I messed up once and bought a case of tape with acrylic based adhesive. "That's gonna leave a mark" certainly applied to that boo boo. I thought I was NEVER going to get my frames and mesh cleaned up.
It wound up in a drawer we use for boxing up finished shirts to ship to out of town customers, which surprisingly, we don't do that much of. Many of our customers are local, I guess.
Last fall, I decided to get a case from 3 different vendors to compare (all rubber based) and I have made a decision.
The Uline referenced above seems identical to Ship-Paq , but the Ship-Paq was a bit cheaper when I ordered. Call Marie 513-860-0700. Marie will split a case of 3" and 2" now and again, if you need. Uline is 1 day UPS ground shipment for me, so IF I got in bind I wouldn't hesitate to use them. They send out too many catalogs, and customer service is very good. But Ship-Paq gets the nod, thanks to Roger and Pierre...AGAIN....
Tape-Zit (Ed Mullins-what a nice guy!) in Lawrenceville Ga 770-962-4395 has a good tape and it is economical. It unspools a little hard for me, since I prefer 3". In the 2" width the difference is negligible. I like the slightly frosty finish, but I likely won't reorder 3" because of the hard unspooling. It might tear accidentally just a skoshe more than the other, but I haven't decided for sure. That can matter on a manual press, since I at least, often move ink around from the edges and if I push too hard doing that, I can get a rip. Not good with fresh (ie. runny) discharge inks....
Besides the 3" Ship-Paq I will reorder 3" White from North Country Tape and Poly, In Carlsbad Ca. 760-753-8273 I like it for taping my squeegees. Since I am still a manual only shop, taping squeegees helps with the way I clean up. I am using those Ergo-Force Squeegee handles and they tape soooo easy with this tape. I also use it to tape over certain images I gang together on one screen, since I've never seen a single instance of adhesive residue with this tape. It also comes in clear, but the white makes for quick identification when grabbing for a dispenser.
But it HAS GOT TO BE rubber based adhesive.
