Scotch Delicate Surface Painter's Tape, 2080, 1 Roll, 1.88" Width

It's not my primary paint masking tape, but I'll definitely call upon this when it's a delicate or freshly painted surface. I've never once had this tape cause damage. And I'll use it for other purposes, too, where I need a lightweight tape without worrying about damage or tape residue. I've left this stuff adhered for months without issue. About the only thing it'll really stick to and damage in my experience is paper. Doesn't stick particularly well to rough surfaces. Had to order it from Amazon as Home Depot doesn't carry it anymore. I'm surprised by that. It's a really good tape. Expensive, but amazingly good.

Used this as a mask to laser cut leather. Normal tapes had a bad habit of ripping the surface finish off finished leather, and this seem to remedy that problem for us. Not sure about how well it works for the purpose it is intended however.

Rating how I used it: 0* I bought this tape to use on drinking glasses with my diode laser (SculpFun S6 Pro). I've done a lot of drinking glass etching, either cheap black acrylic paint sprayed on with an airbrush (a pain to apply, easy to remove) or standard flat black Rust-Oleum spray paint (easy to apply, a pain to remove). I was hoping tape would be almost as easy to apply as the spray paint and almost as east to remove as the acrylic - and it was - but even slowing down the laser and bumping up the power, all it did was burn off the tape, it did not affect the glass. My current theory is it's related to the light colour of the tape, that a darker tape would get hotter & the glass would be etched, I'll update this review if I later confirm this to me the case. My standard settings for (black) painted glass are 12 lines/mm, 300mm/min at 65% power. When these settings did nothing (to the glass - it looked like it did until I cleaned it), I tried 250mm/min at 100% power with and without air assist, no change. Upside is I didn't waste any glassware, haha, downside is I spent $10 on tape I can't use (for this purpose - I won't return it because 3M never claimed it could do this). I will see if I can colour the tape once applied with a fat (black) marker or dye; in case someone finds this review by searching 'laser' I'll mention I don't like to apply the acrylic paint by hand because the strokes were visible in the etch - this may be desirable sometimes, but generally it is not (at least for the stuff I have been etching). If adding colour makes the difference, I'll likewise update this review. 3550+ reviews when I bought it, but only two referred to using it in an off-label manner with laser engraving. I'm giving 5 stars because I believe this tape would be excellent for its intended purpose, but the written review is specific to how I was using it. I hope someone else with the same idea finds this review before trying it themselves, good luck!

I've tried using other brands, other colours. but nothing has given me the hassle free removal like this NEW tape from Scotch. If you don't want to take the chance of peeling off the paint that you're trying to protect, then try this product. More expensive than other tapes, but well worth the investment.

Used it to give some protection against my car when I was coating the soft top. Works great!