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24th September 2018, 06:31 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Tape test
Not sure how many of you out there use tape and which tape you use. I started with Blue painters tape but found they lifted the grain slightly and there were splinters on the tape after removal. So then I tried Gold rape, slightly less adhesion but still found it was too strong for finishes, (due to a small disaster, that took several months to fix). Although thinking about it I think the finish hadn't cured fully so my fault. Anyhow I then found the green low tack low adhesion tape and it is now my go to tape.
here's where things now get interesting. I was running extremely low so off to the hardware store I popped after dropping the kids off at school. I couldn't find the tape I had before but something very similar, so I asked at the counter if this was the same stuff, and she said yes, it's just been repackaged, but we also have this other stuff and pointed to an el-cheapo brand, and she wasn't kidding. My usual tape is nearly $12 a roll and I use it like it's going out of fashion, this other stuff, $1.15 a roll, ok so it's only 18mmx25m vs the good stuff 24mmx50m, but when u calculate $2.30 for 50m vs $12 for 50m, you can't compare.
i know you only get what you pay for so hence me doing the test
here is a piece of Nthn Silky oak, prone to pulling from tape, and with the 3 pieces on.
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In the pic are the 3 pieces, the green band at the top is the cheap brand, the bottom left tape is the $12 brand and the typical blue painters tape.
i will let everybody know the results and where to get it if it's successful, because if it is, I'm off to buy a box of the stuff.
results soon.
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25th September 2018, 02:11 AM #2
my experience is that the glue on 3M brand blue tape is different to the glue used on other blue tape.
I don't think I've ever had fibers lift with 3M tape, but the "problem" is common with other brands and colours.
good luck with the el cheapo taperegards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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25th September 2018, 03:17 AM #3
Try Frog Tape.
It's magic
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