{"id":1503,"date":"2018-03-19T08:48:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:17:05","slug":"automotive-masking-tape-vs-regular-masking-tape-what-is-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/blog\/automotive-masking-tape-vs-regular-masking-tape-what-is-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive masking tape vs regular masking tape: what is the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1503\" class=\"elementor elementor-1503 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5c9a09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5c9a09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;25b6289&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44614e5\" data-id=\"44614e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c907e86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c907e86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"480\" data-src=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Q1_Tapes_00082-1200x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1505 lazyload\" alt=\"use of Q1 yellow masking tape on a car\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/480;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Q1_Tapes_00082-1200x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1505\" alt=\"use of Q1 yellow masking tape on a car\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c757eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c757eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Automotive masking tape or regular tape used for masking? When you approach automotive painting on a professional level, automotive masking tape is the only solution that guarantees the quality level required by customers, as far as precision, adhesive power, cleanness, speed and convenience are concerned. <br><br>In this article, we deepen the differences between automotive masking tape and regular masking tape, showing how the first one - thanks to its special adhesive - is the best for your business.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78cdae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b78cdae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The biggest difference between automotive masking tape and regular masking tape lies in the <strong>ability to withstand high temperature<\/strong>. In professional automotive painting, drying the vehicles in spray booths \u2013 or using an infrared lamp \u2013 at high temperature is an essential step of the procedure.<b> The adhesive used in regular masking tape is simply not designed to resist high temperature exposure<\/b>: as a result, the tape gets off the surface before the paint has dried, causing the paint itself bleeding on the surface to protect.<\/p><p>Automotive masking tape, on the other hand, is engineered with <strong>a special adhesive that keeps its hold when exposed at high temperature<\/strong>. The tape doesn\u2019t get off before the paint dries, leaving clean surfaces and clean edges at the end of the job.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584f0b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"584f0b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Automotive masking tape vs regular tape used for masking: technical features<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ac540a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ac540a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Beyond high temperature resistance, which remains the most important difference between\u00a0automotive paint masking tape\u00a0and regular masking tape, the two also features <strong>other minor differences<\/strong> as far as technical values are taken into account. Let\u2019s take a look at the technical specs of automotive masking tape vs regular masking tape:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4613f5d uael-header-sticky-no uael-border-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-table\" data-id=\"4613f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div itemscope class=\"uael-table-wrapper\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Table\">\r\n\t\t<table id=\"uael-table-id-4613f5d\" class=\"uael-text-break uael-column-rules uael-table\" data-sort-table=\"no\" data-show-entry=\"no\" data-searchable=\"no\" data-responsive=\"no\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<thead>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th data-sort=\"0\" class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-4859b80 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">CHARACTERISTICS<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th data-sort=\"1\" class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-32d71ec uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">REGULAR MASKING TAPE*<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th data-sort=\"2\" class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-f3bb826 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">AUTOMOTIVE MASKING TAPE**<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-0d12f80 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">Total Weight<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-daf8249 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">73 g\/m2<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-59c1adc uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">92 g\/m2<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-6bfce18 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">Total Thickness<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-cd217f2 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">90 \u00b5m<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-ac2945d uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">125 \u00b5m<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-1fe86a1 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">MD tensile strength<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-479654c uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 24 N\/cm<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-7e7a10f uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 28 N\/cm<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-2412040 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">MD elongation at break<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-209ba32 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 6 %<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-7861505 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 8 %<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-272fb22 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">Adhesion to steel plate<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-584b3a4 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 1.6 N\/cm<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"sort-this elementor-repeater-item-9f3fe88 uael-table-col uael-table-head-cell-text\" scope=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sort-style\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-table__text-inner\">&gt; 2.2 N\/cm<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\r\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- ROWS -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr data-entry=\"1\" class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr><tr data-entry=\"2\" class=\"uael-table-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\r\n\t<\/table>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-509de00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"509de00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>As it is clear from the values, automotive masking tape differs from a regular masking tape with reference to:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2463a0 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c2463a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>Higher thickness<\/strong>, that provides a stronger resistance to mechanical stress. The value shouldn\u2019t be too high, though: 125 \u00b5m is an <strong>excellent compromise<\/strong> between the resistance required by automotive masking and affordable price.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>Higher tensile strength and elongation:<\/strong> regular masking tape is made to be applied to walls and doors. Automotive masking tape should provide higher conformability as it has to follow the curves and irregular surfaces of cars and other vehicles, without ripping or breaking.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>Adhesion power is higher too<\/strong>, so to provide a better hold on different materials and resistance to critical temperature.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e523d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e523d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>All these elements sum up to guarantee a swift and quick job, clean results and, ultimately, time savings and work optimization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1bae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b1bae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our best seller: Q1\u00ae Premium Masking Tape<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f09eb56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f09eb56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;a9030cb&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dac5c50\" data-id=\"dac5c50\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0734386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0734386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/uk\/product\/automotive\/q1-premium-masking-tape\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" data-src=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Q1-Premium-Masking-Tape-Box-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2943 lazyload\" alt=\"Q1\u00ae Premium Automotive Masking Tape\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/435;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Q1-Premium-Masking-Tape-Box-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2943\" alt=\"Q1\u00ae Premium Automotive Masking Tape\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bfe1e1\" data-id=\"7bfe1e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee9d79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dee9d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/uk\/product\/automotive\/q1-premium-masking-tape\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Q1\u00ae Premium Masking Tape<\/span><\/a> is an <strong>automotive masking tape<\/strong> that can be <strong>easily applied to all vehicle surfaces<\/strong>, to mask any car body part or to fasten masking paper\/masking film.<\/p><p>Designed to combine consistent unwinding, easy tear and conformability, it guarantees high adhesion with a soft pressure of the fingers and <strong>doesn\u2019t leave adhesive traces<\/strong> when removed.<\/p><p>This automotive masking tape is made with premium crepe paper with natural rubber base adhesive, specific for <strong>automotive car refinishing applications during drying cycles<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/uk\/high-temperature-masking-tapes\/\">high temperatures up to 110\u00b0C\/230\u00b0F<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-024c79f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"024c79f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em>* Values refer to\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppmindustries.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PPM Industries<\/a><em>\u00a0S040 AP economic masking tape, the entry level product of the masking tape range<\/em><\/p><p><em>** Values refer to Q1 Tapes Premium Masking Tape, a professional automotive masking tape for the automotive refinish sector<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automotive masking tape or regular tape used for masking? When you approach automotive painting on a professional level, automotive masking tape is the only solution that guarantees the quality level required by customers, as far as precision, adhesive power, cleanness, speed and convenience are concerned. In this article, we deepen the differences between automotive masking &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/blog\/automotive-masking-tape-vs-regular-masking-tape-what-is-the-difference\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Automotive masking tape vs regular masking tape: what is the difference?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11787,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/11787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.q1tapes.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}