June, 2011

Here, We Like Tape.  In France, They LOVE tape

Here, We Like Tape. In France, They LOVE tape

We sell tape. Lots of it. It ships by the pallet load from our North Carolina warehouse. When I’m ready to semi-retire, I’m going to move to Paris and open a tape store like this one. Less lifting! Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and […]

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Not Into Commitment?  Maybe Tattoo Tape is For You

Not Into Commitment? Maybe Tattoo Tape is For You

If every bar in town stocked this product, there might be a lot fewer “I can’t believe I did that” moments when someone wakes up and discovers the tattoo they got the night before.   Tattoo Tape provides “tattoos by the inch” that can be torn off the roll and applied for a temporary, removable […]

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He Knows They Won’t Be Back ‘Til September, Right?

He Knows They Won’t Be Back ‘Til September, Right?

Mike Raczak, the principal of May Watts Elementary School in Naperville, IL, allowed students to duct tape him to the wall as an end of year fund raiser. Students used eight rolls of duct tape to stick principal Raczak to the gym wall as part of the schools end of year Citizenship Celebration. The Naperville […]

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A Suntan That Will Get You Noticed

A Suntan That Will Get You Noticed

Want to get them talking about you at the health club? Try this to get a tan that definitely won’t go unnoticed. Create a pattern of gaffers tape applied to your skin (tiger stripes work nicely) and then spend a day at the beach. When you remove the tape, the pattern you created will be […]

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How Could We Have Missed This?

How Could We Have Missed This?

May 27 was the 81st anniversary of the invention of Scotch Tape. Our apologies to Richard Gurley Drew. Drew, a company engineer for 3M came up with the product because of a customer complaint that the company’s masking tape wasn’t sticky enough. We’ll plan something really special for the 100th anniversary. Tapenews.com is your source […]

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Masking Tape Art

Masking Tape Art

An Australian street artist who calls himself BUFFdiss uses masking tape for creating great street art.  This “low impact” graffiti is easy to remove and has minimal environmental impact. Here is a link to a slide show of his work Click here for an interview and more pictures of BUFFdis’ work.     Tapenews.com is […]

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