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Jim, I've seen oxide coating attach itself to the back of non-back coated tapes. It's rare, but I've seen it. The manufacturers have claimed that backcoating is not the bad actor as you state. At 02:47 PM 3/3/2005, James Lindner wrote: >Well I read the patent, if it is the same presentation. It is my opinion >that in some cases the backcoating is the bad actor or certainly contributes >to sticky shed problems. In particular the most severe cases where the paint >literally comes of the base - seems to sometimes be because the adhesion >between the backcoat and the binder is stronger then the binder and the >base. I have no research to support this - just based on some experience. I >am not convinced, however, that backcoating is the bad actor in most cases >as the patent claims. >jim > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Vignettes Media web: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX