Linen Hinging Tape - Self-Adhesive Hinging Tape for Prints Matte Frames, Artwork Matting - Acid Free 1.25inch x 35ft

I am a novice but works well and easy to use!

This is perfect for taping artwork to a backer board and then placing a mat board over it for framing. It is archival, so it will protect your artwork and keep it from yellowing where the tape is.

When you have an antique water color you need to be able to hinge it to a acid free backer board.

This is the tape I use to matte all my small prints from 4×6in to 11×14in. It's great, super clean, acid free, easy to use tape that doesn't damage my prints. However, you would definitely need a different tape than this one to hinge any print that had more weight to it because it does *not* tape very strong. I tried to hinge a 16×20 original watercolor painting made on 300lb Arches paper to a 20×24in matte, and it simply would not stick strong enough to stay up more than a few minutes. But as a tape for light, small works, it's great.

This tape has no body to it; it's thin and flimsy. It is practically a film. I've been working with it now for a while and find the artwork just tends to shift. Whatever happened to real linen tape? I used to get it years ago and it was thicker.Update: Worse than I previously thought. This is not very sticky. Just frustrated with the results now as I work with it.

It is basically a linen strip with a single tacky side intended to be applied on flat surfaces and concealed by a mat. Good quality, it just didn’t suit my purpose.

This is one of those things that you don't know that you need until you need it. ;)

This is my first time at trying to mat my own art work. This was recommended on a website of an artist I have followed for awhile, so I tried it. Works very well, hinging the mat to the back board. Seems to hold well.