House Painting: How to Mask Windows Like a Pro.

[@LB-nv2bj]

I've painted for years and this is hand down one of the most useful videos I've ever seen.

[@spoonman73]

Impressive, man. I usually just fight with the plastic and the wind and the tape sticking all over the plastic for half an hour first lol

[@cjen8033]

Same!

[@schwaggybammer968]

That’s cause your a dummy loser

[@westvalley411]

It's always a battle. So I ball up the tape and throw it. I have a new tourist attraction...

[@hair8565]

always grateful when a pro shares a tip!

[@boatdetective]

There is a concept common to master tradesmen: economy of motion. This guy makes every move count. This precision "makes it look easy". Elegant technique, sir.

[@LVCMS]

Economy of motion, huge time saver and less waste.

[@robbrown39]

Economy of motion has been one of the hardest concepts to get through to my team. It's such an easy concept though.

[@theseattlepainter7268]

I love watching a real painter with great skills. You're a great painter dude!

[@AdamGuillen-wh9qs]

Thanks man my first window was shit 😳😂but the second one came out perfect after taking your advice and help 🙏🏻

[@XCPainter]

@@AdamGuillen-wh9qs I'm glad to hear that you're getting good results.

[@IfbbProRolandcHazard]

You did in under 5 minutes what would take me an hour trying to figure myself. I guess that's why I'm here. Thanks.

[@amp9672]

Wow. I was not expecting such elegance and adroitness! Impressive

[@jenniferrose5805]

The best window masking I've seen so far! Like the tape around your wrist and definitely will use your tucking method! Thank you!! Great Job!!

[@josegaldamez4858]

That is the most professional way to cover windows.thanks man

[@XCPainter]

Thank you, man

[@miladbehbahani5848]

I've been following this guy for a while. I remodel homes and do residential paint and cabinet refinishing as well. By and far my favorite painter on all of KZbin doesn't matter if you're a pro or diyer just shut up and watch this guy. He gives priceless advice and his work is TOPSHELF.

[@miladbehbahani5848]

Xcpainter is * by and far my favorite

[@XCPainter]

Thank you very much, I appreciate that. I need to get some more yt videos out, (one is 95% done). take care!

[@LUckybones25]

I’m a pro, or at least a semi-pro painter, and you are top notch bro!

[@Kakarottt1825]

I’ve been working on my masking/painting skills for over 2 years now I’m glad I ran into your videos thank you

[@wildwoodtop]

Impressive Dude! 🤟 Graco Paint Sprayer 🤟

[@LosoIAm]

The impression I get from this video is the meticulous approach! Many thanks for sharing.

[@sunshinestudios5328]

Good job. I use a handmasker. Last week my 6 year old daughter timed me doing the same type of window. At a comfortable pace it took 1 minute and 27 seconds.

[@XCPainter]

Great job, thank you for feedback and watching

[@jacobespana8706]

Just got a call about my first painting job just watched your video now I can put that on the application

[@dukebarnes64]

Great video!! I wish I watched this yesterday before starting the job. Thanks

[@frankstidham1439]

That was fast & we'll done, you got skills.

[@shure46]

thank you , I see now !!!!! I've always hated masking and pretty much avoid it as much as possible , but now that I see the right way to do it , no sweat ..... thanks a bunch , you get a subscribe for that one .....

[@christinewoodruff255]

Very skilled, you will always have work, straight, tight, clean and correct!!

[@scottgoddard3497]

I agree alot with everyone else. Nice to see a real pro.. I been painting for over 20 years In New Zealand and i learnt two extra skills of this video...about to buy a xvlp so this was great...thanks 😊

[@XCPainter]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@omarlarrazabal2222]

Love how he never complain about noise in the background. Great informative video of a nice technique 💪🏼

[@genecoppedge5972]

Great technique, I’ll be using your method when I paint my house since I got hate mail from my HOA.

[@EinhanderPilotSantos]

I'm gonna paint the exterior of my house and feel nervous. But after watching your video I feel much more confident. Thanks!

