hinge tape

[Goodie_2_Shoes]

Hi everyone,

I have recently bought my first foamie, a dualsky breeze pro. Though I’d better give foamies a crack, considering its winter and well the weather is terrible for standing around outside.

I would like to find out a little about hinge tape. My local hobby shop is all out of hinge tape and before I order some in, I was wondering if there are any good alternatives. Say something that I could pick up at my local hardware shop. I’m not too sure what I should be looking for; straight tape or something with a bit or reinforcing in it.

If anyone out there is using an attentive hinge tape, in which you have bought from a hardware shop or something. Please let me know what it is and what you think of it.

Cheers and remember fly hard people

[3d-wanna-b]

I prefer the regular hinge tape but I have used scotch tape before, not the cheapo stuff but the good name brand stuff and its works pretty good.

[sweetpea]

its nothing more than 3m tape. Many hospitals have it as well. You can buy it in bulk online for cheaper than Dubro sells it.

[Goodie_2_Shoes]

Thanks, I'll have a look in officeworks of something for some good quality tape.

So is there no need reinforced tape?

[rcpilot82]

rcfoam.com sells it also. I have used blenderm, and 3m packing tape cut down to 1" wide. all work equally well IMO

[Xpress..]

Blenderm tape is the most common hinge tape, being light and pretty flexible. Sticks like glue to surfaces, and doesn't let go. 3M has 12 rolls of 1" for like $16 directly from them, same for 2" and 1/2".

IMO, get the Blenderm tape. It's just medical tape (specific medical tape) and works awesome on, well, anything really. Cuts, wounds, bandages, foamie hinges, ect. ect.

[Goodie_2_Shoes]

Cheers everyone for the suggestions, I bought some tape from a stationary shop. Its just a normal sticky tape but its nice and lite, flexible and very sticky. Though if i want to remove the tape, it comes off pretty easily and doesn't leave any residue on the foam. At the moment i am happy with it, though time will tell when i test fly it to see how it holds up.