sticky tape

Mark Hi,

I do a little watercolour painting and if you want the "real deal" for preservation then something like this is best :

$4-Framing/Frame-Sealing-Tape As you will see, it is not cheap!. Personally I use the "gummed paper" which is available for a few pence from any art shop but of course while it does not discolour like masking tape it will lift off if in a damp environment. I would not use ordinary masking tape for anything likely to be about for more than a year or two.

Regards

Keith

I agree with Keith - if its valuable and you want it preserved 'for posterity' - use the right stuff. Masking tape is funny stuff. It is desgned to do the job it is meant for - i.e. to provide a short term barrier. a 25M roll of the right sort of tape for about =A38.00 seems a reasonable price to me if the project is important enough. Otherwise anything would do (Duck / Duct tape etc) but they all have limitations. Maybe your local college has an art dept that could advise further - or you might even be able to beg a bit if its only a small amount?

Mike

Lion picture farming supplies in Birmingham

has a huge range of tapes.

They claim to be wholesale only but I've bough from them by mail and over the counter without any trouble