[@acatedral]

I watched your video today and followed your instructions. Struggled with the first window, but I got better at it. Great job on the video.

[@XCPainter]

Good to hear you're trying and learning new skills. Practice practice and it gets easier.

[@acatedral]

@@XCPainter Adding painter to my list of skills! Loved your video on painting the metal doors.

[@victormansilla4356]

Thank you for sharing your skills. Stay blessed

[@luckydog7995]

Great tip folding the plastic, Thanks.

[@coryhatcher]

Perfect video man I will be doing this on my next project. Thanks

[@madcowusa4277]

I'm pretty good at masking in my own slow way and with great results all my life, but this is entirely on another another level. Will re watch a few times. Good video, has me evaluating my approach. Also, there's no way I'm fitting a roll of 3M standard 2020 masking tape over my big hands.

[@renzo4296]

Awesome technique and thank you very much.

[@improvementoptions1571]

Nice one man. Meticulously done. Learned something new today. Am glad.

[@mjater]

Very helpful, just what I needed!

[@cbrocortex]

Great demonstration!

[@RickMahoney2013]

From one painter to another great job and very fast.

[@XCPainter]

Rick Mahoney thank you very much man!

[@horaciosantos4173]

Rick Mahoney Not really he could have used a hand masker with plastic. I can probably mask that window in half the time it makes no sense not to use the right tools. We are in the USA the greatest country in the world. Correction after watching video again i can easily do that in half the time.

[@horaciosantos4173]

This guy should have named this video how to mask a window for DIY'S so they don't have to buy a hand masker jaja.

[@BGuitar415]

@@horaciosantos4173 I agree. The 3m film on a hand masker and a gizmo razor olfa done!

[@XCPainter]

@@horaciosantos4173 or I could have named it "Even though I could mask this window in under 2 minutes, I'll go ahead and take a couple extra minutes out of my day to help others learn, and I'll find satisfaction and live a rewarding life instead of being selfish, critical and ignorant of the fact that there are many ways to get work done and I will not demand my employer to buy $75 in plastic that isn't even versatile so he'd have to buy a $15 roll of painters plastic anyways".

[@kbberlin7281]

Thanks so much! That really helped me paint my shed (with windows).

[@genesiscortezano1328]

Great job mate, very professional

[@aros007z]

Awesome job, thanks!

[@jacjuet1464]

Fantastic!!!! Great tip buddy thank you never would have thought of that.

[@bigshot562]

This guy is the man! Thank you for the tip!

[@XCPainter]

Thank You!

[@dodo13500]

Wow I was just getting ready to go buy that 3M hand held thing and cutting blade. $25 and $13! Thank you!

[@robbielibby4112]

Good job im a painter myself ,I like to mask my window trim completely off that way before I even have rhe body completely sprayed my helper is trimming right away dont have ro wait for rhe body paint to dry ,everybody's got their own way

[@XCPainter]

Yeah that's a good way to go too. I'll for sure do it when needed.

[@1painter4hire]

Nice Work Man !! Never did it that way , I bet Your even faster when not messing with camera, Thanks for Your Time Sir !!

[@emotrash3094]

You, Sir, are a beast ! Thank you!!

[@XCPainter]

Thanks!! 🤙🤙

[@jamesnm21]

That'll take a minute to master. Masking interior windows took me way too long with my unskilled approach. I figured I better get on here and see how the pros do it.

[@LVCMS]

That was great. Amazing video. Will save me many hours and money. Thank you. I know you make it look easy with so much experience, awesome job.

[@Mowers11]

I like your method that uses 9x400 plastic instead of 3m hand masker 72" stuff. Cheaper and faster.I use your method to mask off walls that I have just painted when about to spray the ceiling. saves putting up 9x400 first then following up with 9" paper 1" tape. Takes about 1/2 the time to mask walls now. You are a pro.

[@XCPainter]

Brian Mowers Thanks man!

