How to remove masking tape from lots of little cuts

[evansd2]

I got you covered. A search of “remove masking” yields this:

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=remove%20masking

And the 4^th result is a topic I wrote a while back:

How to remove masking from 423 parts at once

I’ve mentioned my tape sandwich method before: Mask your material. Cut. Apply blue painters tape to the entire surface before you remove the material. Remove taped-up piece, all the cut parts should come with it. Flip and tape the other side. Now you have a tape sandwich. [image] Press the tape down thoroughly like you’re applying masking. Peel the blue tape and masking off in a sheet. [image] You’ll miss a couple pieces, but that’s ok. It’s like 98-99% effective, which is good enoug…

Whish is exactly what you’re looking for.

As for the tape choice, blue tape works well when you’ve got a relative low adhesion of your masking, like with unfinished baltic birch ply. If you are using proofgrade or acrylic (which tend to be tougher to remove masking) then follow the gorilla tape advice, it is very strong.