On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:09:30 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "
wrote:

On Jun 27, 7:58Â*am, KOS wrote:
Hi
I am painting a new bathroom that has been sheetrocked. Â*Primed it,
and just finished the second count of paint.. I taped the borders with
a blue tape,, just removed the blue tape but the tape removed the
paper from the sheet rock! Â* about 3 inches... if i just try to sand
it it will make it worse.. what is the best way to fix this area.
remember the whole area was just painted..should i cover with wall
compound?? and sand?

apply mud/sheetrock compound and sand. Allow lots of time betwen
coatings or use a fan to help it dry. We're talking days not hours to
let stuff really set up. It sounds like you may have done the masking
too soon after the paint was applied, and the moisure still had not
completely fired no only from the paint but also from the sublayers of
the paper onthe sheetrock.

I never had to wait more than an hour to start sanding mud.
No fans either.
As for as paint taping, get the cheapest 1/2" masking tape you can
find. That blue tape is just to make you feel like a "pro" and get
your money.
Just lightly stick the edge of the tape on your line.
Don't even press the rest down.
Pull the tape as soon as you're done painting so it doesn't glue
itself hard.

--Vic