[@louiekaiser6727]

Spray ceilings first then roll walls

[@RMCMichigan]

Super helpful! Thank you! I'll be using an airless sprayer to finish a newly enclosed back porch and this technique is going to be very helpful!

[@TheRogermursick]

hey, thanks for this. I learned something I can use in my life. Great job.

[@seaneohara]

Tried every method in the book. This is the method I ended up going with. One thing I’ve never seen any one else do is mask the window trim along the edge with 2 to 3” tape to protect it from over spray. Pull the tape but leave the plastic on the window to trim it out. Good ol Toliver Painting. To each their own.

[@XCPainter]

Hey wassup Sean? Sometimes for certain jobs we will run separate tape and paper over the trim to keep it clean and pull to trim it out.

[@seaneohara]

XC Painter I haven’t seen anyone else do it but it makes sense to me. Especially if you apply dark body paint and have white trim. Could take more than 2 coats of trim to cover it up. Goal is to not blast the trim anyways but it happens.

[@northwestlife_9]

Great job. Keep it on all winter and save 10% on heating costs.

[@islandhopper4231]

How thick is the plastic covering ? Couldn't understand in the video. Impressive skill, good tips.

[@XCPainter]

This plastic is this video is .31 mil thick.

[@keniar1373]

Excellent job!

[@kristinuhrig2924]

Thank you for filming this!

[@XCPainter]

Thank you!

[@slicktype001]

Great demonstration. What brand and model is that tape you're using? I can't for the life of me seem to find a good Scoth tape that does not tear as I'm pulling it out from the roll. I always get this rip/tear and end up going back the the more expensive blue painters tape.

[@XCPainter]

This is the IPG (intertape) brand and product is called PG5 1.5". Thank you very much !

[@krausecommercialpainting3359]

Very well done! Thanks for posting.

[@heatherkelly3744]

He makes that look way easier and with way more finesse and experience that I did! I think one window took me an hour, lol

[@DeLuini985]

Thanks man. This is very helpful.

[@XCPainter]

Thank you very much!

[@joethebro5961]

Very nice job 👍. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@nicolshascott144]

This was very helpful!!

[@mikeace5831]

I can tape a window in a little time but this is fast pretty good thank you

[@mugshotmarley]

If you're cutting in/brushing the trim after, there's really no need to tape perfectly along the window vinyl frame since any overspray on the trim will be covered when you brush in the trim color. Unless the trim/body is the same color then I guess you could do it this way to save some time.

[@XCPainter]

The masking works for both purposes of spraying the main color (twice) and rolling or brushing trim twice. If we taped to the face of the rough trim, it's less secure, and we'd have to unmask windows in order to trim. We keep the vinyl, screens, and glass covered because of how much trim there is above and its not worth getting a drip on the screens.

[@myutube8x]

Really great video, best available to make masking work well and fast. Thank you.

[@henriducard2198]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip! Id recommend getting a Mic for improved video quality but other than the slight trouble hearing him speak great video!

[@XCPainter]

Thank you for your feedback and support!

[@mistydavis4746]

As I'm looking through KZbin for tips to help with painting my house, I found this video very helpful and informative. I don't have all the fancy tools, but these tips prove invaluable for keeping the budget down and getting the job done. I do have a question though; the body color I am using on the hardi-plank siding is a brown which is a fairly dark Autumn color and the trim a light antique white. I am using a simple sprayer from the box store. I would like the Brown to come up the edge of the trim to eliminate cutting in on the edge side when I move to painting the trim. I'd like to use a 4'' roller to cover the face of the trim with the white, but I am concerned with such a light color over a dark color. Do you have any suggestions that might be helpful? Thank you!!! I really appreciate your helpful video. :)

[@XCPainter]

There are a few ways to increase trim paint coverage.. scuffing and dusting the oversprayed trim can improve that 1st trim coverage. Using a block brush like a 3" Block or Oval to lay the paint on. If roller application is the finish of choice then use a thick enough roller cover to leave good wet millage behind. Two nice coats should cover, with an even application, and good performing paint.

