It's called painters tape

[fatjay]

And it's easy to remove.

There's a special place for people who put duct tape on carboys.

I just picked up a couple 6.5g for $20 off marketplace, and there were 6" strips down the side of both. And they'd been there for years. It took me well over an hour to get it all off.

 

[An Ankoù]

Call it what you like, but we know it as "masking tape".

I know what you mean, though. What's wrong with marking a glass carboy with a permanent marker, which can then be washed off with pretty much any kind of solvent.

What gets my goat it those breweries who stick labels on their bottles which you just can get off by any means. Hell's too good for people like that.

 

[fatjay]

I believe masking tape is different than painters tape. The adhesive on painters tape is much less than masking tape. We use painters tape on egg cartons for the dates because we reuse them. With masking tape, they were tearing up the top.

Also it gets me for "used - like new" ads that end up needing a lot of work to get to "like new" status. In addition to the duct tape, there was heavy staining which I'm not even sure I can get off.

 

[DaveDiamond]

Call it what you like, but we know it as "masking tape".

I know what you mean, though. What's wrong with marking a glass carboy with a permanent marker, which can then be washed off with pretty much any kind of solvent.

What gets my goat it those breweries who stick labels on their bottles which you just can get off by any means. Hell's too good for people like that.

As someone who was a painter in a previous life, fatjay is right. Painter's Tape is blue, and you can leave things like windows masked up for weeks with it, masking tape is a tan/cream type of colour, and in the sun, you might get residue left behind after a day. It won't usually come off in a 5 metre strip either, it'll tear, whereas you could tape around an entire building in the blue stuff and it'd peel off in one long strip.
If you want something that peels off easily and leaves no marks, use the blue stuff!

 

[mac_1103]

If you really want easy to peel off, use the cheapest no-name knock-off blue painters tape you can find. But don't try to use that crap for painting. The adhesive isn't strong enough to keep paint from getting behind it.

 

[smcinco]

lighter fluid is your friend. would have saved you the better part of an hour.

 

[Skeeter686]

As someone who was a painter in a previous life, fatjay is right. Painter's Tape is blue, and you can leave things like windows masked up for weeks with it, masking tape is a tan/cream type of colour, and in the sun, you might get residue left behind after a day. It won't usually come off in a 5 metre strip either, it'll tear, whereas you could tape around an entire building in the blue stuff and it'd peel off in one long strip.
If you want something that peels off easily and leaves no marks, use the blue stuff!

I'm guessing that they are both intended for the same purpose originally. We just have better removable adhesive options these days, which is what they use for the blue stuff.

I just don't know why they still have the old tan "masking tape" around. I'm guessing that there are use cases for the old adhesive formula, which is fine... but then call it something besides "masking tape" because I don't think anyone really uses it for that anymore.

 

[mac_1103]

I'm guessing that there are use cases for the old adhesive formula, which is fine... but then call it something besides "masking tape" because I don't think anyone really uses it for that anymore.

I think one use case would be protecting large surfaces with heavy brown paper. You need tape with a stronger adhesive to hold that in place but it's still "masking."

 

[DaveDiamond]

I think one use case would be protecting large surfaces with heavy brown paper. You need tape with a stronger adhesive to hold that in place but it's still "masking."

Yep, often outside especially when spraying where you're going to tear it off as soon as you finish with the paint. The paper is not usually thick though, about a foot wide but fairly thin. What we would very often have is the 'gun' loaded with a roll of paper and the blue tape, then a roll of the tan tape to stick the paper to itself. Not only because the blue stuff is more expensive but the tan does a much better job of sticking paper to paper. On brick though, it's usually all the brown stuff. An advantage, or disadvantage depending on the job at hand, is that the adhesive on the brown tape will generally crystallise in the sun, making it great for masking brickwork or a rendered surface because it'll come off by itself in a couple of days, but the opposite is true on glass, metal and sometimes woodwork, you'll have to scrape the adhesive off.
The windows will probably stay masked and covered in plastic until the entire job is completed, so you'd use blue around the edges and tan to stick the plastic and paper to each other.
A painter will usually have a roll of each in their pocket when on the job, they both have their advantages.

