Product Description 3M High Performance Green Masking Tape 401+ is designed to deliver sharp paint lines and remove cleanly where surface temperatures can reach up to 250 °F/121 °C for 30 minutes. This green crepe paper tape is ideal for critical paint masking applications in automotive, specialty vehicle, and industrial markets, where strong holding and high temp performance is required. Using a proprietary solvent-free adhesive, the tape sticks instantly to most surfaces, including metal, rubber, glass, and plastic, as well as EPDM type rubber moldings while removing cleanly in one piece. High-strength crepe-paper backing conforms to irregular surfaces, resists bleed through from most industrial paint systems, improves visibility during the paint masking process, and helps you achieve super-sharp paint lines. High Performance Green Masking Tape 401+ is an ideal tape for industrial painting, including two-tone color applications on trucks, buses, trailers, trains, fire trucks, ambulances and airplanes. It is easy to tear, which aids in handling, yet strong enough to resist slivering, providing user-friendly, one piece removal. The tape is conformable for easy masking around corners, over contours and irregular surfaces. From the Manufacturer 3M™ High Performance Green Masking Tape 401+/ 233+ is designed to deliver super-sharp paint lines in applications where surface temperatures can reach up to 250°F/ 121° C. This green colored crepe paper masking tape is the fourth in the Masking Made Simple line of tapes and ideal for critical paint masking applications in the automotive, specialty vehicle, and industrial markets where strong holding and high temperature performance is required. Using a 3M proprietary solvent-free adhesive, the tape sticks instantly to most surfaces; including metal, rubber, glass, and plastic, as well as EPDM type rubber moldings while removing cleanly in one piece. This high-strength crepe-paper backing conforms to irregular surfaces, resists bleed through from most industrial paint systems, improves visibility during the paint masking process, and achieves super-sharp paint lines. 3M™ High Performance Green Masking Tape 401+/ 233+ is an ideal tape for industrial painting, including two-tone color applications on trucks, buses, trailers, trains, fire trucks, ambulances and airplanes. It is easy to tear, which aids in handling, yet strong enough to resist slivering, providing "user friendly," one piece removal. The tape is conformable for easy masking around corners, over contours and irregular surfaces. This tape can be qualified for ASTM D-6123 (replaces obsolete PPP-T-42C, Type I, (CID-A-A-883B)). Product Information Adhesion to Steel 36 oz./in. width (39 N/100 mm) Tensile Strength 25 lbs./in. width (438 N/100 mm) Elongation at Break 10% Tape Thickness 6.7 mils/ 0.17 mm; Temperature Use Range Up to 250° F/ 121° C for 30 min What is Masking Tape? Masking tape was developed specifically to help protect surrounding surfaces from overspray, provide clean paint lines, and remove easily and cleanly when finished. Masking tapes from 3M adhere well, resist solvents or water from the paint, and are strong enough to hang plastic sheeting, yet remove cleanly without damaging the subsurface. The backing, typically crepe paper, can conform to curved and irregular surfaces. The tape hand tears for tool-free application. A masking tape should specify what surfaces it will stick to and the interval over which it will remove cleanly. A very thin or poorly manufactured tape may demonstrate splintering or shredding, either coming off the roll or when being removed after use. Some masking tapes have the tensile strength for light commercial and industrial applications, including bundling, labeling, sealing, temporary repairs, lane marking, splicing, and surface protection. The classic crepe paper masking tape is a light tan color, but masking tapes from 3M come in a variety of colors and formulations to meet general and specific applications. A roll of masking tape is basic toolbox or supply room item in construction, warehousing, military, marine, shipping, and retail industries.About 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes For more than a century, 3M has applied innovation and technology to improving our customers’ lives and supporting their business goals. Today the company, from its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, serves industrial and commercial customers and consumers in nearly 200 countries. 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes include application-specific products that provide durability, strength, and special characteristics such as temperature resistance and short- and long-term protection. The 3M brand, across thousands of products, represents consistency, superior quality, and value.
