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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​
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.

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