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  2. Masking tape - Wikipedia

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    Masking tape Painter's tape, a type of masking tape typically used to ensure clean edges on wall painting. A low tack masking tape. Masking tape used on a helicopter. 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.

  3. List of adhesive tapes - Wikipedia

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    A British brand name, a general-purpose clear home and office tape. The name is often used as a generic term for similar tapes in the UK. Speed tape Used on aircraft, this aluminized tape is designed to remain in place in high winds. Spike This is a marking tape used in the theater, film and television industry to mark areas on a stage for actors.

  4. Scotch tape - Wikipedia

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    The Scotch brand includes many different constructions (backings, adhesives, etc.) and colors of tape. The use of the term Scotch in the name was a pejorative meaning "parsimonious" in the 1920s and 1930s. The brand name Scotch came about around 1925 while Richard Drew was testing his first masking tape to determine how much adhesive he needed ...

  5. Adhesive tape - Wikipedia

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    Dennison Mending Tape from the second half of the 20th century. From the Museo del Objeto del Objeto collection. Pressure-sensitive tape, PSA tape, self-stick tape or sticky tape consists of a pressure sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material such as paper, plastic film, cloth, or metal foil. It is sticky (tacky) without any heat or ...

  6. Masking (art) - Wikipedia

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    In art, craft, and engineering, masking is the use of materials to protect areas from change, or to focus change on other areas. This can describe either the techniques and materials used to control the development of a work of art by protecting a desired area from change; or a phenomenon that (either intentionally or unintentionally) causes a ...

  7. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...

  8. Thread seal tape - Wikipedia

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    PTFE tape used for different sized fittings PTFE tape for natural gas. There are two US standards for determining the quality of any thread seal tape. MIL-T-27730A (an obsolete military specification still commonly used in industry in the US) requires a minimum thickness of 3.5 mils and a minimum PTFE purity of 99%. [3]

  9. Paper shredder - Wikipedia

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    Large organizations or shredding services sometimes use "mobile shredding trucks", typically constructed as a box truck with an industrial-size paper shredder mounted inside with storage space for shredded materials. Such units may also provide the shredding of CDs, DVDs, hard drives, credit cards, and uniforms, among other things. [9]