[SML] vinyl spike tape

[Dan Sheehan]

re floor spike tape (not rigging lines, not dance floor installation):

I have wood floor with many layers of paint (no masonite)
 (about due to grind it down & start over again)

To get tape (either vinyl electrical or cloth Spike tape) to stick,

I first *clean* where the tape is going
(good scrub with a rag eg terrycloth,  maybe moistened with IPA aka rubbing
alcohol)
then apply the tape and *rub it in* with something like the back of spoon,
or (more usually) the handle of my pocket knife. Especially corners / edges.

If I do that, it usually stays put & survives traffic;

if I don't, it usually spontaneously peels up under traffic.
Tape sticks to dirt. dirt doesn't stick to floor.

Still easy to remove at Strike.

HTH

-- 
...Dan Sheehan
Fixer of things that break
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