And most of all, tapes are much easier to store and transport; they have much higher shelf lives than paints that, if stored improperly, won't last long.
They tend to have very long shelf lives, and usually do not have any abrupt changes in performance with temperature, such as might be associated with electrolyte freezing or boiling.
Single releases were more frequent and steady, and were expected to have much shorter shelf lives in earlier decades, making direct historical comparisons somewhat specious.
Skins are so called because once their husks start to reach the end of their shelf lives, they shed their skin.
Others, to put it charitably, were kept going long after their shelf lives and consume-by dates had passed.
Products would probably need to be developed for specific small or medium-sized markets, including more pest-specific products with relatively short shelf lives, and quicker-reacting suppliers.
