Taping Order

Taping Order looks at which patches on your block share an edge and which color you assigned to each one. Patches that touch along an edge are grouped into a shared taped area, and areas of the same color that only meet at a single point are split into separate painting passes so a strip of tape never sits across wet paint. Passes then run lightest color to darkest. Each pass lists which already-painted colors to seal the tape edge with first.

The gridlines are calculated from the block's own grid (4-patch, nine-patch, 5-patch or 7-patch) and the board size you chose on the Board tab. Double-check both are set to match the plywood you actually primed — a 4×4 ft board and an 8×8 ft board place the same block's lines at very different inch marks.

The Paint tab works out each color's area in square feet from the block's geometry and your board size, multiplies it by the number of coats set for that color, and divides by the coverage figure on file. You can edit that coverage — it defaults to 100 sq ft per quart per coat and 350 sq ft per gallon per coat — to match the number printed on your own paint can.

Recoat alerts are local notifications tied to the timer you start after checking off a coat. Make sure notifications are allowed for Taping Order in the iOS Settings app, and that the timer was started (rather than skipped) from the Passes tab.

Everything — your board plans, paint colors, log entries and photos — is saved only on your device. Taping Order has no account and no server, so there is nothing to sync and nothing we can look up on our end. Uninstalling the app removes this data.

Not yet — the current library covers around 30 traditional blocks grouped by grid type. If there's a block you'd like to see added, tell us using the form below.