[Boatanchors] Old Electrician's Tape

[J Forster]

Hi Roger,

Both the cloth, sort of sticky, cloth based stuff (Friction Tape) and the self
vulcanizing rubber w/o cloth is easily available at Home Depot, Lowes, and hardware
stores in the US usually in the electrical department. Some electricians use the
friction tape to over-wrap Wire Nuts (TM).

Best,
-John



Roger Basford wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Do you need the vulcanised rubber/cloth tape (black) or unvulcanised
> (brown)? Haven't seen the black type for a while but the unvulcanised is
> still used a lot in the marine seismic survey business for hydrophone
> repairs, etc. and sells under the name "Bulldog Tape" and is also known as
> "Friction Tape". I believe that production of both types stopped some years
> ago in the US due to concerns over the solvent used to dissolve the rubber
> that the cloth backing is impregnated with but production continues
> elsewhere, probably in the Third World. If Bulldog is what you need I can
> certainly get hold of 2" wide part rolls. I'm told that the black rubber
> comes from dissolved car tyres and possibly needs a different (and more
> dangerous) solvent.
>
> 73 for 2008
>
> Roger Basford/G3VKM
>
>