ScotchBlue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface 2080, 1 Inch by 60 Yards, 1 Roll

by 3M

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

ScotchBlue Painter's Tape is the #1 selling Painter's tape in the U.S.A. for a reason - it's the original blue tape that DIY painters and pros have loved for more than 20 years. Now this legendary tape is even better! ScotchBlue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface 2080EL with Edge-Lock Paint Line Protector is ideal for freshly painted surfaces (24 hours old) and other delicate substrates because it removes cleanly with no surface damage. Edge-Lock Paint Line Protector provides extra insurance to achieve super sharp paint lines. Plus, this tape features the ScotchBlue logo and the product number printed in orange, right on the tape. So you can find it easily in a drawer or tool box and know what you're choosing and using.

Product Description

1" x 60 Yards, ScotchBlue Safe Release Painters Masking Tape, 60 Day Clean Removal, Medium Adhesion, Extra Crisp Paint Lines and No Bleed Through, Safe On Freshly Painted Surfaces.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 6 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BQWD12
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 2080
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,386 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #55 in Industrial & Scientific > Tapes, Adhesives & Sealants > Adhesive Tapes > Painters Tape

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars how to get a straight line with very uneven ceiling/wall joints, June 3, 2011

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princess - See all my reviews

This review is from: ScotchBlue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface 2080, 1 Inch by 60 Yards, 1 Roll (Tools & Home Improvement)

My boyfriend and I are semi professional painters with a good number of years of experience. My boyfriend used to work for his brother's sheetrocking business. He is more experienced than me but I actually used the tape in this review. We make extra money on the side doing interior and exterior painting for rich fussy people. This was the first time I used this painting tape which I purchased at Home Depot. I decided to try this bc of the mixed reviews on the FrogTape. I used this tape to cut in the walls of 2 bathrooms and it worked great. The ceiling and wall joints were very uneven in these 2 bathrooms therefore making it a nightmare to try to cut in the wall paint. We tried it by hand and even though my boyfriend is very good at this, the results were very disappointing bc the ceiling sloped up and down along the wall so you couldn't use the ceiling as a reference point to keep the cut in line straight. PITA! I don't know about you but I can't keep a straight line going for 5-8 feet without having the ceiling as a reference point. So I decided to try this tape. The results were amazing! No bleed throughs at all and they were the straightest lines I've ever seen. This is how I did it. I started at one corner of the room using a 4 inch piece of tape which I creased in the middle and inserted it into the wall corner making sure the top part of the tape was about 1/16th from the ceiling. This was my reference point. I started placing 10 inch strips of tape in a straight line across the wall (remember the ceiling was sloping up and down along the wall). If I placed the tape wrong, which means it wasn't exactly straight in relation to the previous piece, it creased, letting me know I was off track and I had to take it off and try again. Not one bit of paint came off the wall when repositioning the piece of tape even though the wall paint was only 24hr dry. Now placing this tape was a PITA and took a long time but it was for a client and it needed to look really good. At the other end of the wall, I placed another 4 inch piece of tape, creased and inserted into the corner to set myself up for the next wall. I then made sure the last piece of tape I layed down matched up with this corner piece. Then I painted the ceiling paint onto the edge of the painter's tape. What I actually did was create an optical illusion that the ceiling was straight bc the line separating the ceiling and wall paint was so amazingly straight. It looked as though there was a 1/16th line of ceiling paint on the wall which gave a very crisp look.
I did find out 2 tricks to make sure you don't get bleed thru and to keep the line looking the straightest possible: 1) it may sound counter intuitive, but I found using strips 10-12 inches long worked best rather than a longer piece bc I was able to handle the tape more easily. It sticks to itself easily and can be a bit hard to handle when the piece of tape you are working with is too long. Make sure to overlap each piece of tape as you place it down by at least one inch. This technique was key in getting a straight line with the uneven ceiling and wall joints. 2) After you get one wall done, take your fingernail and run it along the edge to be painted to get a tight seal.
Good luck!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This tape is certainly NOT up to 3M Standards, October 23, 2011

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John F. Mickey McRoberts (Jupiter, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ScotchBlue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface 2080, 1 Inch by 60 Yards, 1 Roll (Tools & Home Improvement)

I am a very experienced painter (not my profession) who is using this "high tech" tape to apply visqueen around a door back door I have removed for repairs, painting, etc. I applied the tape midmorning yesterday and did not finish the job. Before retiring to bed last night, I checked to be sure the wind had not affected the seal around the plastic so that bugs could not get in. It had actually pulled away from the wall so I pushed it back in place. I noticed that it had left behind a SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE on the wall. I am upset and do not know how I will go about getting this off without damaging the paint. Typically 3M products are the absolute best (and the most expensive) out there. I am not at all sure what happened but my 100% confidence is gone. No doubt they will reimburse the price of the tape but for Godsakes, now what?
Ps. this tape was applied directly to an interior wall painted with eggshell Benjamin Moore paint painted approx. 2 months ago and was never in direct sunlight. It was a nice mild 75F day with approx. 50% humidity here in Jupiter, FL.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More like Edge UN-lock, October 13, 2011

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Thomas A. Burritt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ScotchBlue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface 2080, 1 Inch by 60 Yards, 1 Roll (Tools & Home Improvement)

I've used this with mixed results in the past, but tonight's job left me so frustrated with this tape, that I had to leave a review. For being called EDGE LOCK, it sure does unstick easily! Easy removal is an understatement, as this tape was lifting off the trimwork that I was painting above just from the pressure of a paintbrush. This did, of course, cause bleeding through. It didn't come unstuck from the ceiling, but did peel little flakes of paint and drywall from it when removing. Since I'd had problems with it in the past, I used standard ScotchBlue 2090 on one side, and 2080EL on the other side. The regular 2090 is HALF the price of this product, and works BETTER! I'll post a picture on the product site of the comparison. I don't predict this product staying on the market very long.