Cloth Tape, Woven & Non-Woven Fabrics
Cloth Tapes consist of cotton, polyester, acetate, nylon, rayon woven or non woven fabrics with acrylic, rubber or silicone adhesive. Often the cloth is coated with materials such as foil, PTFE, polyethylene, silicone, rubber or vinyl, making the tape flexible, durable, waterproof, fire-resistant or otherwise distinctive. Cloth Tape has a variety of uses and commonly referred to as Duct Tape, Gaffers Tape, Spike Tape, Carpet Tape, Medical Tape, Athletic Tape, Glass Cloth Tape, Binding Tape, Friction Tape or Hockey Tape.
Woven fabrics are created by weaving or knitting yarns while nonwoven fabrics are made of natural or synthetic fibers interlocked mechanically, thermally or chemically. Nonwoven fabrics have diverse properties, such as stretch, resilience, absorbency, liquid repellency, washability, flame retardancy, cushioning, filtering, bacterial barrier and sterility. Some nonwoven fabrics can be recycled after use and are often used in health care, apparel, home furnishings, transportation, industrial and consumer goods.
Double Coated Cloth Tapes
Double Sided Cloth Tape, often referred to as Carpet Tape is made of cotton cloth with rubber adhesive on both sides, typically used for holding indoor carpets, rugs and mats and general purpose mounting.
Duct Tape, also known as Duck Tape, is cloth or scrim-backed tape often sealed with polyethylene and a natural rubber adhesive. It is strong, flexible and resists weathering, commonly used in heating, ductwork and an assortment of tasks. Available in various colors and sizes.
Gaffers Tape and Spike Tapes are similar to Duct Tape for it is a strong cotton tape with a synthetic rubber adhesive, allowing the tape to be removed cleanly.
- Gaffers Tape - a non-reflective, residue free tape used for wire holding in the entertainment and electrical industries.
- Spike Tape - a narrow gaffers tape used for marking floor layout and color identification.
Glass Cloth Tapes
Glass Cloth Tapes are coated with silicone, acrylic, rubber or thermosetting adhesive, typically used for high temperature resistance. Tapes include:
- Foil Coated Cloth Tape
- PTFE Polytetrafluorethylene Coated Cloth Tape
- Teflon® DuPont™ PTFE Polytetrafluorethylene Coated Cloth Tape
Medical Woven & Nonwoven Fabric Tapes
Medical Cloth Tapes are made from a flexible Woven or Non-woven Fabric often with a special hypoallergenic medical grade adhesive that typically removes cleanly and painlessly. Often used for wound care, securing or tagging medical equipment and devices.
More Cloth Tapes and Woven & Non-woven Fabrics
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- Acetate, Nylon and Polyester Woven & Non-Woven Fabric Tapes
- Binding Tape - a vinyl coated archival cloth tape used to reinforce book binding.
- Friction Tape / Hockey Tape - a cotton cloth tape impregnated with a rubber based adhesive, making it sticky. Often used to increase friction or grip, such as hockey stick blade or handles on baseball bats.
- Sewing Tape / Basting Tape - a tape designed to be permanent or temporary for holding fabric in place or marking garments.
- Felt - a nonwoven fabric made of wool, a blend of fibers or synthetic fibers that are either pressed, woven or needled to make the fiber interlock. Felt is available in many colors and often used for damping in appliances, musical instruments, construction or decorating craft projects.