3M™ Vinyl Tape 471
3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 is a versatile tape that provides long-lasting floor marking, sharp paint lines, surface protection, and reliable seals in complex situations across a variety of industries. Engineered with unique stretch properties, this tape conforms to rough, irregular, curved, and convex surfaces without lifting. It uses a rubber adhesive that bonds immediately and removes cleanly on a wide variety of substrates. Made for high performance, the vibrant backing resists abrasion, moisture, and solvents. Conformability, instant adhesion, and clean removal all make 3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 an exceptional choice for general-purpose surface protection, floor marking, hazard identification, paint masking, and decorating.
Conforms to Irregular Surfaces, Removes Cleanly
3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 is a versatile tape that provides long-lasting floor and safety marking, sharp paint lines on complex jobs and reliable seals or repairs in a variety of industries. Designed with unique stretch properties, this tape conforms to rough, irregular, curved and convex surfaces while remaining stretched and without lifting after application. The rubber adhesive offers quick stick and excellent holding strength on many substrates. The tape removes cleanly in one piece from most surfaces to help reduce clean-up and labor costs. Conformability, instant adhesion and clean removal all make 3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 an exceptional choice for temporary surface protection, general purpose paint masking and decorating.
Recommended Applications
- Lane and safety marking applications
- Temporary surface protection
- Anodizing and electroplating
- Fine line paint masking
- Color coding
- Canister and storage container sealing
- Bundling and reinforcing
- Decorating
Bright Colors in Difficult Applications
3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 features high abrasion resistance to excel in lane marking and coding applications. It maintains its color when exposed to abrasion, wear and many solvents. Using 3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 is a faster, more versatile and less costly option than painting, which often requires ventilation and time consuming prep and clean-up processes. Because 3M™ Vinyl Tape 471 has low leachable halogens and sulfur, it can be used in corrosion sensitive applications.
Key Features
Highly conformable vinyl backing with unique stretch and dead-stretch properties that lets the tape hug curved and irregular surfaces without pulling back or lifting.
Rubber adhesive provides quick stick and good holding strength on a wide range of surfaces.
Vivid colors (including yellow, white, red, black, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, and transparent) maintain visibility even with abrasion, wear, and solvent exposure.
Designed for clean removal from many surfaces (i.e., minimal residue) to help reduce cleanup and labor cost.
Good solvent resistance — tape backing resists wear from common solvents during use.
Applications
3M 471 Vinyl Tape is a versatile general-purpose vinyl tape used for:
- Lane and safety marking (warehouses, floors, corridors)
- Temporary surface protection (during coating, finishing, or handling)
- Color coding & hazard identification
- Fine line paint masking and decorating
- Sealing, bundling, and reinforcing
- Canister or storage container sealing
- Anodizing and electroplating masking where low-residue removal is needed
- Paint masking & trim protection during automotive or industrial finishes
Product Data
| Property | Typical Value |
| Backing Material | PVC (vinyl) |
| Adhesive Type | Rubber |
| Total Thickness | ~0.14 mm (5.2 mil) |
| Tensile Strength | ~24.5 N/cm (14 lb/in) |
| Elongation at Break | ~130 % |
| Peel Adhesion (Steel) | ~2.5 N/cm (23 oz/in) |
| Service Temp Range | ~4 °C – 77 °C (40 °F – 170 °F) |
| Available Colors | Yellow, white, red, black, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, transparent |
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