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

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. Even for HVAC purposes, contractors recommend adhesive-backed foil tape.