New Masking Tape

[bajajoaquin]

My neighbor is a distributor for a paint products company. Normally, that means he's showing up with extra cans of spray paint for me, since he knows I frequently have some project going and want to spray-paint something.

Yesterday, however, he came up to me and gave me a roll of the new 3M outdoor blue tape. Rather than a crepe paper backing, it's got a plastic backing of some kind. That means it will work in wet or high-humidity environments. It also means you can mask curves better. He showed me a curve with this 2" roll.

Before I fixed my electric window, I thought my car was going to have to sit outside for a week with the regulator removed. This would have been perfect to tape the window up, and not fail from the moisture in the dew. Lots of other uses, too.

Anyway, I thought it was a neat product, and wanted to share.

 

[challenger6pak]

Interesting.

 

[mcmlvii]

Good to know about new products like this. Thanks

 

[1978 NYB]

Is it available in stores?

 

[bajajoaquin]

It should be. My neighbor didn't say anything like, "this is coming out soon," or "hey, check this out, you can't get it yet" so I'm assuming you can. He talked about it like it was a new product, not a not-quite-yet product.

I'll ask, though.

 

[commando1]

No need to ask.
Seek and ye shall find.

 

[67Monaco]

Is it available in stores?

Yep. Bought some back in March when we painted the living room of the house we bought. Even though it's exterior, I liked it more than the normal blue tape, no bleeding under. Great tape.