I do use foil tape, and find that it works best for me. However, I have a hard time using it in the standard width you get a Home Depot, so I hit on a trick a couple years back. This only works for the kind that has the paper backing. I generally work with 18 inch long strips because that's how long my cutting board is, and I find the tape pretty easy to manage at that length. Then I use a straight edge and Exacto knife to split each strip down the middle, width wise. This makes the whole thing a lot more user friendly, and makes the tape go twice as far.