These are similar to our pre-cut Lightning Lifts™, but instead of being individual pieces of tape with a backer, these transparent Lightning Lift Pads™ are a pad of individually cut pieces of tape. For those of you who like the convenience of pre-cut lifting tape for latent prints instead of cutting it from rolls, here are four sizes of pre-cut pads of transparent lifting tape.

Each Lightning Lift Pad™ has 25 sheets per pad. The Lightning Lift Pads™ are available in four sizes, 2" x 2" for single finger latent prints, 2" x 4" for two or three finger latent prints, 4" x 4" for latent prints with three or four fingers and joints and 5" x 7" for palm prints.

Just lift off one sheet, place it over the latent print, rub it down, lift it off and place it on the appropriate size and color of backing card. Each sheet has a ¾ inch "handle" to separate it from the next layer. So, actually, the 2" x 2" sheet of lift tape is 2" x 2¾".

The paper strip on the handle can be peeled off and the adhesive area there used also. However, leaving the paper strip on the handle and using it to hold on to the lift tape helps to prevent leaving your own fingerprints on the adhesive side of the tape. Keeping your own fingerprints off of the underside of the tape assures that the latent print examiners won't be comparing your latent prints to the rolled prints of possible suspects.

Lightning Lift Pads™ are also available pre-packaged with latent print cards. Each pack comes with 25 latent print cards, enough to put one lightning lift sheet per card. The 4" x 4" and 5" x 7" come with our 5½" x 8½" latent print cards, while the other size lift pads all come with our standard 3" x 5" cards.