Painting straight Lines

Every time I complete a painting job I always have the customers who say "wow that's an amazing job, how did you get the lines so straight?" I always tell them a lot of tape and patience. It is no secret that taping a paint job will help you in the long run, but a lot of people find that tape is expensive and time consuming. I have found in my years of work that it pays off to be patient and to buy good tape, I recommend using the green Frog Tape which is the only tape on the market with paint block technology that forms a barrier at the edge of the tape so you have no seepage into the tapes off area. Frog Tape is located at most of your hardware stores and you can visit their link http://www.frogtape.com/ to find a retailer near you.

When painting a room it is very important to tape along all the edges that you do not want to paint to touch. Make sure that you tape along windows, ceilings, doors, trim, and anywhere that you do not want the new color to touch. Although they sell the tape in many different sizes from about 1/2" to 1 1/2", I have found that the 1/2" tape works fine for most applications unless you are a very sloppy painter and need the wider tape but you will pay about double the price for the 1 1/2" tape. I posted some pictures that show when I painted my babies nursery, I used a lot of tape and it took a lot of patience but the end result was magnificent. I hope you enjoy, please post any questions you may have and I look forward to helping you with future projects.