Low Tack Painter's Tape
A delicate-surface masking tape with roughly a quarter of the grab of a standard painter's tape. Made for fresh paint, wallpaper, lining paper and lacquered finishes — the places where an ordinary roll takes the surface with it.
- Low tack — roughly four times gentler than standard painter's tape.
- Safe on fresh paint, wallpaper, lining paper and lacquered surfaces.
- Removes cleanly for up to 30 days with no adhesive residue.
- UV resistant for 30 days outdoors, with good water resistance.
- Heat resistant to 150°C / 302°F for 30 minutes.
- Precision edges hold a clean, straight line on smooth surfaces.
- Holds well on PVC board, uPVC and glass.
Pre-order price — 10% off included. No payment taken.
WIDTH38mm × 55m — the only width this colour comes in.
Pre-order only — no card details are taken and nothing is charged. We email you a confirmed delivery date when stock lands, and you can cancel any time before then.
Reach for it when
- Freshly painted walls and second-colour work
- Wallpaper, lining paper and delicate plaster
- Colour blocking, stripes and panel mouldings
- uPVC, PVC board, glass and lacquered joinery
Use the other roll for
- Rough render, brick and textured masonry — it needs a smooth surface to seal
- Heavy sheeting or anything that has to bear weight
- Jobs where you want maximum grab under a wet edge
Why it holdsa clean line.
The difference is measurable, not marketing. Adhesion to steel is 0.5–0.8 N/25mm against 2.0–3.5 for a standard painter's tape — about four times gentler. That is the margin between masking a two-day-old emulsion wall and repapering it.
Low tack usually means a compromise on line quality. This one avoids it: the washi backing is thinner at 85 μm and conforms tightly enough that paint still cannot creep underneath, so you get the same crisp separation with a fraction of the pull. It is the tape to reach for on a second colour, a feature wall, colour blocking and panel mouldings.
Clean removal is rated to 30 days, indoors or out, and the adhesive holds up to 150°C for 30 minutes — enough for spray work and gloss on delicate joinery. This is a specialist tape: reach for it when the surface underneath is the thing you cannot afford to damage, and reach for the yellow [Precision Line Painter's Tape](/shop/painters-washi-tape-yellow) when it isn't.
We use this roll on Interior painting & decorating, Wallpaper removal & wall prep and Kitchen cabinet painting jobs across London.
The full sheet,nothing hidden.
Manufacturer figures for W780, tested to AFERA, PSTC and ISO standards. Compare them against whatever else you are considering — most listings in this category do not publish any of it.
- 38mm × 55m
- W780-385524/box
| Characteristic | W780 | Test method |
|---|---|---|
| Backing | Washi paper | — |
| Adhesive | Acrylic | — |
| Colour | Pink | — |
| Clean removal | Up to 30 days | — |
| UV resistance | Up to 30 days outdoors | — |
| Temperature resistance | 150°C / 302°F for 30 min | — |
| Total weight | 95 ± 5 g/m² | ISO 536 |
| Total thickness | 85 ± 10 μm | Internal method |
| Initial tack | 8–12 N/25mm | Ball tack |
| Tensile strength (MD) | 35–38 N/10mm | AFERA 5004 / PSTC 131 |
| Elongation at break (MD) | 5.4–5.7 % /10mm | AFERA 5004 / PSTC 131 |
| Adhesion to steel | 0.5–0.8 N/25mm | AFERA 5001 / PSTC 101 |
Buy by the box,pay a third less.
The ladder counts every roll in your basket, whatever the colour or width. A box of 24 pink gets you to the top rung on its own — but so does a mixed order of the same size.
| Rolls in your order | You save |
|---|---|
| 1–2 rolls | — |
| 3–5 rolls | 10% |
| 6–11 rolls | 18% |
| 12–23 rolls | 25% |
| 24+ rollsfull box | 33% |
Plus an extra 10% off while we are taking pre-orders — already included in every price shown. The ladder counts every roll in your basket, so mixing colours and widths still gets you there.
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