Our mission: Making your trade easier
For over 50 years, we’ve stood by painters and plasterers as a reliable partner who understands their specific day-to-day challenges and provides innovative solutions.
Proven quality you can rely on.
As a manufacturer of high-quality masking films and painter’s tapes, we know how important precise work and efficient masking are. That’s why we develop products that save you time, perfect your results, and protect your health. Explore our range and experience for yourself the quality and ingenuity of our products. We are proud to be your partner in the skilled trades – today and in the future. For more information or personalized advice, we’re happy to assist.
The right crepe tape for every application
Do you want more than just an ordinary crepe masking tape? Are you looking for high-quality masking tapes that are perfectly tailored to the respective requirements, surface, and the duration of use? Quality instead of quantity? Preferably as part of an efficient integrated system? If so, we have a comprehensive solution for you.
With our three series – MASKING-TEC® Crepe masking tape, SMOOTH-TEC® Smooth masking tape, and WASHI-TEC® Gold masking tape – you have three specialists at your fingertips. Each outstanding on its own; together they provide the perfect solution for every task.
Kip® MASKING-TEC® Crepe masking tape
The painter’s tape that sticks even to dusty and rough surfaces.
Kip® SMOOTH-TEC® Smooth masking tape
First-class adhesion & Tensile without color bleeding.
Kip® WASHI-TEC® Gold masking tape
Benefits of brand-name products
What is the most important thing for professionals when it comes to masking and covering? It really needs to work (as perfectly as possible)! That’s the whole point of professional products, brand-name quality and other quality guarantees that you can rely on. Losing time because of bad adhesive tapes and masking materials? For professional painters, having to rework areas and causing damage due to poor tools and the properties of the products used are an expensive annoyance. After all, time is the most precious thing you have and stand to lose as a painter. Hence, the sometimes slightly higher price does not matter if the product effectively saves time and reduces risks. Slightly cheaper can end up much more expensive! Which is why quality is the most important.
Avoid smudges at all costs!
Delicate surfaces such as wallpaper or textured plaster often “just” need to be securely protected against smudges. In such cases, an easily removable adhesive tape such as Kip 309 WASHI-TEC® Wallpaper is the perfect solution. Because A) the Washi backing flexibly conforms to the surface contours and B) the special natural latex adhesive guarantees problem-free removal from delicate surfaces – problem solved!
For even more protection
When masking and covering windows, it is important to pay close attention to the materials used for coating or plastering. Adhesive tapes with paper backing are usually sufficient for paint coats. However, for ETICS/EIFS and plasterwork, stronger protection is required. For example, a window frame can initially be covered with 319 PE Protective Tape (white or orange). Where necessary, 310 Duoband plus PE cover film can then be applied to it. The latter conforms to the contours of the surface thanks to the static charge. Aluminum window sills should also be covered with PE protective tape.
Removing adhesive tapes correctly
It is always (!) important to pull off the adhesive tapes correctly: Pull them off the coating as evenly as possible – not hastily nor with a jerking motion – immediately after initial drying. Do not wait until it has completely dried through. The ideal peeling angle is 30° to 45° – parallel to the coated surface, but not against the paint edge.
Kip® pro tips
Tom Giesen
A tricky task for Malerbetrieb Giesen: A 20 cm wide frieze needed to be set off in gray on the walls of an office – and on multi-coated fiberglass, at that. After boss Tom Giesen tried out various adhesive tapes with Washi backing, his verdict was: “The red Kip ULTRA SHARP® worked best. It impressed in every respect.”
Jörg Giesen
Master painter Jörg Giesen, 52, explains: “We mainly work for private customers. Masking is naturally particularly important in these cases, and the expense and effort are correspondingly high. Customers today have very high demands for perfection, down to the last detail. As painters, we should therefore not leave behind any traces that result in dissatisfied customers – even if they only become apparent upon closer inspection.”
Uncomplicated personal advice
