Appreciation post: Good masking tape is worth the extra few bucks

I was using cheap hardware store tape on a bumper job last Tuesday and the paint bled through at the edges on both sides. Had to stop, strip it, and start over. That cost me 2 hours and wasted about $15 in primer and paint. Switched to 3M Fine Line for the redo and the lines came out clean as glass. Anyone else learned this lesson the hard way?

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pat9542mo ago

Funny you mention this cause I just had a similar headache with some cheap frog tape (the green kind, not the good stuff) on a window trim job. Paint seeped under in three spots and I ended up with this jagged line that looked like a kindergartner drew it. Took me an extra hour with a razor blade to clean it up and I was cursing the whole time. Now I stick to the yellow Scotch tape for anything that needs a crisp edge, learned that lesson the expensive way too.

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lily_ramirez42mo ago

Oh come on, the green frog tape is totally fine if you just press it down properly before painting.

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