wrote:
Edward Winchester wrote:
At 19:24 20 September 2006, wrote:
This sounds like the cheap off-brand variety which
leaves a gummy
residue when removed. I now only use 3M white electrical
tape
You can say what it 'sounds like' all you want. I
have some of this tape. It works fine, is just a bit
wider, but also thinner than 3m, which I was using
before. I have never seen any adhesive residue, even
100 degree days. This is a great deal. It might not
be as good as the $7 per roll thin mylar tape, but
it's probably better than the 3M. At this price, I
may buy some more, and I still have 19 rolls from the
last buy. And, if I remember right, when this is gone,
it's gone.

TJ, tell them the story of how you came to have this
tape.

Ed

Ed, think this through; is a product that costs one fourth the price of
another product going to use the same materials, especially a product
dominated by material cost? I don't think so. The performance I have
seen of tapes in this price category, sold by Home Depot and Loew's, is
exactly as I stated. This stuff is of unknown origin; go buy if you
want, it matters not to me. What I do know is that 3M tape works
exceptionally well and will be available tomorrow, a year from tomorrow
and a decade from tomorrow.

I'm with Ed on this one: I bought a roll and tried it, and it worked
almost as well as the 3M tape I normally use, "almost" meaning I decided
I didn't like the wider width. There might have been a _slight_ amount
of additional adhesive left behind compared to the 3m tape, but not
enough to matter to me. Even the 3M leaves a residue I have to clean off
every so often.

I derig after every flight, so I can't tell you if it's the stuff to use
when you leave the glider rigged for weeks.

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