Tape assembly and method of using the same

A tape assembly for masking an object to be coated, comprising:

• a tape body defined by an anterior side, a posterior side, a body first edge, and an opposing body second edge, wherein the tape body comprises:
• a first portion that extends along the body first edge and comprises a first substrate having a first adhesive layer on a posterior side of the first substrate;
• a second portion extending along a proximal edge of the first portion, opposite the body first edge, and comprising a second substrate having a second adhesive layer on an anterior side of the second substrate, wherein the proximal edge of the first portion partially overlaps the second portion to form a first overlapping region, and
• a third portion extending along the body second edge and adjacent to the second portion, the third portion comprising a third substrate having a third adhesive layer on a posterior side of the third substrate, wherein a proximal edge of the third portion, opposite the body second edge, partially overlaps the second portion to form a second overlapping region,
• wherein the first overlapping region is spaced from the second overlapping region such that at least a portion of the second adhesive layer is exposed between the first and second overlapping regions,
• wherein each of the first adhesive layer and the third adhesive layer is removable and has a peel adhesion to stainless steel of from about 1.8 N/cm to about 6 N/cm,
• wherein the second adhesive layer has a peel adhesion to stainless steel of from about 3 N/cm to about 5 N/cm, and
• wherein each of the first, second and third adhesive layers has an adhesive coating weight from about 15 to 35 g/m2.