that you can fill in the rest of the strip no problem. Patience will be key. Don't apply too much paint at a time, and let each line dry before you begin the next with a larger brush.
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You can now buy a special plaster designed to spread easily with no mixing over the textured wall in order to smooth it over.
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use the green tape push the tape by your finger or....strong on wall use the roller not brush to go over the tape
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After measuring the wall and applying masking tape or blue painters tape to textured wall (press firmly). Add beading of acrylic latex caulk with silicone (you can find it at most paint stores) to the edge of the tape you want to make the perfect line. Smooth with finger and then use a damp cloth to remove excess. This allows the caulk to go into the small spaces left under the tape when applied to textured walls. Wait 15 minutes and begin to paint with a dry brush technique (not too much paint on the roller or brush). Allow paint to dry, remove the tape and you should have razor straight lines even on textured walls.
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I have painted a lot of stripes lately. I found the following to work best: Draw 2 lines outlining the stripe using a level. Apply tape about 1/8" outside each of the lines. This way the lines are covered when you paint the stripe. Then, use the base wall color (NOT the stripe color) on the inside edge of the 2 tape lines. After that paint has dried, go back and and paint the stripe. After a half hour/hour or so, carefully pull the tape. You should have good stripe! On a textured wall the paint will always bleed under the tape - at least it does for me. But by using the base color 1st, the paint that bleeds matches the wall color so the stripe color does not.
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I have painted a lot of stripes lately. I found the following to work best: Draw 2 lines outlining the stripe using a level. Apply tape about 1/8" outside each of the lines. This way the lines are covered when you paint the stripe. Then, use the base wall color (NOT the stripe color) on the inside edge of the 2 tape lines. After that paint has dried, go back and and paint the stripe. After a half hour/hour or so, carefully pull the tape. You should have good stripe!
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