Are you a teacher or a parent trying to create the best learning environment for your children at school or at home? Maybe you own a business (restaurant, salon, etc.), or you’re an artist or a DIY type of person looking for a custom solution to easily take and keep notes somewhere easy to see?

You should get to know about Pro^® Chalk Tape and Pro^® Dry Erase Tape!

Pro^® Chalk Tape and Pro^® Dry Erase Tape are easy to apply, easy to remove, and leave no mess behind! They’re as easy to write on as a conventional chalkboard or dry erase board, and they erase cleanly every time.

These features make both products suitable for both at-home teaching or in-school lectures. Use it in the classroom to highlight the new lesson for the day, or write out project due dates and keep them handy!

Restaurant or food business owners can let customers know what their specials of the day are with a custom-placed and sized chalk or dry erase board. At home, you can use it to organize and label things in your home office or kitchen; just check out this DIY calendar we made with Pro^® Dry Erase Tape!

Take a closer look at Pro^® Chalk Tape:

Pro^® Chalk Tape is a printable, removable chalkboard film tape. Pro^® Chalk Tape comes in many different sizes, and can be custom cut & printed.

This tape has a polycoated kraft release liner which makes it easy to cut, peel and apply. The textured, slate grey film provides a great surface for drawing or writing.

Use Pro^® Chalk for labeling, posting daily menus and to-do lists, making message boards in the home, school or office, and more! It’s a great product for crafting, personalizing items, and homeschooling.

Take a closer look at Pro^® Dry Erase Tape:

Pro^® Dry Erase Tape is an erasable surface tape that quickly transforms your work surface into a white board. It works with any standard dry erase marker and erasers!

Pro^® Dry Erase tape comes in many different sizes. It is available in roll form, standard sheet size, and even wider custom whiteboard sizes.

Its removable acrylic adhesive makes it easy to reposition and re-apply without leaving residues on the surface.

THE PRO TAPES^® TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU!

Questions? Let our experienced inside Sales team help you learn more about our product offerings! We can help you identify the right solution for your project.

You can reach out to us any time at sales@protapes.com

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Features & Benefits

Pro® Scenic Blue Mask utilizes a durable blue crepe backing that allows for abrasion resistance, and the color gives superior UV light tolerance even in direct sunlight.

Pro® Scenic Blue Mask couples that superior backing with an exclusive rubber based adhesive system that allows maximum adhesion yet clean removability.

Pro® Scenic Blue Mask can be used on most surfaces safely like painted walls, wood, vinyl, metal, and even glass.

At only 4.6 mils thick, Pro® Scenic Blue Mask allows for a clean straight paint line every time. The adhesive doesn’t allow paint bleed to penetrate under the tape and the backing doesn’t allow bleed-through to the masked area.

The scientifically designed adhesive allows Pro® Scenic Blue Mask to remove cleanly with no residue, even if left on a surface for up to 14 days in direct sunlight. Pro® Scenic Blue Mask will not damage properly prepared painting surfaces.

Made in the USA

Pro® Scenic Blue Mask is made in the USA to the highest possible standards and is effective for paint, varnishes and lacquers, delivering superior performance for a great value.

Marking for Social Distancing

Pro® Scenic Blue Mask is also ideal for temporarily marking social distancing lines on most surfaces and can stay down extended periods of time indoors and remove cleanly. Hardwood floors should be avoided for long term marking with Pro® Scenic Blue Mask. For longer term social distancing marking, take a look at out Social Distancing Signs blog post here!

To discover more products like Pro^® Flex, visit our Building & Construction Market page.

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Art Class

Of course, art class is the perfect time to get creative. Tape can help you make so many different arts & crafts projects!

Here are just some ideas:

• Use masking tape to make a colorful “mosaic” with chalk or paint, like we did here (link)
• Grab some canvases and paint, and use tape to mask out lines and shapes that you want to keep blank. Paint all over your canvas, peel back the tape, and voilà!
• Help your kids “redecorate” their furniture using tape! You can temporarily add bold new colors, patterns, and pictures without permanently damaging the furniture underneath

For more ideas, just check out the Crafter’s Corner section of our blog! We’ve got tons of craft ideas!

Math Class

That’s right… tape can even make math class fun!

Try these math activities:

• Learn how to measure angles by taping overlapping lines on a table, creating all kinds of triangles and other geometric shapes.
• Tape down a giant coordinate graph on the floor, and mark off each row and column with letters and numbers. Put objects down on random points, and have your children map the coordinates
• Grab your spare change and tape down a four-square box on your table or floor, and have your kids sort the different types of coins into each box

You can find many more ideas for making math class fun with tape on our Pinterest board here!

Language Arts Class

You can use tape as a tool to help kids practice writing and reading, too!

• Write different words from a sentence on a piece of tape (one word per piece of tape), scramble the sentence order, and have your child reorganize it into the correct sentence order
• You can have kids labels the words they see in the world (magazines, on toys, boxes) by noun, verb and adjective using small pieces of tape

Gym Class

DIY your own indoor gym quickly and easily with tape! Physical activity is especially important for kids stuck indoors.

Try these ideas:

• Combine math and exercise with a “frog jumping” activity! Mark a starting point off with tape, have your kids leap as far as they can, then mark where they land with tape. Using measuring tape to have kids measure how far they leaped
• Create an obstacle course with tape on your floors and walls! Make lines for children to “balance” walk on, lines to jump over, and even make tape barriers by taping from one wall the another for kids to duck or jump under

Music Class

Help your kids make their own band by DIYing their own instruments. Use colorful tape to make their instruments look really unique!

