masking tape

[tpitman]

Are these rubber based adhesive tapes from ULINE any good in the sense of not leaving any tacky residue when you strip them from the frame? I use the standard screen printing tape from ryonet and its low adhesive so my frames always look brand new. My boss on the other hand uses a cheap packing tape and our screen frames have accumulated a disgusting amount of built up sticky gunk that makes the screens ugly and extremely hard to reclaim. I like the ryonet stuff but even in bulk its 3 bucks a roll. That ULINE stuff looks similar and at 2 bucks a roll I'd definitely like to switch.

First, a hat tip to Frog. I bought 18 rolls of the ULINE tape he recommended and it's all it's cracked up to be, from being cheap to leaving the frame clean. Strips off easy, and much cheaper than what I'd been using.
Thanks.

[Frog]

tip it to ebscreen as well, because, though I have always told folks about the rubber based adhesives, he mentioned this particular one.
Kudos also to Uline for actually addressing that different adhesives are available on otherwise similar products.
It may not mean a lot when sealing a box, but on screens, it's a very different issue!
Rubber good, acrylic bad.

[Gilligan]

I think it may have been this one (but I still need to find my old order)

http://www.uline.com/BL_3065/Natural-Rubber-Adhesive-Tape-PVC

So was this the one you got?  I never saw the follow up to definitively say this was the one... I may have just missed it.

[Frog]

Yes, and someone even contacted me and said that they got it after reading about it here and liked it as well.

Bottom line though, in this non specialized tape type, pick your brand, preferred thickness and width, but be sure to get rubber adhesive.

[mk162]

can you tear that stuff with your hands?  or do you have to cut/bite it?

[Frog]

I use a dispenser, and no, I don't think it easily tears.

[mk162]

OH, FYI, call Ed at TapeZit in lawrenceville, ga.  He is cheaper than Uline, and it's the same exact tape.  Intertape makes the tape for Uline.

Ed Mullins
tapezit
(770) 962-4395

[jasonl]

is anyone cheaper than Ace Hardware?  $2.99 for a 3" roll.  And it works great.  If they are I will give them a shot.

[mk162]

first off, is that regular masking?  Also, how long is that roll?  A lot of times they are selling a 55 yard roll and not a 110 yard roll.