For Ron - linen tape

[Rebecca]

Hi Ron,

You may want to keep your roll of gummed tape. I tried Hugh's method of hot water (actually stuck the adhesive side under the hot water tap, and it worked like a charm.

Lay the gooped length to join your two matboads, finger press any creases/crinkles out, cover with a strip of matboard and weight.

The pressure sensitive is still easier, but if one is concerned about the longevity of the p/s adhesive the gummed method is pretty painless.

Probably everyone but me knew the hot water trick eh?

Rebecca

 

[Ron Eggers]

Thanks, Rebecca.

No, I'd never heard about using hot water until I read Hugh's post.

 

[framanista]

I didn't know about the hot water until that recent thread.

It's an awful feeling to be a framer and not be able to make your tape stick! I'll give it another try.

 

[Pat Murphey]

Is 98.6 degrees OK?

Pat

 

[Dermot]

Thanks Rebecca …..Just when I thought I would get something out of Ron….

 

[Ron Eggers]

Dermot, I'd be happy to send you some hot water.

 

[Jim Miller]

Originally posted by Pat Murphey:
Is 98.6 degrees OK?

Pat

Hotter would be better, and saliva isn't the cleanest water available. Besides, the gum on linen tape tastes awful. (Don't ask how I know that).

 

[Ron Eggers]

Funny, I didn't assume Pat was talking about saliva.

 

[preservator]

There seem to be two levels of linen tape available from most suppliers: the cheap yucky
grade and the expensive grade, where the taste
is more acceptable. The cheap stuff is fine
for spining mats, if hot water is used, but the
better grade is nicer to use if one is securing
the ends of edge support strips and other such
applications.

Hugh

 

[Susan May]

...and yet I have to ask why Hugh knows that the better quality has a better taste?

 

[Ron Eggers]

It also concerns me to hear Hugh use a word like "yucky." It wasn't that long ago that he would have used 6 or 8 words that I'd have to look up, only to discover they mean "yucky."

Maybe he's been hanging around The Grumble too long.