Wow, talk about timely. I'm in the midst of painting and have the blue tape on the walls in the bedroom as I speak! Gotta peel that stuff off now after about 2 hours - and I was going to let it sit a few days.... or weeks.................... Got to love this list!! Betsy ROWLAND Maryland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin Hill" <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx>; "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: way off topic, painter's blue tape, 3M > Sheila darling....you need to take the tape off about 30 minutes after > painting....you waited too long to take the tape off...I painted my > dinning room last weekend and used BLUE painter's tape!...Ed > sheila lieberman <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I took the wall paper > down in my master bath. I hated for 8 years and no long had the patience > to wait till we remodeled the space. > > I had a hell of a time getting the paper off, but that was what it was. > After painting the ceiling a soft shade of pink we selected, I let it dry > overnight, and used 3M's painter's blue tape to protect the ceiling from > the deeper pink we chose to kill the green floor we don't like. The color > works great, we are happy. But when I pulled the tape off, door frames and > granite baseboard and the ceiling, I lost about 75% of the ceiling where > the tape was, I have major repair to do and I won't have it easy, I will > have to work at keeping my hand steady, which the tape was supposed to > take care of so I could just paint. > > DON'T USE 3M PAINTER'S TAPE, it is a ripp off, and I mean that in every > possible way. > sheila > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or > FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the > original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL > BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or > FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the > original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL > BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================