Re: ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 7, 2018, at 9:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > Another open-reel tape query for the experts. > > I recall that new tapes would often come with a strip of (usually blue) > silicone-ish tape to retain the end of the tape. I've got a couple of > strips here and I'll swear

Re: ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 08/07/2018 07:37 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 08/07/2018 07:19 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote: > >> The brand I'm remembering from the 1970s was Colorforms. Apparently >> still a thing. The www.colorforms.com site is alive. > > That's the stuff! Not silicone at all but vinyl

Re: ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 08/07/2018 07:19 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote: > The brand I'm remembering from the 1970s was Colorforms. Apparently > still a thing. The www.colorforms.com site is alive. That's the stuff! Not silicone at all but vinyl mat. Thanks! Now I have to figure out where to find some.

Re: ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-07 Thread Steven M Jones via cctalk
On 08/07/2018 18:54, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I recall that new tapes would often come with a strip of (usually blue) silicone-ish tape ... Yes, I remember those. Don't have a source for exactly equivalent material, but you might be able to use 3-5 mil sign vinyl if you could get it

Re: ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Another open-reel tape query for the experts. I recall that new tapes would often come with a strip of (usually blue) silicone-ish tape to retain the end of the tape. I've got a couple of strips here and I'll swear that I've seen the stuff in

ISO: Blue (usually) Silicone? tape retainer material

2018-08-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Another open-reel tape query for the experts. I recall that new tapes would often come with a strip of (usually blue) silicone-ish tape to retain the end of the tape. I've got a couple of strips here and I'll swear that I've seen the stuff in other applications, but memory fails me. It's not