Tapes

Categorized by material:
I) Cloth

A) Gaffers Tape, see this thread. Or Apollo Gaffer Tape.

B) Spike Tape

C) Friction Tape

II) Plastic

A) Vinyl, PVC,

1) Electrical Tape, Scotch® Super 33+

2) Color Coding Tape, Scotch® 35

3) Dance floor tape

4) Heat activated, hem tape, Stitch Witchery® (for the costumers)

B) Clear tapes, cellophane

1) Gelstring Film tape

2) Packing

3) Strapping, filament tape

III) Paper

A) Artist's, board tape

B) Masking tape

1) Natural, High-tack

2) Blue/Purple, Low-Tack

3) Black, Negative tape

C) Drywall tape (great for single use Hang Tapes)

IV) Foil

A) Aluminum uncoated, muffler tape

B) Aluminum Black, BlackTak™

V) Double-Stick, Double-sided

A) Further categorized by substrate and adhesive

1) Carpet tape

2) "Snot tape"

3) Foam tape

4) Poly tapes: http://www.mcmaster.com/#7602a54/=2nqqwp

VI) Specialty Tapes

A) Glow Tape

B) Decorative (prismatic) tape

C) Surveyor's Tape

D) Crowd Control "Police Line-Do Not Cross" tape

X) Duct, or Duck Tape. Has absolutely no reason for existence, other than bundling trash for the dumpster. Even for HVAC purposes, contractors recommend adhesive-backed foil tape.