Thread: Rescue Tape

Originally Posted by Teks

That tape is called Self Amalgamating Tape in Australia and is available from most marine accessory stores. I have used for years as insulation tape on marine wiring and wrapping over stainless steel swaged cable ends. Great stuff for weatherproofing radio aerial coonections too. Last for years but is difficult to cut and remove if need be.

Gday,
Is it any worse than heat shrink or on a par?

This tape appears to be similar to PolyIsoButylene self-amalgamating tape (PIB Tape). It's extremely good for sealing moisture out of things like electrical and RF connectors but ...

... PIB tape is not very UV resistant - back in NZ when using it to seal antenna connectors for low power broadcast antenna systems we used to put a finishing layer of Denso tape (grease-coated fibre tape) over it to keep out the UV (unfortunately near ground level cows are rather fond of the Denso tape and eat it). Here in Aus we just use a few layers of good quality PVC tape to shield it from the UV.

... PIB tape is inclined to melt, or at least flow under high temperatures. It could provide a very good temporary seal on a small split in a radiator hose in the short term but would need over-coating with something rather stronger - "gaffer" tape would be ideal.

PIB tape is cheap and readily available from electrical wholesalers - Lawrence and Hanson, for example and it's well worth keeping a roll in the truck for all sorts of uses, but keep a roll of something like Gaffer tape or Duct tape with it.

This "Rescue" tape appears to overcome the disadvantages of PIB tape and I look forward to it becoming widely available ... and cheap.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

log onto a tape enthusiasts forum with 2 different nicks and post a which is better this or that, make a couple of claims to support each side and see what floats out....

you definitely gotta get out more Blknight

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

believe it or not......

That stuff started out life as a type of trauma tape for wrapping peoples bits in....

just like I use dental picks for getting little engine bits clean a lot of stuff that winds up in wierdo places starts out life innocently somewhere else.

I've been told that super glue started life as an emergency suture in Vietnam war era.

Originally Posted by 100I

I've been told that super glue started life as an emergency suture in Vietnam war era.

And it certainly holds skin together well ! , hands up who has stuck their fingers together with superglue as a child .

I thought it was russian circa WWII

Originally Posted by 100I

I've been told that super glue started life as an emergency suture in Vietnam war era.

Wife managed to slice her leg last Sunday, looked to me like it needed a couple of sutures, so, off to emergency. They used a type of superglue on it with a few steristrips on top....no sutures. she was feeling quite smug until they said "will need a tetanus injection"

Originally Posted by 51jay

Wife managed to slice her leg last Sunday, looked to me like it needed a couple of sutures, so, off to emergency. They used a type of superglue on it with a few steristrips on top....no sutures. she was feeling quite smug until they said "will need a tetanus injection"

Thats Surgical glue. They used it on my wife after her ceaser wound re opened (It didn't work).