The 3M Performance Yellow Masking Tape 301+ is ideal for industrial paint masking, bundling, color coding and sealing, while 3M High Performance Green Masking Tape 401+/233+ is made for high ...

To make this happen, 3M is proud to launch a new lineup of five industrial masking tapes - 101+, 201+, 301+, 401+ and 501+ - built on increasing levels of performance and engineered to perform in ...

A 3M employee, Richard Drew, invented masking tape in 1925. He saw that when autoworkers would mask and paint car bodies, they often lifted specks of paint when they pulled off the tape.

A young 3M salesman in 1925 found the winning combination of a flexible paper backing and an adhesive with an ideal tackiness ...

According to Darren Lansley, of 3M’s Automotive Aftermarket Division, when they “ looked at ways in which we could improve the performance of masking tape, many of the operatives we talked to ...

In 1925, 3M released Drew’s invention, the Scotch brand masking tape. While there is some uncertainty about why the line of tape was dubbed Scotch, company legend says that the name came about ...