To be honest, Bro, I think you're gonna have to let it dry a little longer.....Granted, Duplicolor dries FAST, but if you're gonna mask, you need to hit it with some Future floor polish, first.....Seriously, just brush it on.....Then, let it dry for at least 2 days before you mask....Then use some BLUE masking tape on it....Then, should the tape pull anything up AT ALL, it will just be the polish.....But, I don't think that will happen if you do this....I know....It sounds counter intuitive that it could be this simple, but I've done it so many times....Living here with this humidity, I've had to develop alternative methods..... The results will astound you.....