Anyone tried FrogTape?

[Prashun Patel]

I've used it. It's excellent. Works as advertised. Truth be told, I'm too cheap to buy it often, though. It's good if yr painting a sharp line next to an area that remains unpainted. But if you're painting trim or a wall, I found this technique with 'cheap' blue tape to work as effectively (granted it takes more time):

Say yr painting a chair rail white against a green wall. You tape the wall against the rail. Then you paint over the seam with the green wall color. This seals the edge and prevents subsequent seepage. Then you paint the chair rail it's real color. Comes out perfect.

[Dan Hintz]

What, no comment on the nuclear tape?

[Dave Russell Smith]

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I like it when they give you that HD (What chu talkin bout) stare!


I know exactly what you are saying, I was looking for some bondo the other day and got that same look and was told go to a Auto shop mmm, walked around the asle's and low and behold there it was BONDO. I picked it up and went past the sales person with a smile on my face

[Prashun Patel]

I like it when you ask them about something they don't know about and they act like if they don't know about it, it's not worth knowing about. Like when I was looking for self-centering drill bits. "Uh, what are those? None of the pros I know use those; they just eyeball it."

[Doug Bergstrom]

I tried the frog tape recently. I found it at HD in the clearance section. It works fine for small items. For larger items Vinyl mask works better an is less expensive. For the best results especially in small type use laser mask which is a plastic type tape. you can clean before painting and it will not wick at all.

[Dan Hintz]

Well, after I posted on Frog Tape, then Nuclear Tape, I simply must continue with Army Rescue Tape.

http://www.expertverdict.com/webapp/...t-_-Non%20Feed

Army Rescue Tape® - so tough that it’s used by the armed forces. This amazing repair tape can even be used as an emergency fan belt! Use it for repairs on plumbing and electrical connections, make emergency O-rings, wrap metal fittings to prevent corrosion – the list is endless.

• Made of silicone
• Self infusing, meaning that it literally fuses to itself in use
• Bond becomes permanent after about one minute
• Incredible 700psi tensile strength
• Creates an insulating, air-tight, water-tight seal
• Resists fuels, oils, acids, solvents, salt water and UV rays

[Dave Johnson29]

Well, after I posted on Frog Tape, then Nuclear Tape, I simply must continue with Army Rescue Tape.

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet Dan.

I have some here called self-sealing repair tape. It is tough and good for some uses but the bonding to itself is a little trouble-prone.

You need to stretch it to get good bonding and it is a fine line between stretch and break. That means that the layer you are bonding to must have also been stretched a little. It has a protective film between each successive turn but just removing that film and laying the tape on itself without stretch does not produce a very good bond.

Once stretched and beginning to bond the last stretched 1/4" or so begins to curl up and back. I have found that wrapping it tightly with electrical tape holds it in position until it has bonded. Either that or just cut off that curled section after it has finished curing.

[John W. Love]

Dan, do you think you could find some tape that could patch a submarine?

[Dan Hintz]

Can it be in dry dock?

[John W. Love]

lol I grew up on a working ranch in Texas and to be honest, I don't think I saw a vehicle that didn't have duct tape and baling wire holding something together on it till I was long gone from home and living in the big city where nobody even knows what baling wire is. (wire that is wrapped around bales of hay to hold them together) for Steve and the other yankees.

[Brian Robison]

Ah, you don't know where Steve is from. He's in Dairy country. NY is the 3rd largest dairy state behind Wisconsin and Minnesota (at least it was when I was growing up about 30 miles from where Steve is from).
It's not North & South, it's City & Country and trust me,
where Steve is from is Country. I now live in Tn and it's more city ish then where I lived in NY.

[Dave Johnson29]

I don't think I saw a vehicle that didn't have duct tape and baling wire holding something together on it

Nothing says "quality" like unwrinkled duct tape repairs.