Sheet material having folded construction for inhibiting its separation from ahdesive tape during dispensing of the same and methods of using and making the same

A folded roll of thin and flexible masking material having a longitudinal axis and first and second folded end portions axially spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis, the folded roll of masking material comprising:

• opposing, first and second outermost layers extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis between the first and second folded end portions;
• a slit formed in the first outermost layer, the slit defining first and second elongated edges in the first outermost layer;
• a first radially extending end portion extending between the first and second outermost layers at the first folded end portion;
• a first intermediate layer immediately adjacent the second outermost layer, the first intermediate layer and the second outermost layer directly connected at a first fold formed at the second folded end portion;
• a second intermediate layer immediately adjacent the first outermost layer;
• and
• a third intermediate layer disposed between the first and second intermediate layers, the third intermediate layer directly connected to the first outermost layer at a second radially extending end portion at the second folded end portion;
• wherein the second intermediate layer is longitudinally between the first and second radially extending end portions.