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That would be a "George"

It's called a George and I think I had a plastic one a while back, though I don't think you could flex it enough to shed paint that had set - I think the best course is to wipe paint off it before it sets.

OK George it is! I wasn't meaning to remove set paint, I was thinking of something that didn't attract paint, so the paint didn't flow on to it.

AJH

T'was a 'George' IIRC & paint stuck to it like sh*t to a blanket. There are plastic ones in B&Q which are better, really easy to wipe clean.

To paint window edges... Just paint onto the glass,not to much though and let the paint dry for about

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I never got on with the metal ones either.

Call me ghey, but not being a painting genius, I spend a couple of hours masking up the room, or at least the more fiddly bits. B&Q clean peel blue tape seems to be the best I've come across.

I reckon I save the two hours in faster painting and less cleanup, and I get a brilliantly neat cut in too.

Cheers

Tim

yes, still comes of cleanly and easily after nearly two years!

Or use a window scraper, which leaves you with a 2mm overlap on to the glass

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And not to be confused with "low tack" which falls off just as you touch it with a paint brush.

And if it doesn't, the paint bleeds underneath giving the spider's hairy knees effect.

:)