• Create a drum using some empty cans and taping across the top. Use chopsticks as drumsticks!
• Make a pan flute by taping a bunch of cut-down straws together
• If you’ve got a piano at home, use tape to label the keys so children can memorize notes
• DIY your own maracas by filling toilet paper tubes with rice or beans, then taping them shut!

For more great ideas, check out our Educational Tape Activities board on Pinterest!

What Tape Should I Use in my Homeschool Classroom?

This is a great question. Not all tapes are created equal! You want to use a tape that sticks down easily on a variety of surfaces, including hardwood floors and carpets.

The tape should also be gentle on surfaces and removes cleanly without damaging walls, furniture, etc. And you want these tapes to come in a wide range of colors that are fun and exciting for children.

These are the tapes we recommend you use in your homeschool classroom:

• Pro® 46 Colored Masking Tape: available in 12 colors, and it’s great for all of the projects we mentioned in this blog!
• Pro® Gaff Tape: available in 20 colors, and also a great choice for any project
• Pro® Scenic 714 Blue Masking Tape: for indoor and outdoor painting projects
• Pro® Pocket Spike Stacks: these small, fluorescent rolls are perfect for all kinds of quick labeling

What are some ways YOU use tape in your homeschool classroom?

Show us on social media and tag us @protapes so we can share your great ideas with the community!

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Working at Pro Tapes® and learning about all of our amazing clean removal products, it had really opened my eyes to so many more ways to achieve the same outcome but with much more ease, and effectiveness. Before I would be using “clean removal” products that actually weren’t so easy to remove. Now that I have been introduced to UGlu®, Pro® 46 and Pro Gaff®; the whole game has changed!

Keep in mind there are two distinct ways I utilized these three Pro Tapes® products; one, tape is being used as the actual decoration, and two, tape is being used as a replacement for hooks, nails, glue or screws.

Shall we jump right into it?

Here are my top 4 nail free Dorm & Apartment Hack’s & DIYs…

1: Nail free hanging with Pro Tapes®

2: Decorate Your Dorm Like a Pro®

3: Dorm Hacks on hacks, on hacks using, tape, tape, & more tape

4: Must try Space Saving Tape Hack

How to Apply & Remove UGlu®

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What you need:

• UGlu® Power Patches
• Small storage containers, cups, etc.

Step 1: Find those unutilized spaces!

• Side of dresser
• Side of armoires
• Inside of cabinet doors
• Side of fridge
• Behind doors

Step 2: Apply UGlu® Power Patches to storage container (1 patch per every 2 lbs. of weight)

Step 3: Stick container to those unutilized spaces. Press firmly!

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Cool Camo has a synthetic rubber resin adhesive system that provides great adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces, including low energy surfaces like many plastics.

Besides having an awesome adhesive system, Cool Camo is made with a superior cotton weave. It is super strong yet it tears easily. It has high tensile (bursting) strength so it is perfect for bundling heavy objects or cables.

Cool Camo comes in 7 colors. The  5 fluorescent colors and are UV light or blacklight reactive; excellent for those blacklight or wall climbing parties.

The rolls are available in 1” and 2”
     

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1. Pro^® Flex Patch & Shield

The ultimate all weather sealing tape with an aggressive 28 mil butyl adhesive. When applied to a clean and dry surface, Pro^® Flex Patch & Shield is perfect for fixing a leaky gutter, a hole in your shed, piping, and many other pesky leaks. When applied, the butyl adhesive will fill in any voids and create a tight seal. Available in both black and white, Pro^® Flex Patch & Shield is easily one of the most versatile adhesive tapes everyone should have around.Find out more about Pro^® Flex Patch & Shield

® Flex Patch & Shield” src=”https://www.protapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pipe-patched-with-pro-patch-and-shield-1024×683.jpg” alt=”” width=”604″ height=”403″> Drainage pipe with a leak Patched with Pro^® Flex Patch & Shield

1. Pro 160 Clear Duct Tape

Another great adhesive tape for outdoor use. Pro 160 is a poly scrim, waterproof duct tape. It’s UV resistant adhesive will not yellow, fade or dry out. When applied to a clean and dry surface, this handy product has a wide variety of repair applications such as a torn or punctured tarpaulin, or a temporary seal of a cracked window. Its superior tensile strength is great for bundling, splicing, and even wire and cable hold down! Pro 160 adheres to a wide variety of surfaces including glass, vinyl, rubber, and metal.

Find out more about Pro 160 Clear duct tape

3. UGLU®

UGLU® is an amazing double coated “Green” adhesive system. So green you can submerse it in a fish tank and not harm the fish! UGLU’s versatility makes this adhesive tape highly recommended for just about any indoor and outdoor applications. Non-toxic UGLU® is great for arts & crafts, picture hanging, securing mouldings, carpet hold down and many more applications. UGLU® will also come off clean if removed properly.

Substrates UGLU® can adhere to include: Carpet, Glass, Fabrics, Plastic, Metal, Craft Foam, Paper. Leather, Styrofoam Fiberglass Tile Granite, Cement, Laminates Brick & Wood

Find out more about UGLU Power Patch® or buy it now on Amazon.

Clean removal of UGlU® is easy following these steps:

1. Roll a corner of the adhesive until you have enough to grab and hold.
2. Pull SLOWLY away from the adhesive strip, do not pull directly up or across the surface of the remaining adhesive. If you pull too quickly the UGLU® may break or snap-off; should this occur simply start again at step #1.
3. Pull SLOWLY until you have completely removed all remaining adhesive from your item.

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