[SML] Really really REALLY securing LED tape?

[Steven Hood]

Have you tried the outdoor mastic for electrical work? Or sign tape for 
exterior signage?
Tough challenge...
Steven R Hood


On September 19, 2017 5:26:23 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Ok, so what REALLY works to get LED tape as permanently as permanently
> possible to stick to painted scenery? I can't use truckloads of
> plastic clips - the tape will be visible (albeit black PCB).....
>
> I had read on some forums about using the stickiest 3M 10mm
> double-sided tape possible, lay that down, then lay the LED tape's
> sticky-back onto that.  I did that, and STILL doesn't stay stuck down.
> (Flat paint - not some glossy finish.) The 3M tape
>
> I have some running lights that suffer the same thing, on the ends...
> I've used hot glue, and that too only lasts a while. I'm about to lay
> down a lot of black PCB LED tape on some portals, and it's not going
> to be easy to get back there and keep adding globs of hot glue... I
> want to secure these puppies, and know they'll stay in place for a few
> weeks.
>
> Or longer. I don't mind if I can't re-use these tapes.
>
>  - Jon
>
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