Thread: I love 3m tape "not a tape question"

I was running out of "tartan" electrical tape so yesterday while buying some plumbing supplies at Home Despot, I paid a little extra and got the Scotch brand tape by 3m. This stuff is worth it! Much more flexible, easier to apply (for me), and I think it is harder wearing than my old tape. It might be a little ridiculous, but I'm a little overly excited about this tape. I used it while setting a bevel on a W&B tonight and it worked very well.

Michael

Too bad I can't find the stuff around here. Maybe I got lucky, but I have found some cheap no-name brand that works really well. It costs about 1$ for a 6 piece package, and it lasts a few months for me.

The 3M stuff is excellent. Myself, I prefer their Super 33 product. Some are not a fan of it, as it does tend to leave tape residue. However, I put up with it because it's super thin and long lasting!

I find,as long as it is .007 thick (it all is) any brand works well.
Little trick I use is to renwax the blade before honing,no residue,and no waterspots on High carbon blades.

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I too have found that the 3m stuff is just better for what we do I use the #700, tried the rest and came back to the best

Honest, I just shipped two rolls of it to one of the guys in Japan with his razors because he couldn't find good stuff over there

The 3M is made in Minneapolis, Minnesota . If you are an American when you buy 3M you are helping a fellow American keep his or her job and feed their family. To me that is the main reason for buying it. That it happens to be a superior product is a bonus. Nothing against foreign manufacturers. They're employees have to eat too. OTOH, I haven't had a worker from China walk into the shop and buy a tattoo lately. Matter of fact never. I've had a few from MN. My thinking is, whenever possible, buy American, the job you save may be your own.

Funny little anecdote:

On sunday I was helping my brother with some plumbing. He had two of those flint/striker gizmos that you use to light a torch for soldering. He asked me to open the new one and put a flint on it, and then just toss the old one. As I was putting the old one in a can I said "this was pretty old, it's made in the USA". He said that we still make stuff here too, but I looked at the new striker and sure enough it was made in china. I said "ah this one looks very very new" and then we cracked up. I tried out the new striker and it made a spark maybe one out of three times. We took the old one out of the can, it works 100% of the time, every time. We used the old USA made striker every time we lit the torch, and it's still in the toolbox, not in the garbage.

Just a funny story, that I thought might be of interest. Beyond that, and without commenting on the political side of it, I'm happy that this tape is USA made. I also got the 700 brand, and it's all I will get from now on. I might even get the multi-pack.


Michael

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The 3M is made in Minneapolis, Minnesota . If you are an American when you buy 3M you are helping a fellow American keep his or her job and feed their family. To me that is the main reason for buying it. That it happens to be a superior product is a bonus. Nothing against foreign manufacturers. They're employees have to eat too. OTOH, I haven't had a worker from China walk into the shop and buy a tattoo lately. Matter of fact never. I've had a few from MN. My thinking is, whenever possible, buy American, the job you save may be your own.

One way to avoid residue on a blade when taping is to press the first layer into a towel. That makes the bottom layer less sticky and leaves less residue on the blade. Whatever residue is left can be removed withe tape itself.

I love american made products,truley do,sadley, few exsist anymore,3m electrical tape is made by the shenglong adhiesive tape factory,in china.But distributed by 3m,an american company.

Originally Posted by ace

One way to avoid residue on a blade when taping is to press the first layer into a towel. That makes the bottom layer less sticky and leaves less residue on the blade. Whatever residue is left can be removed withe tape itself.

When I was making my living doing auto body repair we used to take the masking tape and just hit it on our pants leg to remove a little bit of stickiness.

With that said, a little bit of residue will disappear with some lacquer thinner or enamel reducer. A commonly found product for those of us with the females of the species living amongst us is fingernail polish remover (it’s Acetone based)!

Smooth Shaving!