Stripe painting question - gloss paint

[palsor1]

Hey guys,

I've been reading the threads about stripe painting and I have a question. A couple of years ago I redid most of my garage and painted the walls high gloss white. Now I'd like to add a color to the bottom half and then a stripe. I painted the bottom half gray and tried to do a red stripe. I taped and painted. It's really really hot here in Texas, so by the time I was pulling the tape off, the red was mostly dry. When I pulled the tape off, it pulled chunks of the red off with it. Shortly after that, I was able to practically peel the red stripe off the wall like it was plastic wrap.

After a frustrated trip inside and some more reading, I discovered that you need to sand and prime high gloss to get much to stick to it, which makes sense . Lesson learned. In any case, now I'm contemplating how to do the stripe properly. The bottom half of the walls (where I painted red and gray) has now been sanded and I painted a new coat of gray, as well as fixed some white on the top half. Now I'm back to painting the stripe again.

Here's the dilemma. I'm still painting onto gloss. Now, admittedly, I'll be painting the stripe on to gloss that is only a few days old as opposed to multiple years old, so it might be more porous and therefore a bit stickier. Of course, it might not be. I don't know paint . So, here are my questions:

1. Will the age of the paint make a difference? Or will I need to tape, and then scuff up the gloss paint within my tape lines? If so, how do you guys do that without tearing the tape off the wall?

2. For those of you who seal the tape by painting the wall color over the tape first, letting it dry, and then painting your stripe, do you have trouble with the tape pulling the stripe off of the wall? Have you used this technique on gloss, or only on something more matte?

Thanks in advance guys...

- Andy

 

[Stinger]

When I painted my stripe over a satin finish, it wanted to peal in some places where the paint was the thickest...I had to cut the paint with a razor the length of the line to prevent it. Never had any issue with the paint coming off on it's own since then.

 

[Stephenw]

I staged a photo for you to demonstrate this concept...

When removing the tape, pull it back over itself and then slowly pull it off at a sharp angle to the stripe. This will help keep it from lifting the paint from the wall.

 

[Zeke]

Painting over high gloss that has cured can be a problem. There are chemicals you can use to wipe between the taped lines just before applying the stripe color to ensue good adhesion. And, if you pull the tape as he said, you should have undamaged edges.

Make sure to press the tape down well on the stripe side. I always used and old Nylon comb with the 2 outside fingers removed. Those inside soft fingers follow the wall. Works super on cars when masking.

 

[Jayincali]

2. For those of you who seal the tape by painting the wall color over the tape first, letting it dry, and then painting your stripe, do you have trouble with the tape pulling the stripe off of the wall? Have you used this technique on gloss, or only on something more matte?

Thanks in advance guys...

- Andy

I just finished painting my garage a couple months ago (gray on bottom, white on top, red stripe in center) But would like to add a small black stripe on either side of the red stripe. I used the method you asked about with out any issues.

Applied the tape, pressed it down well, sealed the edge with same color as tape is applied over, let it dry a few hours, primered, paint accent color, apply second coat, peel tape off while wet/damp

If you peel the tape as shown in the above picture, you should not have any issues. If you start to see the paint lifting, use a new razor blade and slice the where the paint and tape come togeher. Might be a pain in *** to do, but would rather do that then have the paint lift.

 

[soob]

Get sanding sponges and scuff that sucker up. They won't cut through masking tape.