 

[MaxStout]

If you really want easy to peel off, use the cheapest no-name knock-off blue painters tape you can find. But don't try to use that crap for painting. The adhesive isn't strong enough to keep paint from getting behind it.

Yup, been there. I bought several rolls of "Stikk" brand blue painter's tape on Amazon. Used it on a painting project in a few rooms. Paint oozed underneath it in many places. And, to make the painting job even more interesting, it shredded in little diagonal pieces while I tried to remove it. The 2 or 3 rolls I have left over are relegated to labeling duty.

Frogtape isn't any better for adhesion.

Never again. 3M or GTFO.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Get ready to have your life changed. You can get a sharp edge, even with cheap tape. 1) apply cheap tape where you need it 2) paint down tape line with original wall color. Any bleed will be with this color 3) after drying, paint with new color as you would 4) remove tape and admire razor straight line.

You're welcome.

 

[Pennine]

Get ready to have your life changed. You can get a sharp edge, even with cheap tape. 1) apply cheap tape where you need it 2) paint down tape line with original wall color. Any bleed will be with this color 3) after drying, paint with new color as you would 4) remove tape and admire razor straight line.

You're welcome.

You can also spread caulk along the tape edge and then paint over it right away and remove the tape. No need to paint twice.

 

[Agent]

Hold up.

Why are folks even putting tape on carboys in the first place?

 

[Broken Crow]

 

[Broken Crow]

Hold up.

Why are folks even putting tape on carboys in the first place?

When I still used glass carboys, I had a couple rather vigorous brews...though a better word might be: "Volcanic"..here's the ceiling over my basement laundry tub where I had to put my carboy when it kept blowing the airlock out:

I first used duct tape to try and keep the airlock on, hence the ceiling getting hit when that blew off... I had to cut the inner tapered stem off the airlock for greater CO2 flow and stick a blow-off tube on and there was still enough pressure I had to resort to wiring it down champagne-cork style. ...I've since moved on to other fermenters that vent more efficiently.

 

[DaveDiamond]

Hold up.

Why are folks even putting tape on carboys in the first place?

I would assume as labels to record the details of the batch. I'm just using a Rub-a-Dub Sharpie myself. They're meant for labelling clothes, they can go through the wash but it comes off of glass and plastic pretty easily when you want to remove it. I use them for marking the Tarantula and Scorpion enclosures, so I had one anyway.

 

[day_trippr]

I've used plain masking tape on my (6) carboys for going on 20 years now. Best as I can recall I've only had to replace the tapes a few times total, some are still original...

Cheers!

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Hold up.

Why are folks even putting tape on carboys in the first place?

Nice clean paint lines, of course.

 

[DaveDiamond]

I've used plain masking tape on my (6) carboys for going on 20 years now. Best as I can recall I've only had to replace the tapes a few times total, some are still original...

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Cheers!

Nice set up! My assumption is that we're talking about using masking tape to record batch details instead of the 'Post-it' type papers you're using in your picture, although I could be wrong.

 

[pvpeacock]

I use post-it tape to label my fermenters and kegs.

 

[passedpawn]

There's a special place for people who put duct tape on carboys.

fyi it was originally called "duck tape" - designed for the navy to be a waterproof tape. that fabric that is still in there was duck cloth. waterproof, made with duck cloth, the name was obvious. later, somebody used it on ducting I guess, and the name changed.

 

[fatjay]

fyi it was originally called "duck tape" - designed for the navy to be a waterproof tape. that fabric that is still in there was duck cloth. waterproof, made with duck cloth, the name was obvious. later, somebody used it on ducting I guess, and the name changed.

That does sound familiar, but early in the trades we used it to seal forced air ducts. I've also heard it called 100mph tape. Do you know how it got that name?

 

[mac_1103]

The original?

If you must use it to label fermenters or kegs:

But I prefer the foil stuff when I'm doing actual duct work.