If you need to frequently move houses, ship a lot of items, or pack your things and valuables into cartons and boxes for storage purposes, you’ll need a packing tape handy. Instead of using your hands and scissors every time you need to tear off the tape, it would be much wiser to use a packing tape dispenser, which would make all your light and moderate to heavy-duty packaging jobs much faster, easier, and a lot more efficient. Packing experts at Llama too suggest the use of a dispenser, which they call a good investment. Llama supplies the best tapes in San Francisco, CA, and its in-house packing experts know well about the tools that can make your packing duties a breeze.
How to use a packing tape dispenser
Step 1
Whether you’re using Llama’s acrylic clear packing tape, brown packing tape, or mixed (clear/brown) packing tape, your first step is to insert your roll of packing tape onto the dispenser wheel. While doing it, ensure your tape roll’s sticky side faces down when the roll gets unwinded on pulling the dispenser backward.
Step 2
Assuming you’re using acrylic clear packing tape, pull its front end through the slot between the dispenser roller and metal guide. You can hold the metal guide open by putting pressure on the extended metal tab. Your tape’s sticky side should face down and away from the blade’s edge. Your tape’s smooth side should be against the roller and the blade. If your tape is inserted the incorrect way, it would get glued to the dispenser roller and not let it work. Thus, it becomes important to position your tape roll the right way and make sure its sticky face is pointing down.
Step 3
Pull up 1 to 2 inches of your acrylic clear packing tape so that it passes over the dispenser’s serrated blade/cutting bar. You should do it carefully to avoid being cut or hurt by the sharp blade.
At this stage, you need to test if the dispenser is working as it should. Choose any surface like a carton or a packing box, press the sticky side of your tape against it, and pull back to see if it unwinds and adheres to the surface properly. Choose a point where you want your tape to seal the surface. Glide the dispenser’s roller along with the carton/box while maintaining constant contact with the surface to ensure the tape is sticking along till you arrive at the chosen point. Then, tilt your dispenser forward and give it a twist to get the tape cut.
Step 4
If your acrylic clear packing tape isn’t unwinding properly, you’ll need to fine-tune your dispenser’s tension (by loosening or tightening the tension knob located at the dispenser wheel’s center) to get a comfortable and smooth unwinding system. However, since the dispenser’s cutting blade is sharp, you should handle it carefully when loading your packing tape and altering the tension.
Final words
Llama supplies the best tapes in San Francisco, CA, and when its packing experts advise you to use a tape dispenser for seamless application, you should heed it.