[@mistydavis4746]

@@XCPainter Thank you!!!

[@Dnoorzad]

He made taping so easy, thanks

[@joelbowen9969]

Whoa, that was pro level x 100

[@XCPainter]

Thank you man

[@nancydijiulio6805]

free tool, great suggestions how about tools for cutting in quicker

[@stevepang7018]

Just a thought. Wouldn't it be easier and faster if you can cut in with care?

[@robdrury3359]

good work man very effective

[@XCPainter]

Thank you

[@marcusbanuelos2520]

Good tip, thank you 👍

[@antonioarreola4362]

Great video bro. You work fast keep up the good work!

[@enriquesanchez4107]

Thanks for sharing, that was amazing

[@XCPainter]

Thank you

[@johangooberton8444]

Love the didradoo song in the background. Is the artist on Spotify?

[@deadsypadilla]

I use paper, 1 sheet squared- frame the window and plastic the center...the home owners have light and when I'm done it comes off as a trash bag for the other masking.

[@klaus3794]

Well done!

[@XCPainter]

@@klaus3794 thank you

[@TheChristianCollector]

I have trouble using white tape on exterior , I find its hard to get off , any tips on that

[@XCPainter]

Yeah, 3m blue 2090 1.5" is awesome stuff and I use it all the time

[@XCPainter]

Back in the day, if we had to remove tape residue from vinyl windows, we'd brush some acetone or goof off on it (instead of wetting a rag) and wipe away residue.

[@toddcorley464]

Nice job!

[@Benny.13]

I wish I could put the tape over my wrist but my hand are huge?!

[@NikoMoroz]

Polish guys man

[@jllanesphoto]

Great job...

[@XCPainter]

Thank you very much. 👍

[@nolalgra3112]

I prefer to use the Masking Master as a Masking tool to get even straighter paint lines

[@robinsmith8846]

What exteriors paints do you use for wood siding...fir clapboard... thank you!

[@XCPainter]

Fir? Well definitely an oil based primer, raw wood sanded if possible first. I like Benjamin Moore Paints "Regal select" or "Mooregard" depending on sheen. Also Miller Paint/Kelly Moore Paint products like "Evolution" which is the top of their line.

[@XCPainter]

Miller Paint Acri-lite is a good product at a pretty good price. They are a PNW company

[@robinsmith8846]

@@XCPainter Thank you! Moorguard sounds good, and def an oil based primer... it has old paint and zero primer, but the wood is mostly in good condition... just a few to replace or repair! Thanks!

[@Mavoproductions_]

Great tutorial man, I did this before, thanks for the nice tips :D

[@XCPainter]

Thank you very much.

[@aguilareal6537]

Good job 👏🏼

[@XCPainter]

Thank you!

[@myopicthunder]

Wtf are these comments, I have two left hands when it comes to this kinda work so that was super impressive.

[@XCPainter]

Will Patterson thank you!

[@wasd9410]

I start tomorrow my first time painting any tips?

[@XCPainter]

Hopefully you are working with others who will show you the ropes. Be appreciative for opportunities, surpass expectations. It's not about the money it's about being able to do good work. Hopefully you have others who'll train you along side them. Wear your whites, decent shoes, bring your essential grip and necessities if traveling out with a crew (water, lunch. Sunscreen etc). You'll most likely want to get a respirator if someone doesn't supply one for you. Just know that you'll learn to do methods, or routines, but they can change based on a situation or job scope etc.

[@wasd9410]

XC Painter thank you so much I’ll reply again tomorrow night and let you know how it went

[@ryanb963]

I'm glad I watched this before I did what I was about to do. Lol.

[@marcelguarachi]

How do u compare a 3m plastic masker and your method?

