Best brand of tape to use on leather?

[SUP]

I often purchase patterns to make leather items. I need to stick those patterns onto the leather. with sticky tape and then take it off once the pattern is cut. That is when the problem arises. The tape invariably leaves sticky residue behind. I have tried several different types of tape but they either do not stick well or they leave a residue. I have clearly not tried the correct tape. 

What would be the best brand to use for this?

[fredk]

I use green 'Frog' tape. Have you got that brand there?

[fredk]

Further down the page a chappie has posted 'Templates' and he mentions his 'green tape'

Ask him the brand

[SUP]

I'll do that. thank you. But I need it to be transparent or at least translucent. Isn't green tape opaque? That is why I have been using masking tape but it makes a mess, especially on veg tanned leather. Cleaning requires saddle soap and scrubbing which, of course, ruins the surface. I've tried every other transparent/translucent tape I could find around here but like I said earlier, they either do not stick of leave residue. 

Edited July 21, 2024 by SUP

[fredk]

Why does it need to be translucent?

Frog Green or Yellow are low tack painters tapes. Green is lowest tack, but even Yellow is far lower than regular paper masking tape.  I've been using them for years

[BlackDragon]

Do you need it translucent because you cover the entire pattern with it?

I've used blue tape to hold patterns onto the leather

[SUP]

I need translucent tape because I cover the stitching holes with it and then punch through it. Directions from all the pattern sellers, at any rate. Prevents the paper from tearing, 

[fredk]

There is a product called Frisket. Its a translucent painting masking material. afaik its only available in sheets or a roll 10 inches in width. You would need to cut it into tape size widths. Its very low tack

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frisket-Cleanly-Removable-Adhesive-Self-Adhering/dp/B004O7AENS/ref=asc_df_B004O7AENS/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697225711392&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9425414613565909889&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007334&hvtargid=pla-306935321735&psc=1&mcid=c62d28f3e02833db9b4962ff62e66dc5&gad_source=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frisket-Cleanly-Removable-Adhesive-Self-Adhering/dp/B001F6J18K/ref=asc_df_B004O7AENS/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697225711392&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9425414613565909889&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007334&hvtargid=pla-306935321735&mcid=c62d28f3e02833db9b4962ff62e66dc5&gad_source=1&th=1

I use short sections of Frog Green tape and just join up the missing parts a la a dot-to-dot puzzles

 

[SUP]

Oh. That looks like it could work. Thank you.

 

[DJole]

21 hours ago, SUP said:

I often purchase patterns to make leather items. I need to stick those patterns onto the leather. with sticky tape and then take it off once the pattern is cut. That is when the problem arises. The tape invariably leaves sticky residue behind. I have tried several different types of tape but they either do not stick well or they leave a residue. I have clearly not tried the correct tape. 

What would be the best brand to use for this?

What I do for my patterns: I make them larger than the leather, so that they fold over the edges (2 opposite edges), and I use masking tape on the back (flesh side) of the leather to  hold the pattern in place.