ScotchBlue Original Multi-Surface Painters Tape, 2 Inch Wide (1.88 In. x 60 Yds), 3 Rolls, Blue Paint Tape Protects Surfaces and Removes Easily, Masking Tape for Indoor and Outdoor Use (2090-48EP3)

Great for its intended use as painter's masking tape. Sticks well enough for a sharp line when removed, and safe on walls with a thin, one coat finish.But not how I use it!With the four kids grown and gone and my wife in a nursing home, I've been downsizing from a starter castle to a one room, efficiency apartment. When I sold our home, the buyer required access quickly.The moving job was monumental, and I'm stuck with a limited fixed income. Hiring movers and paying their rate for storage was well beyond my budget, so I had to get creative.Enter liquor stores and this tape.Booze comes in stouter boxes than you can buy, and just the right variety of sizes for one person to carry. I got two local stores to stack the boxes behind their stores for a few weeks. Most stores get deliveries twice weekly, and I made my rounds those evenings in my SUV, piling the boxes in an empty room until it was full.I used this tape to label the filled boxes with where the contents came from; "Left Bedside Table Top Drawer," for example.I found this to be a far better and quicker method than trying to list everything in a box, only to waste time reading the lengthy labels later just to find something. I wrote the labels on the tape while still on the roll, which gave me a firm surface for my Sharpie. NOTE that all other blue painter's tape is a darker blue and a black Sharpie is nearly impossible to read.By writing the labels while still on the roll, I knew exactly where to tear so as not to waste any tape. I placed all labels on the lower left hand corner of the boxes so it wouldn't be damaged by repeatedly opening and resealing the boxes with clear shipping tape.Lining both walls of 10'x30' self storage units with 2' deep shelving, I had plenty of room for all the boxes stacked two high on each shelf. One such storage unit has about 600sf of shelf space, and by stacking the boxes two high, I got the equivalent of 1,200sf; more than enough space for easily accessible boxes holding the majority of stuff accumulated over 3 decades of marriage.The four foot wide isle held the smaller furniture, and a smaller unit held the big,I was able to furnish my apartment with a few pieces of furniture and equip my kitchenette with everything I might need, all of it chosen as I went through each box as time permitted.I set up a portable card table with a chair and three empty boxes on the sides. I then went through each of my labeled boxes, separating items into the empty boxes labeled "trash", "give away" and "sell".Goodwill picked up the "giveaway" boxes, the "trash" boxes went to the city dump in my van and the "sell" boxes were moved onto a large, dining room table set up in the furniture storage unit, a few at a time. Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and eBay occupied several weeks of beautiful spring weather going through the "sell" boxes, photographing each item to be listed that evening.By chipping away selling off decades of valuable but no longer needed items and furniture, I made enough money to replace my wardrobe and then some. I lost 100 pounds from a month in bed with COVID, and all my clothing was too big. A local flea market was the fastest way to sell all of it without the hassle of photographing, listing, packing and shipping it.I am aware, however, that selling clothing on eBay is very profitable, and I did list premium items. There is a vast audience in other countries that will pay ridiculously high prices when bidding against others in an auction for a pair of worn out jeans worth $4 at the flea market.

I had good results using the tape to mask around trim and windows. The tape was on for a week with 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint on it. I had a couple of issues with the tape tearing when removing but that wasy fault. I will use this tape again.

this is exactly what I ordered. scotch painting tape in 2". blue tape. Good stuff Maynard............

Amazing how many rolls you go through when doing a remodel, but I do. This always sticks well, but no too much. Easy to apply and remove. Tears easily.

Good Painter's tape easy to remove

unrolls of the roll easy and removes well too

It's tape it works

This tape is consistently excellent and doesn’t damage wall paint