[@XCPainter]

The 3M plastic made for the masker is four or five times more expensive. If you use plastic that fits the regular windows it won't fit the bigger windows or sliding glass doors, so you have to either have two different sizes or use all 99 inch, which is even more expensive. The plastic on the masker is little more delicate when you're carrying the masker around and ripping it. I don't really need to have two or three maskers with me as I'm going around the house so I just stick with one with size paper and a roll of plastic and tape. The 3M masking film made for the hand masker won't save me any time and reality and it's not worth paying $10-$12 for 90 ft of it.

[@kenmcf]

What about hand maskers with the film roll....this is more economical...or you think its better.

[@XCPainter]

k m Masking film on the masking machine is just preference to use it or not. The masking film is way more expensive than regular painters plastic and it means another masking setup to carry around. I find it simpler to skip using the 3m film.

[@kenmcf]

definitely...I have two maskers and am tired of them dropping off the ladder to the ground, or the plastic not tearing fully.

[@XCPainter]

k m I hear ya. I'm not totally opposed to the 3m film and could use more practice with it to be honest. I would cost a bunch to stock it and have different lengths too. But if I had a boss who made me use it then I'd just try it more.

[@SiBorg8A]

Making it look easy.

[@dmitrymazur3184]

Well done! Like and subscribed.

[@XCPainter]

I appreciate that, thank you

[@skyhawaii5446]

Tape left, tape right, tape bottom, use 48 in 3M masking film with hand masker, run it across the top of the window, fold down, attach to left and right while pulling down, fold remaining plastic mask under and tuck into bottom film. Takes 3 minutes at most from ground level or off an extension ladder in 25MPH winds. Only use 48 in 3M. 72 and 99 are too difficult to tear and there is too much waste. Painters plastic out of the box is a joke. How much time did it take to pull it out of the box, measure it if you did, unwrap it and do your cut, tuck, roll under, fold over method. You can make about 2 k a week using the aforementioned method I described just taping windows. Been there done that and just trying to help you out. 20ft up in the air in 25MPH winds makes one think a lot. Not easy Bro. Respects from one painter to another and I am happy to pass along a self learned method in which I never learned from 3M.

[@william8875]

damn im low key amazed.

[@johnnugent7279]

why not use the blue window clingfilm.. it sticks straight to the glass and frame.. less time

[@XCPainter]

Thanks for the question. We are masking over various types of openings including sliding glass glass doors, medium windows, big windows you can't always get from 1 ladder position. It takes different size films, wouldn't want to use the 99" (or 72") on everything, etc. This method is solid over screens or anything and very easy to unmask in one piece. Also most of the windows we cover are inset about 1 1/2" with a 1/4" edge or so. So when you unfold the plastic downwards to tape it, it'll push inwards requiring several rows of tape to bridge the difference.

[@harrytaylor8979]

They make a handy little hand masker now. Half the time. Puts top piece of tape and plastic all at the same time. This is old school

[@harrytaylor8979]

Cost $40 on blue bucket sale. I would get 2 or 3

[@harrytaylor8979]

BTW that's a lot of tape

[@XCPainter]

The Handi masker m3000 and 3m Advance film is a fine method if it works for you. I do my method so I don't have to worry about having the appropriate size plastics for small, medium, and large windows or sliding glass doors. This method is very feasible when high up on a ladder on windy days, and works easy for large windows. The tape I used is very secure and pulls down very easily in one piece. I own 4 or 5 hand maskers and I only use 1 with masking paper, very simple stuff.

[@thigson189]

@@XCPainter Thoroughly enjoy and appreciate a competent reply; proves you are indeed aware and knowledgeable of your trade. Respectful and to the point. Made the video all the more valuable. Well done, sir.

[@tacticaltimtimgunreviews3202]

If you put ladder in middle you won’t have to move so much that method works for strike zone but on a 40’ ladder not saving time

[@XCPainter]

Yes you're right as long as I could reach from the middle spot.

[@deannamenard1631]

Thank you!

[@imankaveh4141]

good job buddy

[@XCPainter]

Thanks

[@gerardoruiz1232]

yes good job

[@XCPainter]

Thanks Gerardo

[@ralphcaldwell4646]

I like this good job

[@XCPainter]

Thank you 👍