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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:13pm on 2007-12-11

I figured that, though tired, I should try to get more windows covered in plastic, so as to be a little more prepared when our current kindasortaalmostwarm snap ends. I've been using gaffer's tape, in the hope that it won't take the paint with it when I remove it from the windows I want to be able to open, come spring. (Though some rooms were painted poorly and/or with the wrong kind of paint, and the paint is all too happy to leave the wall regardless of whether the proper adhesive is used, other rooms will actually benefit from the right kind of tape. On walls where there's bare plaster or paint so old that it needs to be repainted anyhow, I just use clear packing tape.)

But I just ran out of gaffer's tape -- I didn't have as much as I thought I did. Gonna need to get out to Service Photo sooner rather than later, I guess. Unless Bill's Music sells gaffer's tape.

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posted by [identity profile] dclarion.insanejournal.com at 10:40pm on 2007-12-11
<waves hello from the peanut gallery>

What's gaffer's tape? I forget...
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.insanejournal.com at 10:50pm on 2007-12-11
Gaffer's tape is that stuff that looks a lot like duct tape but isn't, that gets used all over the place in theatre or amplified live music (and also gets used in photography to hold wires for lights out of the way, or to hold anything else that needs temporary sticking to something else). If you see mic cables or a snake taped down so people won't trip, the tape used should be gaffer's tape.

It doesn't leave gunk behind when you peel it up, and it won't damage a lot of surfaces. It's not as safe for fragile surfaces as some kinds of tape I've seen specifically for hanging posters (especially if you leave it stuck for months at a time as I intend with the window-plastic, instead of hours for a concert), but it's also stronger than the poster tape I've seen, and wider.

The Wikipedia article defines it as a cloth tape, and most gaffer's tape I've seen has been cloth, but I've also seen paper gaffer's tape ... which sucked.
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