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I love the 3M 233 for a lot of stuff, and am planning on trying it on bindings soon.

I can't seem to find my beloved strapping tape around here anymore, as both Agent Orange and the Smurfs have stopped selling it to sell other stuff instead. Will have to try an office store, but I've fallen for the 233 now anyway for all that stuff. Love how stretchy it is, and it sticks great, but not too great. I love using it to temporarily hold a plate to a rim while marking brace notching positions and the like.

Another little trick...if you want to loosen tape so that it doesn't pull out fibers, you can also use a hair dryer to heat it up and soften the glue. Works pretty well, but don't cook the wood.

Double sided tape...the best I've ever used is a thin film tape I get from All Star Adhesives. Awesome stuff for cnc applications especially due to how thin the stuff is.

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Regular 3M blue painter's tape, not the easy release stuff for masking the fretboard and body cavities of electrics. Stewmac binding tape for attaching bindings, and just picked up some 1/8" pinstriping at the auto parts store for masking off purfling. It's all that I could find that would follow the curve of my upper horns without having to cut slits in it. Minimum bleed through on stains and really easy to apply, can be repositioned a few times. It does say on the back to give it 24 hours for maximum adhesion so I don't leave it on very long. For double sided tape I use fastape from fastcap. I get it from a cabinet hardware company, EB bradley or Louis and Co. It is very grippy stuff made for applying wood edgebanding to cabinet faces.

I am on the hunt for 1/4" wide masking tape.

I was trying to find a big roll of strapping tape last week and couldn't. Ended up ordering it online.

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Has anyone used this green Frogtape brand they sell for paint masking? Any problems with it? Just want to know before I try it.

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Has anyone used this green Frogtape brand they sell for paint masking? Any problems with it? Just want to know before I try it.

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Another day, another dollar.