A tutorial for painting stripes. This step by step guide will have you painting perfectly straight stripes on your wall with no bleeding in a jiffy!
Okay people, you’ve made a monster out of me. All of you who requested a tutorial on painting stripes, you’ve contributed to this. It is YOUR fault that I am now obsessed with Frog Tape. ALL YOUR FAULT. Now all I’ve been dreaming up are different patterns and designs to take my paint brush to. Oh the endless projects that I can use my new painting tricks on!
All kidding aside, this painting project took me a total of 3 hours. Of course it was broken up by helpful kiddos and some snacking…always gotta snack. The prep took the longest. Measuring out my lines, leveling, and taping. Once it was time to paint though, it was game on!
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How to paint PERFECTLY STRAIGHT STRIPES on your wall








Love this! Been wondering about the frog tape….
Did you paint the whole wall with the base over the tape or just over the tape and it’s edges?
Also, after you painted the official stripe colour on, how long before you removed the tape?
Being a bathroom, the paint base – was it specifically for bathroom use? I.e. steam, washing the walls, etc. ?
Hi Kira, I just painted the base color over the tape edge that would become my stripe. The base color then fills in any air gaps and prevents the stripe color from bleeding.
Hi, this looks great. What could you use to help get a crisp straight line against the ceiling. Frog tape again? Thanks
Hi and thank you. I never tape my ceiling line actually. Ceilings are almost never level, so I use an angled brush to cut in the paint.