Tape Down Your Cables

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Tape down your cables. First find an area with the least amount of foot traffic or other obstacles. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Clear the surface of any debris and lay the cable down. View discussions in 3 other communities.

Tape down your cables. It s worth cutting any unnecessarily long cables hoses down to size. The adhesive will not peel back up. Tape tex shows how to use gaffers tape to tape down a cable like the pros do.

Once you ve laid the cable along its intended path start at one end and secure the cable with a strip of gaff tape. When combined with the revolutionary gaffgun your taping jobs will be finished quicker cleaner and without all of the pain and effort of applying tape by hand. Tape is good for smooth floors but expensive and you have to throw the tape away when done. Now because gaffer s tape is awesome it sticks to itself very well.

Your gear will remain protected and completely undamaged. If you choose to do this check it s still long enough to allow your bar to turn through 180 degrees without it pulling taut. This thread is archived. Pro gaffer tape will keep cables safe and secure underfoot and won t leave adhesive residue behind.

Here s how to tape down a cable. At first it seems like a boatload of extra work especially at the end of a long night. Before you wrap up your cable we ve got to take care of our tape. The gaffgun helps you tape down your cables and wires approximately 29x faster.

If you are covering cable on carpet you might look at a reusable option called safcord cable housing that is a 30 foot x 4 inch nylon fabric with velcro along both edges that sticks to the carpet. Our tape is made in the usa and has the specifications of premium grade gaffer tape. Running cable along a wall or other boundary works well. Whether you re covering cables seaming dance floors marking your warehouse or putting carpet tape down in your convention center you can trust gafftech tapes.