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A full line of short term protective tapes to help meet your application needs. To guard your products from scratching, marring, and chipping, these rugged protective tapes help prevent damage during production, assembly, transportation, and more.

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These are typically 1-5 mil tapes with various tack levels depending on the tape, up to 8 mil products. All remove cleanly once the product is in the hands of the end user. Available in these product families: polyethylene, UV, carpet, Cold Seal®, co-extruded "A", co-extruded black/white, polyester and polypropylene.

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3M™ Protective Carpet Tapes
These tapes have good transparency and easy unwind, made from a co-extruded multi-polymer backing coated with a high-tack acrylic adhesive to help provide temporary protection for aerospace and marine carpets.

3M™ Protective Co-Extruded "A" Tapes
Our Co-extruded "A" Tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring & chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping & installation. They offer excellent conformability, enhanced abrasion & puncture resistance, & good heat resistance.

3M™ Protective Cold Seal® Films
Protective Cold Seal Films offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ Protective Fire Retardant Tapes
Protective Fire Retardant Tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ Protective Laser Tapes
Protect a variety of metals from nicks and scratches during the laser cutting process. Replaces conventional laser chemical etching processes. Optical clarity of the tapes allows workers to spot flaws during engraving or cutting.

3M™ Protective Polyester Tapes
Polyester protective tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ Protective Polyethylene Tapes
Polyethylene protective tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ Protective Polypropylene Tapes
Protective polypropylene tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ UV Protective Tapes, Clear and Blue
UV Protective Tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation.

3M™ UV Protective Tapes, Co-Extruded Black/White
Co-extruded black and white tapes offer temporary protection from damage due to scratching, marring and chipping during production, assembly, packaging, shipping and installation. Available in 2.5 or 3 mils thick.


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