M'zaka za m'ma 1900, panali zinthu zambiri zomatira.Ndipo zinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi Seling Tape, yomwe idapangidwa ndi Richard Drew mu 1925.
Pali zigawo zitatu zazikulu mu tepi yosindikiza yopangidwa ndi Lu.Chosanjikiza chapakati ndi cellophane, pulasitiki yopangidwa ndi matabwa, yomwe imapatsa tepi mphamvu yamakina ndi kuwonekera.Pansi pa tepi ndizitsulo zomatira, ndipo pamwamba pake ndi chofunika kwambiri.Ndi wosanjikiza wa zinthu zosamata.Zinthu zambiri zimakhala ndi mphamvu yotsika kwambiri zikakumana nazo ndipo sizimazinyowetsa mosavuta (kotero tidzazigwiritsa ntchito popanga ziwaya zopanda ndodo).Kuyiyika pa tepi ndi njira yodabwitsa kwambiri, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti tepiyo ikhoza kudzimangiriza yokha, koma siimamatirana kwamuyaya, kotero kuti ikhoza kupangidwa kukhala mipukutu ya tepi.
Kwa anthu omwe sali bwino kung'amba tepi, ayenera kukonda kugwiritsa ntchito tepi yamagetsi, yomwe imatha kung'ambika popanda lumo.Chifukwa ulusi wa nsalu umadutsa mumpukutu wonse wa tepi kuti ulimbikitse, zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kung'amba.Panthawi imodzimodziyo, tepi yamagetsi imakhalanso yofunikira tsiku ndi tsiku kwa akatswiri amagetsi.

Mphamvu ya tepi imachokera ku ulusi wa nsalu, ndipo zomatira ndi kusinthasintha zimachokera ku pulasitiki ndi zomatira.