Masking Tape

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AIP is a 3M Premier Distributor & Preferred Converter. We offer a wide variety of tapes made by the top manufacturers in the world, including all the 3M tapes, VHB product line and adhesives. AIP can add an adhesive to almost any type of soft goods, including foams, making a tape to meet your exact application. To assist your production needs we offer slitting and die cutting converting services.
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Stocked with pressure sensitive tapes from so many top tape suppliers, Specialtytapes.com is a distributor & converter sure to have the best option for your application: bonding, attaching, sealing, masking, protection, shielding, conducting or gasketing. Plus die-cutting, laminated, slitting and printing. If you need any type of industry or specialty tape, like masking tape, we have solutions!
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Tape-Rite, one of the oldest tape converters in the US, offers an extensive line of double-coated tapes, transfer adhesives, surface protection tapes, electrical & thermal insulation tapes, security tapes, decorative tapes & much more. Call today! We are a worldwide distributor of specialty tapes such as masking tape & secondary services such as custom tape slitting & rewinding done on premises.
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Distributor & custom tapes converter offering 100% satisfaction. All types of pressure sensitive & industrial tape solutions: adhesive tapes, foam tapes, gasketing tapes, electronic & PCB tapes, packaging tapes, plastic film tapes, foil tapes, slicing tapes, die cutting, tape slitting & printing too. Serving the industry for over 40 years, we offer a vast inventory of tape including masking tape.
Furnishing a wide variety of pressure sensitive tape products, Electro Tape Specialties was established in 1969 as an alternative cost effective choice to major producers. Our product listing includes adhesive tape, foil tape, colored duct tape, all purpose electrical tape, foam tape, masking tape, packaging tape, printed tape, sealing tape, Teflon tape, vinyl tape, and more from which to choose.
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Tape supplier/manufacturer, Tape & Label Converters, offers labels, tapes, decals & tags. Since 1977 we've manufactured pressure sensitive tapes with state-of-the-art equipment. Using flexography & hot foil stamping methods, products include standard tapes, adhesive tapes, packaging tapes, vinyl tapes, 3M tapes, electrical tapes & military standard tapes. Serving packaging & cosmetics industries.
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Masking Tape

Masking tape is the easy-to-tear, pressure-sensitive tape which was one of 3M's first and biggest products.  It was invented in 1925 and used by the auto industry to paint two-toned cars.  It doesn't damage newly painted surfaces or leave behind unwanted residue, making it very useful for painters to mark off areas that should not be painted and to create straight edges while painting.  It is used as a common household item and in a variety of industrial applications where masking off areas is necessary, such as etching, plating, power coating, soldering, sand blasting, and flame or thermal spray techniques.  Masking tapes are usually a tan or light brown color, and those made specifically for painting are often purple or bright blue.  

Masking tape's backing is most commonly made of paper, but manufacturers sometimes use polymer or polyimide films, polyester, glass cloth, foil, vinyl or layered materials that are laminated together.  The adhesive varies according to the tape's function.  Rubber-based adhesives offer the strongest hold, but have the lowest temperature resistance.  Acrylic-based adhesives have a wide temperature range (from sub freezing to 325 degrees F), while silicone-based adhesives offer the greatest temperature resistance (up to 500 degrees F).  The adhesive strength is also based on a 1 to 100 point scale.  Usually, masking tape adhesives used for painting are rated around 50.  Household masking tapes, though, have adhesives found much lower on the scale. 
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