V Cutting Tape

[PaisleyPCdoctor]

I saw this video and stole a really great tip...

If you use vinyl sheet as a mask, it probably won't fray at the edges as badly as masking tape, but even so, you'll still get paint bleeding through from the edge of the lettering onto the uncarved areas. The tip in this video is to paint the letters with background colour first, let it dry, them paint carved areas. The idea is that the bleed colour would be same as background anyway. So...

With gold text carved on black background, for example...

1- paint uncarved wood black
2- apply vinyl film
3- carve out letters
4- paint letters black and allow to dry (seals bleed points)
5- paint letters gold and allow to dry.
6- remove vinyl film.
(I've never done this before- just putting the idea out there)
Here's the video I stole the bleed tip from..

https://youtu.be/NgMoYRDtrUo