On 1/25/22 06:18, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:27 PM, Gary Oliver via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >>> ... >> >> As to the real reason I was doing this: Most of my tapes are un-boxed and >> have suffered being in a dusty area (before I got them) with the dust >> forming a sort of 'crust' on the outside of the tape. It's only on the >> first wrap or so, but it's enough that it keeps those handy vinyl cohesive >> tapes from sticking. For that reason, I was trying to find something to >> clean of this dusty gunk so the vinyl strip would hold the tape into a >> spooled condition. It was the side-effect of this effort that lead me to the >> discovery if this "removable layer" on the DECtape. >> >> BTW, does anyone know of a source for these vinyl strips. My old ones are >> 10 mil blue very-flexible vinyl without any adhesive. They rely only on the >> cohesive properties of vinyl-to-a-non-porous surface. I tried using some of >> the 'dry vinyl' sheets from Cricut (the plastic decal printer company.) >> They have a couple of colors without adhesive that they call "window cling" >> but they aree only 4 mills thick and a bit flimsy, though so-far they are >> holding ok. > > There's a children's toy I remember: shapes cut from vinyl, intended to be > stuck to windows to make pictures. That seems to be the same stuff. >
The term of art is "cling vinyl" or "static cling vinyl". Most art stores carry the stuff--mine is a package of this: https://www.grafixplastics.com/materials-plastic-film-plastic-sheets/commodity-plastic-film/vinyl-sheets-film/grafix-cling-pvc-film-2/ Cut the strips with a paper cutter and you'll have enough in a package to last you well into your sunset days. --Chuck
