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A classroom essential, this tape holds your classroom materials up for years and then comes down without damaging your stuff or your walls.

Rebecca Haden, Teacher
Fayetteville, AR

My RA gave me some Mavalus tape when I moved into the dorm. It sticks better than adhesive putties, and I've never had to worry about wall damage during room inspections.

Daniel Kline, Student
Columbia, MO

Mavalus tape is not only my best selling adhesive, it's the single best selling product in my stores!

David Persson, CEO
The School Box | Atlanta, GA

Mavalus Tape is the school teacher's secret to keeping walls fresh and ready for re-arranging again and again. This "marvelous" tape is smooth enough to write on like a label and strong enough to hold up heavy weight poster board and signs.

Birmingham Mom
birminghammom.com 

If you are looking for something to use for hanging up maps, posters and the like, I highly recommend Mavalus Tape. I found it at a teacher supply store. It works great, but doesn't damage painted, papered or wooden surfaces.

missceegee - Member of the Simply Charlotte Mason Community Forum
simplycharlottemason.com

Page 40 of Educational Dealer Magazine (November 2009 Issue) pdf

"Mavalus Tape from D.S.S. Distributing is very popular.  You can use it to hang posters on many surfaces, even concrete walls.  We had a laminated chart up on the wall outside the store for almost three months.  It held up beautifully, even in the wind and rain.  When you remove it, it doesn't damage your artwork."

-Shannon Murphy and Cindy Magness of A+ Educational
Supply in Harrison, Arkansas
 

Posted on ProTeacher.com

I used mavalus tape this past school year, after hearing about it on proteacher. I used it to hang posters, pictures, and even my door decoration on the outside of my door. My outside door happened to be in an open wing, so when it rained hard (as it does in southeast La,where I teach), and the door got completely soaked with water, the decoration NEVER came down...(this happened multiple times this past school year, by the way...during our evening "monsoons"). I didn't take my door decoration down until May, and never had to come and put up and extra piece of tape on the door, either, which was amazing to me...the tape was great...no left over residue...and this was on a steel door.So, for this year, I bought 3 more rolls, so I can put more things up with this tape. :)

-REB

Posted on the NEA.org forum board in response to the question, "What's in your bag?"

A must have for me is Mavalus tape. I haven't had to retape anything all year long because the tape works so well. You can easily hang student work up in the hallway and not worry about it falling down when someone walks by. My mentor recommended it to me, and I would definitely recommend it to someone else.

-Cori Fryar

From an article in the Victoria Advocate about how local retailers in Victoria TX prepare far in advance for back-to-school season.

This year's order included about 200 Prang paint sets, 100 easy graders - which help teachers grade papers more quickly - and the store will likely go through 300 rolls of Mavalus tape. The special tape, which doesn't damage surfaces, is the only tape the Victoria school district will allow on the new schools' walls, Haas said.

-Kecia Hass

Posted on teachers.net RE:Classrooms with Cement Walls

Mavalus Tape! I've used it to put bulletin board paper up on cement walls; then used more to put the bulletin board pieces and border on the paper. It held the paper for the entire year with me changing the pieces/border each month.

-EBR Teacher

Posted on amazon.com - The best temporary adhesive, a classroom essential, August 19, 2008

Mavalus Tape is truly mavalus. You could even say "marvelous," but it's made in Louisiana, hence the pronunciation. This tape holds your classroom materials up for years, and then comes down without damaging your stuff or your walls. It's great for calendars, timelines, and other cases when you want to be able to move the items around. If that sentence made no sense to you, then you are probably not a teacher. You'll still like Mavalus tape. It is unaffected by temperature, so it works well for labeling foods in your freezer, it'll keep your kids' posters up as long as they want them up, and it's perfect for posting notes.

-Rebecca Haden

Posted on amazon.com - a Tape that sticks, July 7 2009

Mavalus tape does stick to all type of surfaces. I have used it in my classroom for posters which all stay in place throughout the year. This is the best tape going for attaching items to the wall. It leaves no mess behind when removed, and it is actually reusable. A little bit of tape goes a long way.

-Jamey Brooks

Posted on Second Grade Teachers' Club secondgradeclub.ning.com

This year I got new desks because my school caught on fire and my room was destroyed. So, when I finally got the new desks, I laminated the name plates and stuck them on with "mavalus" tape. They stayed put and didn't leave any sticky residue behind! It's awesome! It can stick anything to anything and is super strong!!! I love it!!!

Posted on proteacher.org July 13, 2009

School Aids has a special tape that may just "feel" like regular masking tape, though it is definitely not! This stuff sticks to everything yet will come off without leaving a residue on your surface. In fact, I even had a Target pocket chart hung on my shower board last year without any problems. And yes, in Louisiana, where it is very humid! I probably rolled up some of the tape to make it double sided and put it on each corner of the pocket chart and maybe two pieces down the center. It held up when I was teaching K. They even did interactive activities in the pocket chart, such as counting money. Never did it seem like the pocket chart was about to fall. Visit www.schoolaids.com (I can't post links yet) and in the search box type "Mavalus." This stuff is well worth the price. I did work there for four years and never had a customer return the product...there is a money back guarantee if it does not work for you. That is how confident they are in the product. Now that I am a teacher it is all I use for hanging things up, besides when I hot glue things that can be hot glued to save a little $.

-youseemesmile