Re: Artists' tape
The 3M replacement is 3051. I think its even lower tack than the old stuff. It's hard to find but this place carries it. http://3m.hillas.com/pc-4170-3154-3m-3051-low-tack-paper-tape-white-1-in-x-36-yd-33-mil.aspx Ike > Morning everyone... > > I use 3m blue low-tack painter's tape...and here's what I do. I pull off a > piece and stick it on my clothes (clean, of course, no pet hairs) a few > times. It's ready to go and will pull off cleanly. I use it for a lot of > things in the darkroom, but esp like it for delineating the edges of pt/pd > prints before coating. Perfectly clean edge lines...and after the coating > dries it comes right off, slap your neg on, another tiny piece or two to > hold the paper with the neg, and voila! No more messing around with > rubylith...I love the stuff! > > Paul > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dkfreed" <dkfreed@whidbey.net> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: Artists' tape > > >>I have part of a roll left of the artist's white tape and have been >> wondering what I'll do when it runs out (if all life's dilemmas could be >> like this!). A few options I've found: >> >> * Blue painters' tape (Scotch, I think), which is more tacky but comes >> up >> cleanly if not left on too long. >> >> * Collage artist Jonathan Talbot sells a low-tack artist's tape, but >> its >> a >> bit pricey. His web site says its from 3M; see: >> http://www.talbot1.com/collage_supplies/index.html >> >> * Daniel Smith sells an artist tape, but I've never used it so can't >> say >> what its like. >> >> * I've heard of people using gaffer's tape, which is tacky but comes up >> cleanly. Again, haven't tried it. >> >> Best, David. >> >> >>> etienne garbaux wrote: >>>> Alas, my last roll of the old Scotch white artists' tape is all but >>>> gone, the core so ratty the part number is no longer legible. I know >>>> it >> >>>> was discontinued years ago (does anybody remember the part number?) I >>>> believe Scotch still makes a white artist's tape, but last I knew it's >>>> not the same as the old stuff. Nothing else I tried, including >>>> Scotch's >> >>>> remaining "artists' tape," even came close. I was lucky to find a >>>> stash >> >>>> of the old stuff tucked away in an out-of-the-way little art supply >>>> store in the late '80s or early '90s, but now I'm out. >>>> >>>> What artists' tapes do people use and like now? >>>> >>>> Thanks, etienne >> >> > >
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