Faux Stripes are hot again. After hours of wall prep and primer/base coat, layout, laser and level work, and rolls and rolls and rolls of green tape the top coat goes on.
A long nervous lunch hour in Alexandria, VA follows while the top coat dries. It’s show time. The tape is peeled and there are the metallic gold stripes hiding underneath.
It is so much harder to do than on TV.
Urethane stripes start the same way with prep, primer and base coat. Then hours of green tape.
Note I said green tape since we started this job with a new yellow tape our vendor told us was so wonderful and wanted us to try and we had a big FAIL! Applied the green tape and two coats of Semigloss urethane letting it dry between coats and scuffing with green scrub pads. An hour of dry time and it’s show time. The client was so excited she was present when the tape was pulled. Luckily we knew we had a winner with these stripes in Georgetown , DC.
Then there is the classic two or multi-color stripe. Same prep and prime and base coat, darker color. Dry and tape-in stripes. Try to let room features dictate layout so there are no weird transitions. Top coat with lighter color, two coats. Peel tape while paint is still soft. Another home run on these Zebra Stripes in Alexandria, VA.
