Walls and ceilings
Straight lines for colored plinths on grained plaster
Two-tone walls with mostly horizontally demarcated plinths are in vogue. Masking with masking tape is quite easy on smooth surfaces, but more difficult on grained plaster.
The problemThe paint can run under the masking tape, as it cannot be pressed firmly onto the wall due to the granules, and some of it lifts off again over the granules.
The solution - the trick with the adhesive tape
For example, if you want to paint the lower plinth in color and the part above in white, proceed as follows:
- First paint the upper part of the wall surface white.
- Once the white paint has dried well, stick the masking tape to the bottom edge of the paint where the separation is to take place. Press the masking tape down firmly, using a cloth if necessary.
- Now “paint” the lower edge of the masking tape with the same white paint using a smaller brush. This means that the paint slightly undercuts the masking tape – despite the crepe being pressed down firmly. This side of the tape is therefore “sealed”.
- If the darker base color is then painted over it (after drying), it will not be able to undercut the masking tape as it has already been undercut by white paint. However, the eye cannot see this white paint that has run underneath after the masking tape has been removed and the result is a very clean, straight and not frayed transition between white and the darker base color.
