Start by moving or covering your furniture, removing outlet covers, and giving your walls a good clean to remove dust and ...

Painter’s tape is one of those incredibly useful inventions that everyone is familiar with and no one is using to its fullest potential. Sure, painter’s tape—when used properly—can make ...

Scotch No. 2060 is extra sticky and works well for textured surfaces like stucco and brick.If you’re only going to buy one width, get 1-1/2-in.-wide painter’s tape. It works well for most tasks.

Let’s start with the basics: While both masking tape and painter’s tape are made from crepe paper, masking tape is usually beige/cream-colored, and painter’s tape is blue (or yellow or green).

This acts as a seal between the new paint color and old, so anything that would bleed under the tape is actually just the original color. Oh, and always peel tape off at a 90-degree angle while ...