By bblubblerfisch - 12/02/2013 18:04 - Austria - Vienna
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Hey all. OP here. First of all I'm glad this was posted, because when the first blotch came off, I was thinking 'Oh NO! This is so FML!' and yeah - here it is :) And then - to clear up a few things: 1. This is not my first language and 'masking tape' was just what google translater told me 'Malerkrepp' means in English. Anyways: it was the right kind of tape, we used it on the whole house and it worked everywhere else except this particular wall because 2. there was a strange kind of 'wax' paint under a whole lot of other layers that apparently was not fit to be re-painted. Ours is a very old house and we didn't know the former owners used this. But I'm a lucky one. My fiancé filled the gaps in with painter's filling yesterday and after repainting all of it tonight I hope we will truly be done. Finally. And 3. I certainly didn't leave the tape on for half a year! This is just the amount of time we have been working on the whole project. #70 : I loved your comment! Thank you, this really helped and it's exactly what we are doing. Have a nice day everyone! :)
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I believe OP was the decorator.
FML hates your comment, #2
How does that even happen?
Different tape has different chemicals to stick to things. That is why they make different kinds of tape. Some take is safe to peel for 8 hours. Others longer or shorter. But if you wait too long to remove the tape it cures and the adhesive dries up and the tape becomes a real pain to remove. OP either waited too long to remove the tape, or used the wrong kind of tape.
Op used masking tape... And left it on for months.
F R O G T A P E !!!!!!
Should have got painting tape.
Painting tape is a type of masking tape
Oh, thanks for informing me kind sir :)
Yep masking tapes are strong enough to pull of the plaster, masking tapes are generally used to paint metal bodies, like buses and stuffs. I've never heard of painting tapes though.
It's called painters tape and generally is blue but I believe there may be other colors. It's not the same as masking tape. My ex-hubby is a painter and sent me to the store when we were dating for painters tape. I got masking tape not knowing the difference. Needless to say I went back to the store.
FYL Indeed. Did you use the masking tape made for painting?
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Show it anywayThat's if you can afford it. It is much cheaper to do it yourself and painting is easy. Just buy green painting tape and your golden. Common sense goes a long way and saves money. Ydi
Dang that sucks OP! Frog tape next time, or even blue tape works good :) good luck fixing it! :)
Were you using duct tape as masking tape? Rookie mistake getting the two confused. I'll bet your sex slaves are easily chewing through the tape and escaping your pleasure dungeon.
What a bad pleasure dungeon if the only thing between them and freedom is some duct tape! I use a pit with a locked titanium grate over it, the sides sheer, and doused with Hydroflouric acid, with pneumatic ****** coming out of the ground- I mean what? Oh yes, masking tape. Great for walls.
I use fuzzy handcuffs. They biting won't break the cuffs. Umm I mean I heard that works..
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Should have got painting tape.
Looks like another trip to Home Depot