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The use of the term
Scotch in the name was a
pejorative meaning "stingy" in the 1920s and 1930s. The
brandname Scotch came about around 1925 while
Richard Drew was testing his first masking tape to determine how much adhesive he needed to add. The bodyshop painter became frustrated with the sample masking tape and exclaimed, "Take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it!"
[2][3] The name was soon applied to the entire line of 3M tapes.
Scotty McTape, a
kilt-wearing
cartoon boy, was the brand's
mascot for two decades, first appearing in 1944.
[4] The familiar
tartan design, a take on the well-known
Wallace tartan, was introduced in 1945.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape
EDITED: 2 Feb 2015 21:02 by DSMITHHFX