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Posted by Steve Guidry on 02/17/06 23:13
The adhesive binds to the hard surface with more grip than it exerts on the
cloth part of the tape. As a result, you leave behind sticky tape residue.
Not so with real gaffer's tape.
Steve
"doc" <doc@drdimento.net> wrote in message
news:8KSIf.7866$lG.1593@trndny01...
> why not just use "duct tape" from lowes or wal-mart, it works great for us
> and it's as cheap as they come. i mean reeeeeeeal cheap :o) btw, it
comes
> in gray, black, blue, white, and others . . just their a buck more maybe
>
> drd
>
> "Ryan Boni" <impliedi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1139963585.416848.99440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> >I order all of my Gaffers tape from Markertek (www.markertek.com).
> > I've used different brands (Permacel, TecNec) on different jobs
> > throughout the years and have to admit that I haven't seen a whole lot
> > of difference between them, just as long as you remember that gaffers
> > tape is meant to be on temporarily!!! It doesn't take too long before
> > it starts to leave a sticky residue like duct tape.
> >
> > I'm sure we've all, at one time or another, had to pull a piece of
> > gaffers tape of off something (a cable, piece of equipment, etc.) that
> > somebody decided to leave stuck in place for months on end...not a fun
> > thing!!!
> >
> > When I first started at my current job, I had to go through a lot of
> > bottles of Goo Gone, to clean up cables and other equipment that had
> > melted-long-ago pieces of gaffers tape on them!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ryan
> > -------
> > Ryan Boni
> > Public Access Director
> > Peters Township Community Television
> >
>
>
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