Peas in a Pod 430B-4
Fairway Mist 430A-3

Tips and Tricks

• Paint one or more sample boards to explore the color options. Adjust the amount of contrast between the colors and the overall brightness if necessary.
• Try using more than one color for the stripes. Look to striped fabrics for ideas about combinations of colors and widths.
• Combine different paint sheens for even more interest; for example, if the base coat is flat, paint the stripes semigloss.
• Use a colored pencil that matches the stripe color for marking the wall. Regular graphite pencil lines are harder to cover and may smudge.
• When measuring the wall, start in the least noticeable corner of the room so uneven stripes will be less obvious. You may need to adjust the last few stripes so you don't end up with one narrow stripe at the end. When you reach a corner, you can adjust the stripes' width or wrap the color around the corner.

 

Pale Daffodil 350F-4
Bicycle Yellow 370A-3

• For a crisp line, tape off the stripes using blue painter's tape. Place a line of tape just outside each pencil line so the stripe will cover the pencil line. Using the back of a plastic tool handle or an old credit card, zip the edge of the tape down hard to seal it to the wall.
• To prevent the stripe color from bleeding underneath the tape, first paint over the tape edge with the base coat; let dry. If any paint bleeds under the tape, it will be the base color and not noticeable.
• Paint the contrasting stripe, and remove the tape as soon as possible, and always within 60 minutes.
• If a stripe has an uneven edge, touch it up with a small artist's brush.