The tape almost never provides a good seal to keep paint colors separate. The best way is having a good old-fashioned human hand that can glide a paintbrush in a straight line along the trim.

Most people are surprised to know they can indeed create a nice straight line without making a mess of the trim. Especially when cutting in baseboards, since they are not as visible from eye level and are less likely to jump out at anyone inspecting the quality of your work.

Using a thin cloth around a putty knife to wipe any paint off the trim or floor as you paint actually is much less time consuming and does a cleaner and more professional looking job.

The only areas you should  use tape on are things like handrails, plastic baseboards or special situations such as tiled baseboards that have grout along the wall.

As far as door handles and door frame strike-plates go, these should be removed all together and re-installed once the paint has had time to dry.
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Painting Mistake #4
Problems from taping & masking off too much

There is a common myth that the best way to avoid getting paint on different colored trim or a varnished floor is to tape it with masking tape first. This is another time waster that will cause you grief.

The worse part if that you won't notice anything until you decide to pull the tape off, which is when most people have completed the paint job and simply want to throw their paint brush as far as they can fling it. 
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