Using masking tape to make the lines needed to create a pickleball court on a gym floor actually works out very, very well, in case anyone was wondering about this.
Placing green or blue masking tape on the gym floor to create a pickleball court is somewhat similar to a red clay tennis court that uses 2 1/4" wide, white vinyl tape that gets nailed into the red clay with aluminum nails similar to roofing nails. For a pickleball court, I've seen 1" wide green masking tape, and probably using 1 1/2" wide tape would be a better choice in my opinion.
In one gym that I know about, the tape has now been in place for about one year with lots of pickleball and other foot traffic use, and it stands up very very well.....like, probably a lot better than one would expect.
Thought I would throw this info out here, in case some other New Hampshire town is considering a pickleball court or two, or three, for their town gym and was wondering what's a very good, easy, and low-cost way to make the pickleball court lines.
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www.pickleballcentral.com in Kent, Washington, and don't a-U-know-it ..... for 8.99 ... they sell brite yellow pickleball tape .... 2" x 200' ..... enuf for one court