On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:08:10 AM UTC+2, Joshua Keroes wrote:
>
> 1. When I think of Spectra, I think of fishing and kiting line. In
> other words, it's thin and very strong. Personally, I'd be worried about
> it
> gouging the panel edges.
>
> I was meaning it in the "non-strtechy" ("static
rope" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_rope) sense, as opposed to
"dynamic rope" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_rope). Static rope is
available in many thicknesses and yes, you want one that's thick enough not
to "cheese knife" your boards.
>
> 1. 6" foil tape has two tasks:
> 1. Cover the board edges to keep the polyiso crumbs from MOOPing. 2.5"
> tape will do. 3"+ gives you a wider margin of error. 6" foil tape would
> be
> overkill here.
> 2. Optionally protect the 6" bidi tape glue from frying in sun.
> You'll only need foil tape wide enough to cover one half of the bidi
> tape,
> not all of it.
>
> Yup, so 3" tape is sufficient. Buying two sizes is unnecessary. I have
used 2" foil tape to attempt to seal the edges of 1" R-Max and it's a shit
of a job because there's not quite enough overlap (especially trying to do
it yourself.) So I wouldn't want to use anything less than 3" on 1.5"
boards.
Personally, I've used all sorts of cheap foil tape. It's actually a benefit
> to get the cheap stuff. The cheaper it is, the easier it'll peel off later
> (you know, for cleaning). Also, generic tape won't have ugly logos.
>
I don't think you want it to peel off ever, do you? And I can deal with the
logos (though I just had a look at the 3M catalogue and it's not showing
any logos on their "425" aluminium tape.)
Cheers, Robert.
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