what kind of tape to prevent peeling off old paint?

10 years ago

I used the blue painter's tape on the 2 year-old painted wall, while painting a new layer on the cabinet, perpendicular to the wall. I used a utility knife to cut a straight line where the blue tape meeting the cabinet to prevent any new paint on the tape connecting to the cabinet. The cutting did not help. Instead, the old paint was just peeled right off when I lifted the blue tape.

What kind of tape do I use to prevent peeling off the old paint? I heard that the creamy white contractor's masking tape is better than the blue painter's tape. I am wondering how the green tape (in a fancier wrapping style and more expensive) works too.

Thanks

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Christopher Nelson Wallcovering and Painting
10 years ago
That is not a tape problem. That is a problem with the adhesion of the paint job, poor prep work most likely
paintguy22
10 years ago
Try the 3M blue with the orange core #2080 for sensitive surfaces. The lower the tack strength of the tape, the better your chances at not pulling paint off the wall.
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chueh
Original Author
10 years ago
Ok thanks
orchidsnyc
10 years ago
Regular blue tape is pretty sticky stuff, especially if you leave it in place for more than a few hours. I haven't tried frogtape yet, but after recent trial and error, do like the 3M delicate surface stape paintguy mentioned much better than the regular blue tape.
Faron79
10 years ago
DEFINITELY what PG & CN said!!

Paint is only as good as the weakest-link.
In THIS case, that fail-point is the layer that lifted.
It ain't the tapes fault!

The green Frog-tape has been VERY popular here for yeeeaars. It's in the medium-to-firm-adhesion level.
This year (?), they introduced a YELLOW tape...for delicate/suspect surfaces.

Faron