Star Cellulose Tape – 18mm x 30 yds

Pressure-sensitive tape, known also in various countries as PSA tape, adhesive tape, self-stick tape, sticky tape, Sellotape, or just tape, is an adhesive tape that will stick with application of pressure, without the need for a solvent (such as water) or heat for activation. It can be used in the home, office, industry, and institutions for a wide variety of purposes.

The tape consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material such as paper, plastic film, cloth, or metal foil. Some have a removable release liner which protects the adhesive until the liner is removed. Some have layers of adhesives, primers, release agents,^[1] filaments, printing, etc. made for specific functions.

It will stick without the need for a solvent such as water or heat for activation. By contrast, “gummed” or “water activated” adhesive tapes require warm water for activation and “heat activated” tapes require heat.

Single-sided tapes allow bonding to a surface or joining of two adjacent or overlapping materials. Double-sided tape (adhesive on both sides) allows joining of two items back-to-back.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive was first developed in 1845 by Dr. Horace Day, a surgeon.^[2] Commercial tapes were introduced in the early twentieth century. Hundreds of patents have since been published on a wide variety of formulations and construction