But the glues they used to attach the masking paper often ruined ... In 1961, 3M engineers came out with Scotch Magic tape, which wouldn't yellow or ooze adhesive, while appearing frosty on ...

The company thought Scotch Brand Masking Tape would work. It didn't ... their clarity and actually aged better than rubber-based adhesives, which turned yellow and brittle over time. Later, acrylate ...

in spite of its tartan branding Before Scotch tape and its direct predecessor, Scotch Brand Masking Tape, the tapes that were commercially available were all much stickier. In fact, it was the ...

3M’s Scotch brand masking tape and cellophane tape were small inventions that became a consumer revolution. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) was founded in Two Harbors in 1902.

Thus, what would be called “Scotch” Masking Tape was born in 1925. The success of the Scotch Brand Masking Tape allowed Drew to move up the ranks at 3M. In 1929, his position as technical ...

But his first version of masking tape only had adhesive on the edges. When the painters used it, it fell off. They allegedly told Drew to take his “Scotch” tape back to the drawing board ...