Premium Masking Tape 18mm - Cantech

The Cantech Premium Masking Tape 30718 is engineered to meet the demanding requirements of professional automotive and industrial technicians. This 18mm masking tape delivers consistent, reliable adhesion and clean, residue-free removal, making it an indispensable tool for collision repair, vehicle refinishing, and various industrial masking applications.

Key Features

• Precision Edge Definition: Features a quality crepe paper backing combined with a rubber-based adhesive, designed to minimize paint bleed and create sharp, professional edges on panels, trim, and components.
• Clean Removal: Formulated for medium-term applications, ensuring a clean lift-off for up to 48 hours without adhesive transfer, which reduces post-paint clean-up time and potential rework.
• Flexible and Conformable: The durable crepe paper construction allows for easy hand-tearing and excellent conformability, adapting readily to curves, body lines, jambs, and irregular surfaces common on modern vehicles and industrial equipment.
• Reliable Multi-Surface Adhesion: Provides strong initial tack and a stable hold on a variety of surfaces, including metal, painted surfaces, plastics, and primed panels, maintaining tape integrity throughout prep and painting processes.
• Temperature Resistant to 80°C: Suitable for use in heated spray booths and bake cycles, ensuring consistent adhesion and edge quality even under elevated temperatures.

Applications

The Cantech 30718 is well-suited for automotive refinishing tasks on passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles, specifically for masking body panels, bumpers, trim, and glass edges. It is also effective in industrial coating and finishing operations on machinery, fabricated metal parts, and equipment housings where controlled paint edges are critical. Within a professional workshop environment, it can also be utilized for general-purpose masking, light bundling of hoses or wiring, and temporary holding tasks during repair or assembly.

Specifications

• Manufacturer: Cantech
• Model Number: 30718
• Width: 18 mm
• Length: 50 m
• Weight: 0.3 lb
• Temperature Resistance: Up to 80°C