<div dir="ltr">The specification for Gaffer's Tape.as requested by IA Gaffers, and developed by the 3M Company is that it must be able to [I paraphrase] 'tape a 2k Fresnel on to a wall or other vertical support safely and reliably without the tape failure due to lack of adhesion or heat" < Black, 2" tape><div>/s/ Richard</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Joe via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">On a puppeteers'f forum, someone asked for gaffer's tape recommendations. Some complained about cheap, but poor quality sources. And many said to get "real" gaffer's tape. Though, most didn't define "real" or even say where the "real" stuff came from.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span>I would expect that one of the theater magazines would have done a review of the various sources. They might have tested things like tensile strength, adhesion, residue, etc.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span>Can anyone recommend a place to look for such a Consumer Reports article on Gaffer's tape? If there isn't a good one, which coves a lot of sources, it sounds like a good university project.</span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">-Joe</div></div></div></div></div>____________________________________________________________<br>
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