![]() It is also less tacky compared to masking tape. ![]() Painter's tape is mostly used when painting wall and also while painting other things like tables, chairs, etc. This tape is used mostly by artists when painting.It is less tacky compared to masking tape.It is used for temporary adhesion. Oh ya!!!Really!!See the picture below.Spotted this tape during my home depot visit. ![]() It comes in varieties such as masking tape for home & office, for concrete.brick & grout, etc. It is a paper tape which can be torn easily with our hand.As it is paper tape, you can write on it with pen.When it is stored for longer days ,the paper in the tape starts to wrinkle and makes in unusable. From my experience: I actually made this mistake by using masking tape in foam board and when I tried to remove ,it ruined the surface.So, it is better not to use masking tape as it has strong adhesive compared to artist's tape.Use Artist tape when working with paints in paper. It is not recommended to use when painting in a paper products like foam board, poster board, etc. It is generally used when painting a object and protecting the area where it should not be painted. It is used in the projects where you want to add embellishments to the main project.Such as attaching a photo to the poster board, adding a trim to the scrapbook pages, etc This is a variety of scotch tape which comes in frosted /matte finish mostly used for gift wrapping.It is almost invisible when used with paper.Īs the name says, it has glue on both the sides. It has variety of uses from gift wrapping to hold lighter objects together like paper to paper.Do you know I used this tape to make a Pendant lamp, click here to see how. That thought kind of blew up our plans for a mega million dollar company based on boxes to hold Cable boxes and DVD players.It is the most commonly used tape often referred to as Scotch tape. Told him each one would almost have to be custom since the slope of the various brands of TV are so different. Worked and the last time the cable guy was here he went nuts over it. I cut the legs of the box to match the slop and then used the foam backed double sided tape to attach it to the TV. I wanted it to set on the back side of the TV which had a fairly severe slop. I built a box to sit atop my large screen TV to hold the DVD and cable box. I don't know what Woodcraft is selling but I bought the double sided masking type from Shopsmith and Home Depot and to me they are identical.įorgot to mention the double sided with foam like material is great for putting together things that don't have a perfect fit and for places where you want a tight weather seal. Plus I think the adhesive is not as sticky so it releases easier. The tape itself is a little thicker and you can separate the pieces by slipping in a chisel. The tape is thin enough that the joint closes fully but is held solid while you position everything before driving home screws, nails or some other fastener.įor turning which I do very little I like the masking type tape. However it is excellent for layout where you are going to nail or screw something together. As I said it was almost a permanent bond but also it is so thin getting a chisel in between to separate the pieces would be difficult. The tape itself is very thin and see thru with adhesive that nearly makes a permit bond on both sides.įor turning I don't know if this tape would be good or not. The last tape I bought from Home Depot was the double sided mylar type tape. I also found a mylar type tape that was double sided, and they also sale a double sided tape that has various thicknesses of a foam like material between the two sides. I found a tape much like masking tape that was double sided. There are many double sided carpet tapes sold at Home Depot.
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