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White tape that won't remove gloss paint after three months?

CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
I've got some skirting board that I want to tape a wire along, temporarily (I'll be removing it after three months or so).

Are there any white tapes that I can leave on gloss paint for three months, and then remove without taking the paint off with it? Will masking tape do that?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    It's hard to tell. Electrical tape would fall off though. It all depends on if it's cheap landlord white paint or not. You could try using painter's tape. If it's the cheap paint, looking at it long enough will peel it off the surface.

    I'd just be ready to buy a little can of matching paint to touch it up when you're done.

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  • corky842corky842 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Even painter's tape won't come off easily after it's been on for months. Something like this should work better. I've used them a few times, no problems as long as you take them off the way they recommend.

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  • illigillig Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Id recommend a staple gun with small staples. Rather than large swaths of dried glue or messed up paint, it will only leave small pinholes in the wood.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'll pimp for Command Adhesives as I always do.

    They have small clear hooks designed for Christmas light that might do the trick.

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  • BoomShakeBoomShake The Engineer Columbia, MDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    You could also get wire conduit. I've got some long 1/4" diameter ones that I run speaker cables through along the edge of the baseboard. You minimize the mount points while maintaining the nice, concealed look. I think they even have the Command-style "pull the adhesive thing off" variety.

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