Mr. Pen- Masking Tape, 0.6 inch, 3 Pack, Beige, Painter's Tape

I bought this to tape the edges of watercolor paper. The tape keeps my paper stable and does not allow the flow of color into the margins. So glad I found this. I purchased the 1/2 inch size which allows me to split the border and surface without measuring to get a 1/4 inch border on my paintings. Great product at a great price

I use it all the time. Easy to write on, easy to cut with just fingers. Perfect width.

Update: I have found an excellent use for this tape if you are a pattern maker. I use it for tracing paper, taping up reference photos (without damaging them, and for large pieces of thin 'medical paper' (the big rolls of thin paper that you can use for drafting large patterns, tracing, or for medical tables). It holds my sewing patterns together, then often tears off with little damage if I move the sheets around (e.g. Planning and moving darts). And its very easy to mark over with pencil or ink so the marks are very clear and clean. Its still thumbs-down for stretching watercolor paper as the tiniest bit of heat or water ruins the adhesive, but for holding delicate paper down temporarily, its fantastic. Original: I have tried this tape on several different pieces so far and it inevitably loses adhesion within the first real wetting. If the paper begins to buckle at all, the seam pops. And if you use a blow drier with any level of heat, it doesn't even try to hold, just gone. * Granted, all the masking tape brands I've tried do this to some degree it seems. Though I have no use for this to hold my watercolor paper, I have found its useful for plenty of other tasks, like taping a layer down for tracing a design, securing a material onto my cricut mats, and so on. Anything that is delicate enough that you don't want to damage it, but which will have very little stress added (eg. water, heat...) like taping a reference photo up, it works very well for. No residue, clean peel, easy to tear, etc. Just not a durable enough adhesive for my purposes.

Tape was as I expected expected. Happy with purchase for what I am using it for

I got this tape to use to mask parts of my watercolor paintings, to preserve the white paper while I did color washes. Someone recommended this, saying it worked better than your typical painter's tape. It sticks, and prevents paint from getting under the edge, yet it is easily removed and repositioned. Another great feature is that you can see through it somewhat to your underlying drawing, so you can place the tape and carefully cut around the shape you're trying to preserve. Although it's not the typical use of this tape, I'm very happy to have learned about it and am happy with how it works for my paintings.

I was looking for a low tack tape that wouldn’t tear paper for my watercolor work. This tape works better than any other I’ve had. It hasn’t ripped any part of the paper when it’s come off, and I’ve used it quite a few times already. I left it overnight on on paper, and it came off a bit, but reattached when I pressed down again. Leaves clean lines when you pull off, and doesn’t take peper with it.

I love Mr Pen’s mechanical pencils but not so much their “drafting” tape. PROS: *Comes off easily *Doesn’t leave residue behind *Doesn’t tear off professional grade watercolor paper (Arches, Fabriano, Winsor & Newton) when removed CONS: *Comes off easily, too easily, even when you’re not ready to remove it *Water/watercolors seeps/bleeds through so you can’t have clean unpainted edges. *Not enough adhesiveness *Too thin *Gets wavy edges, instead of keeping edges straight, if you pull it even jut a little when trying to create borders on watercolor paper *Comes off if using a lot of water on watercolor paper

Before I bought this I read some other reviews and saw that some folks were using it for wet media. I'm not sure if this tape is ideal for that application. That said it works superbly as a low/medium tac tape for dry media. I use it to mask my borders for large charcoal/pastel portraits on Strathmore paper. It's really all about how you pull your tape when you finish a piece. The paper only rips when you don't pull it off correctly. When you pull your tape put it on a floor or flat surface. Pull your tape at an angle away from your edge and almost touching the work surface. I attached a picture to demonstrate. This has always worked perfectly for me when pulling tape.