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Old August 28th 14, 06:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I'd still recommend Gaffer tape over duct tape. It's not expensive and comes in white. Gaffer tape is a tough, cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive properties. It is used in theater, film and television productions as well as any kind of stage work. While related to duct tape, it differs in that it can be removed cleanly because it uses a synthetic petroleum-based adhesive rather than a natural rubber adhesive.
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Old August 28th 14, 03:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Where can we find "gaffer tape"?

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Old August 28th 14, 03:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On 8/28/2014 10:24 AM, Waveguru wrote:
Where can we find "gaffer tape"?


You find it where you find everything else, Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/JVCC-GAFF30YD-...s=gaffers+tape
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Old August 29th 14, 04:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Vaughn wrote, On 8/28/2014 7:38 AM:
On 8/28/2014 10:24 AM, Waveguru wrote:
Where can we find "gaffer tape"?


You find it where you find everything else, Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/JVCC-GAFF30YD-...s=gaffers+tape


The info for the referenced tape uses natural rubber adhesive, but it
also says it " Will not leave adhesive residue behind when removed"

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Old August 30th 14, 12:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, August 28, 2014 9:52:42 PM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Vaughn wrote, On 8/28/2014 7:38 AM:

On 8/28/2014 10:24 AM, Waveguru wrote:


Where can we find "gaffer tape"?




You find it where you find everything else, Amazon.




http://www.amazon.com/JVCC-GAFF30YD-...s=gaffers+tape




The info for the referenced tape uses natural rubber adhesive, but it

also says it " Will not leave adhesive residue behind when removed"



--

Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to

email me)

- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"

https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl


I'll ask my son when I see him. He's a theater lighting and sound stage guy and uses gaffer's tape regularly. He even had some holding part of the front body work on his car recently.

Frank Whiteley
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Old August 30th 14, 06:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I use Gaffers Tape at work for various applications. It does leave residue when exposed to heat (Direct Sunlight) for some period of time. It works VERY well, however when I took my wingtip video I opted not to use gaffers tape in fear of pulling up the gel coat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBIIHNt7Rg
This was a video I shot with the same GoPro Hero 3. I used the suction mount again on the horizontal, and secured it with regular white bowlus gap seal. It worked great! See my YouTube Channel for more Tail Mounted videos. The GoPro Hero 3 wireless control option is great for taking videos like this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqq_SDCwnA
This video I shared earlier, but again with my GoPro Hero 3 on a suction mount and secured with tape. On this attempt I used the Cloth Tape (Usually used as control surface gap seal). It worked well, and provided a better surface area for me to work with.

In Both videos, you can see that the Suction mount with LOTS of added tape is fairly rigid and works well at high speeds. I don't trust the suction mount which is why I add so much tape. The nice thing about the suction mount is that there is a lot of surface area to use when securing the mount with tape.

-SW



On Friday, August 29, 2014 4:16:16 PM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Thursday, August 28, 2014 9:52:42 PM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Vaughn wrote, On 8/28/2014 7:38 AM:




On 8/28/2014 10:24 AM, Waveguru wrote:




Where can we find "gaffer tape"?








You find it where you find everything else, Amazon.








http://www.amazon.com/JVCC-GAFF30YD-...s=gaffers+tape








The info for the referenced tape uses natural rubber adhesive, but it




also says it " Will not leave adhesive residue behind when removed"








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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to




email me)




- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"




https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1




- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm




http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl




I'll ask my son when I see him. He's a theater lighting and sound stage guy and uses gaffer's tape regularly. He even had some holding part of the front body work on his car recently.



Frank Whiteley

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Old August 28th 14, 05:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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A good place to get gaffer tape or AA/AAA/9V batteries is TMB.
http://www.tmb.com/
If your order doesn't fill the box, they use white socks for filler. Always a hit.
Gaffer tape is to duct tape what Bowlus tape is to cheap electrical tape.
Far superior, but more expensive.
Jim

On Thursday, August 28, 2014 7:24:39 AM UTC-7, Waveguru wrote:
Where can we find "gaffer tape"?



Boggs


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Old August 29th 14, 01:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:21:28 AM UTC-4, wrote:
I'd still recommend Gaffer tape over duct tape. It's not expensive and comes in white. Gaffer tape is a tough, cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive properties. It is used in theater, film and television productions as well as any kind of stage work. While related to duct tape, it differs in that it can be removed cleanly because it uses a synthetic petroleum-based adhesive rather than a natural rubber adhesive.


Interesting. Ordered some and will try.

Thanks,

Sean
 




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