Made from 45 percent renewable resources with a core made from 70 percent post-consumer waste, this solvent-free tape is made in a zero-landfill site certified for energy management to provide you with a sustainable painting product. The application is simple.

Whether you're protecting your wood trim, painted walls, tile floor, or glass windows, this versatile multi-surface tape can stay on surfaces for up to 14 days and then removes easily without leaving any sticky residue behind.

Aside from the painter's tape name easily giving away its specialty, both masking tape and painter's tape are made with a crepe paper backing, have similar weights and, in a pinch, can be used for the same jobs. In fact, they're technically from the same family - all painter's tapes are masking tapes.

The product now known as ScotchBlue™ Painter's Tape was invented by 3M in 1988. It was designed for professional painters to use in residential and commercial painting applications.

Five years later Drew invented Scotch® Transparent Tape, the first waterproof, clear adhesive tape. Introduced during the Great Depression, Scotch Transparent Tape quickly filled the need of Americans to prolong the life of items they could not afford to replace.

Scotch tape was the world's first transparent adhesive tape. Drew also invented the first masking tape in 1925 - a 2-inch-wide tan paper tape with a pressure sensitive adhesive backing. In 1923, Drew joined the 3M company located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Blue tape is significantly more resistant to both UV rays and heat. This is most important to keep in mind when you're masking the outside of a home on bright summer days. Roofs especially can get extremely hot depending on your climate. Again, if your tape fails, you'll be wasting both time and money.

Masking tape, also known as painter's tape, is a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure-sensitive adhesive. It is available in a variety of widths. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.

Masking tape is made of two layers: A thin saturated crepe paper backing, that is thin enough to be torn by hand (so that no cutting tool is required). An adhesive that can be solvent free, hot melt or acrylic based, depending on the level of adhesion required.

Scotch tape is a clear sticky tape that is sold in rolls and that you use to stick paper or card together or onto a wall.

Adhesive tapes is a combination of a material and an adhesive film and used to bond or join objects together instead of using fasteners, screws, or welding. Applying adhesive tapes in lieu of mechanical fasteners enables you to use lower temperature applications, which can simplify the manufacturing processes.

What Are Adhesive Tapes Made Of? Adhesive tapes consist of a material called a backing or carrier (paper, plastic film, cloth, foam, foil, etc.), which is coated with an adhesive and a release liner if needed. The adhesive-coated backing or carrier is then wound up to form a long jumbo roll of tape.