Treat it as permanent. Duct tape leaves a stubborn adhesive residue on painted walls, timber floors and powder-coated surfaces, and the longer it sits the worse the removal, so anything meant to come off later wants a cloth or gaffer grade instead. Width follows the job: narrow rolls for bundling and repair, wide rolls for sealing and floor work. Cloth backing tears straight across by hand. See cloth tapes, floor marking and craft tapes.