This site came into being as a response to a notification for a major gaffers tape manufacturer that they would implement a “downsizing” of the standard size of a roll of this entertainment industry staple from 60 yards to 55 yards. This, and at least three other price increases over the last 18 months were […]
About this time every year, we started to get mysterious calls about an extra wide version of a product we sell called bifilament tape. It is a vinyl tape reinforced with fiberglass strands and our primary customer use was as a bundling tape. When the number of calls became so steady that we could no […]
Following an announcement by major tape converter Pro Tapes and Specialties that they would downsize the standard length of a roll of gaffers tape from 60 yards to 55 yards, tape distributors began shipping 55 yard rolls this week. Read more about this significant change here. Allabouttape.com is your source for information about the adhesive […]
A Midwestern Health Systems hospital is using red duct tape to create a “safe zone” for allowing hospital staff to communicate with isolated patients without having to don gloves and masks. It appears that taping a three foot square just inside a patients door and having health care providers occupy the square when communicating with […]
3M 3903 vinyl duct tape is an all vinyl (no cloth reinforcing fibers) alternative to what is normally considered duct tape. The 3M product is an embossed vinyl film offered in seven colors. It uses the same adhesive (natural rubber) as standard duct tape and can be hand torn. It is considered an economy grade […]
We’re always on the look out for ways to increase our knowledge about tape manufacturing, particularly when it comes to the raw materials that are used to make the different products we sell. Duct tape gets its “stickiness” (known in the industry as adhesion) from an adhesive made from natural rubber, the material that is […]
Any serious discussion of adhesive-backed tape pretty quickly requires that you have a “tape vocabulary”. There are lots of terms that have one meaning in general discussions and quite another when the subject matter is tape. Here are a few to get you started: Backing. Backing refers to the primary component of tape upon which […]
The urban legend that duct tape will remove warts has been confirmed by no less an authority than CBS News Healthwatch. Research reported in the the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that use of duct tape for wart removal was more effective and less painful than using liquid nitrogen, the process that freezes […]
I’ve been fascinated by a product called silicone sealing tape since I first came across it several years ago at a boat show. It is branded under lots of names including “Atomic Tape”, “Rescue Tape”, “Tommy Tape”, “Stretch & Seal” and lots of others. In theory, it creates a bond not with adhesive, but simply […]
When you sell a “real” item, something with mass and size, then you need an infrastructure to deliver it, store it and sell it. On one hand, that’s a good thing, because it means that it can’t be endlessly replicated like a recorded song or a printed page. The obvious downside is the cost of […]