For many, Kamoi’s masking tape has outgrown its role as a decorative stationery product to become a powerful tool for self-expression. Fans of MT even put the masking tape to use in their manicures.

Using masking tape as a temporary label is a great hack because it's thinner, easier to remove, and cheap. Place a strip on your container, write out the contents, and add an expiration date.

Staple-free staplers, pens with erasable ink, colorful removable masking tape, and other innovative stationery products are hugely popular in Japan. They are also winning fans around the world ...

Japan is famous for its wide-ranging and inventive stationery, from delicate letter-sheets to erasable highlighters and rolls of masking tape that come in every design imaginable. At the Masking ...

Masking tape’s adhesive is stronger, which means it doesn’t peel off as easily when used for projects like painting—hence the need for dedicated painter’s tape.

1925: Drew invents Scotch ® Masking Tape, the predecessor to transparent tape. This marks 3M's entry into the tape business. The first tape was a two-inch-wide tan paper strip backed with a light, ...