Scotch 1'x1' Clear DS Mounting Squares: Adhesive Double Sided Tape, Sticky Tack, 48 Clear Adhesive Strips

By the time you are able to peel off the clear side, the other side is dried and no longer effective! After 10 minutes, I have up removing the clear side. This product is not good. Do not buy!

I just purchased double-sided clear, indoor-outdoor, mounting strips. What am I missing? The tape is advertised as being double sided tape. The description on this web page says adhesive on both sides. There is no adhesive on one side. There should be two (2) backings (in your words 'liner'). There is only on -- where the adhesive is. This 'tape' is worthless. The packaging looked promising. The performance is zero. It doesn't even deserve a rating of 1.

I have ceramic in my bathroom and kitchen and use these 3M mounting squares to hang pictures. When I take the pictures down the pictures, these mounting squares do not leave any evidence behind.

Removing the clear strip to expose adhesive side was absurdly difficult and resulted in much wasted product.

Scotch Mount Clear Double-sided tape is very difficult to use. I tried cutting several pieces and was unable separate the backing. I ended up throwing the tape out.

All of the negative reviews here are from people who lack common sense and basic knowledge of DIY, have unrealistic expectations, or both. This product is INCREDIBLY strong if you USE IT CORRECTLY. If you expect it to adhere to a low surface energy substrate like foam or cardboard, then no, of course it isn't going to work well. If you use it on a proper HIGH surface energy substrate like glass, acrylic, ceramic, plastics, you know, things that you can expect it to adhere to, it is phenomenal. Of course if your intelligence quotient is mid-50s and you try to put it on things like wallpaper and then remove it, then you will be unpleasantly surprised at how difficult life can be. I used this product to mount emergency lights to interior vehicle glass when there was no other practical option, and to get them off I had to inject Goo Gone with a hypodermic needle between the tape and the glass to remove them. Even then, they STILL took a significant amount of effort and left residue behind that I had to clean off. Fantastic strength when used PROPERLY. Pro tips: CLEAN your surfaces with alcohol. Isopropyl, methyl, ethyl, I've found it doesn't much matter. If it's a surface you cannot clean with alcohol, guess what? NOT INTENDED FOR THAT SURFACE! Avoid touching the tape with your fingers. When you adhere, PRESS HARD AND HOLD IT FOR 30 SEC! The only con I would agree with is the backing tape CAN be very difficult to remove. The best thing I've found is pick at it with the sharp point of a knife until it comes up and can be grabbed, or using a VERY sharp razor blade, slice into the backing to create an inner edge you can pick at. Either way, have the tape already PROPERLY ADHERED (see "30 sec" above) to whatever you're trying to mount.

I love this product. Been using it for decades. Cuts best with scissors with a steep bevel edge, as do all adhesive products.

Impossible!!! Clear liner cannot be removed without destroying the strip. A waste of money-- DO NOT BUY. There are no clear instructions on how to use this product either on the package or on their web site. I'm now off to buy something else to complete my project. [BTW, the review question scale of 0-10 on how likely you are to recommend Scotch Brand doesn't allow you to pick "0-Never", even though it is shown as a choice. If you choose it, it blocks you from completing your post. Talk about slanting survey results.]

I am so dissatisfied with this product that I considered shipping it back at my expense. I thought with the SCOTCH name it would be as good or better than Gorilla Mounting tape, NOT so.

https://forums.wyze.com/t/removing-the-backing-from-3m-vhb-double-sided-tape/246682

I WORK AT A GROCERY STORE WHERE I HAVE TO HANG SIGNS ON THE BRICK WASS OUTSIDE IN THE WIND AND WEATHER. THIS IS THE ONLY TAPE THAT WILL HOLD THE SIGNS ON LONG-TERM. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A PRODUCT THAT SHOULD BE USED ON OR WITH DELICATE ITEMS. IT WORKS GREAT TO HANG HEAVY PLASTOC SIGNS ON WINDOWS AS WELL.

I purchased this product this morning. I was looking for something a little stronger than double sided tape for some hobby work. The positive is that this has strong adhesive and I was able to make it serve my purpose. The really big negative is that it's so difficult to use. The adhesive backing is very, very difficult to remove and I almost gave up. Perhaps some "best practices" directions could help. Wouldn't buy this again.

I tried to remove the backing from this tape but could not. Don’t waste your money.

After reading other reviews, I at least know the problem is with your product and not with me as a user of the product. Removing the clear backing made a small, quick job a tedious, frustrating, maddening job. And so completely unnecessary….just using the same paper backing on both sides would easily fix the problem. Did you even bother to have a real person try it before manufacturing it?

Complete waste of money!!! Easy project turned into a nightmare because of the total frustration of not being able to take the backing off of the strip. Had to start all over with a more reliable and user friendly option. Lesson learned, never buying this product again.

This product is not very easy to use but the package does have some instructions. The most important instruction is to wait at least 30 minutes to try to remove the backing strip. But even then it's difficult. I saw one posted recommendation to scrape the backing to wrinkle it and then carefully lift at the wrinkle with a small, sharp knife blade. I used a sharp knife to wrinkle and lift. It would be helpful to add this information to the package.

One adhesive side has a paper cover that is easily removed the opposite side does not. No extended perimeter edge to easily aide in removing protective cover. Paper cover needs to be on both sides so you can cut strip to size needed and easily remove and stick 1st side , press in place then remove upper side, mount on object and final press to finish mounting. This is a mfg error. Should be recalled and no longer sold until corrected. Used a knife to pick edge and after 30 min managed to get a twisted 1” strip to use. The rest going back to store for refund. I will be calling number to follow through on complaint.

This is terrible! I just spent a half-hour trying to move the transparent covering on one side. The white paper side comes off easily-but the other side is impossible!! Might as well have put my money in the nearest garbage can.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I purchased your Scotch Mount Strips to place on the underside of a record player platter turntable mat, and like the other commenters could not remove the backing on one side. It is extremely frustrating to have a situation which should be a non-problem become an impossibility. With all the negative comments you have received, has your company taken any steps to rectify the problem by applying a simple lift on the edge? Other Scotch products I purchased in the past have worked successfully.

Works very well on clean, dry surface. REGARDING BACKING: Here's my trick. Pull a mm or 2 of adhesive side of tape (opposite from backing) and stretch it out. The tape stretches but the backing does not. Then edge of backing separates and is easy to remove. The stretched piece of tape can be trimmed with a blade. OR -- if 3M has better method than print/publicize/post it!!