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Tired of liquid whiteout that takes forever to dry and never quite covers? Dry correction tape fixes that, and the Tombow MONO Mini covers in one pass.
I bought a 10-pack of Tombow MONO Mini correction tape on Amazon and used it for a while before making this video. I’d never tried this brand before, and it has its pros and cons. Here’s how it works, how it did on a printed page, and the one thing you’ll want to watch for.
- Goes on dry, so pages don’t stick together
- Opaque enough to hide text in one pass
- No shaking, no flakes, no waiting
- Lots of tape in each applicator
- A 10-pack covers home, office or school
- The tape can slip off its track if you drag at an angle
- Strip is only about one line of text tall
- Non-refillable, so you toss it when it’s empty
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How correction tape works
The applicator is clear plastic, so you can see the little Lego Technic-like gears inside. A strip of thin clear tape carrying dry correction material runs from one wheel, over the tip, and back onto the other wheel.
You set the tip down and drag. Friction against the paper turns the wheels and lays down the white strip.
Why I prefer it to liquid whiteout
I’ve used a lot of regular whiteout fluid, and it never seems to actually cover anything. You have to shake it a lot, you usually need a couple of passes, it builds up on the paper, and it takes forever to dry. Stack pages too soon and they stick together, then it gets flaky and you’re brushing little flakes off.
Correction tape has no liquid. Everything is already dry, so you can touch it right away. It sticks really well and blocks out the text once, and you’re done.
Testing it on a printed page
I printed out a guest blog post I wrote for Shinola about their Rambler GMT and ran the tape over a line. You can see the correction material laying down right on top of the text. It’s pretty opaque, so when you photocopy the page it won’t show up.
Printed lines make it easy to stay straight. I did skew off the line once, but that’s on me, not the tape.
The quirk: the tape can jump its track
Here’s what I noticed with this brand that I haven’t seen as much with others. If you drag with a little sideways shearing motion, it’s pretty easy for the tape to slide off the track. There aren’t many side guides to keep it in place.
When that happens, you can pull it back to the center with your fingernail, but it happened to me a number of times and the tape stopped laying down material until I fixed it. Pull straight and you’ll be fine.
The strip is also only about as tall as a normal letter, so for clean, copy-ready worksheets you may need to go over some areas twice. For blocking out a client’s name for privacy, it’s not a big deal.
FAQ
How big is the Tombow MONO Mini tape?
1/6 inch wide by 315 inches long.
Is it refillable?
No. You throw it away when it runs out, but there’s a lot of tape in each one.
Does it need to dry?
No. It goes on dry, so you can touch it or stack pages right away.
Will corrections show up on a photocopy?
In my test it was opaque enough that it shouldn’t show up.
What if the tape stops working?
It has probably slipped off the track. Nudge it back to the center of the tip with your fingernail.
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