arcarti Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hi all, I need a really clear, really matt dance floor tape. Can anyone recommend please? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanhill Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Le Mark do a clear dance floor tape, go to gaffatape.com and look under dance floor splicing tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I have never seen a really clear, really matt dance floor tape. I've looked for it without success when laying vinyl dance floors with a painted design. when visible lines on a dance floor have been undesirable, I have always ended up under-taping with gaffer or using double-sided tape and butting up the edges of the dance floor or carpet strips as neatly as possible to disguise the join. Perhaps it's worth saying that I've always been fairly confident that using NEC approved differential DS tape will avoid damaging (temporarily or otherwise) the surface that you are laying your floor or carpet over. However on a recent tour I found myself apologising to local staff when the differential tape I was using left a residue which proved a bit of a pain to remove when laying ONTO vinyl dance floor. I had two batches with me, one lot from LeMark and one lot from Stage Electrics (can't remember the make) and both types left the crap behind on vinyl, but both were OK on wooden or painted floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I did find some residue left on floors with some NEC tape, invariably it was removed with just a foot rub and it went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcarti Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks peeps! My main method was undertape, but it's a pre-used painted floor, and here and ther it's rucled up a bit, hence the need for a nice top tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanhill Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The Le Mark clear dance floor tape is pretty good, much better than the Advance 'clear' 50mm dance floor tape, which is not really clear. It used to be known as Pro-splice tape and I have used it extensively to cover rig prep labels. The text is completely visible beneath the Pro-splice tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcarti Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 The results of my quick comparison are in: Flints TAP 075 (made by Advance) very clear, but quite shiny Advance AT209 very matt, but a bit cloudy LeMark Dance Floor Tape Nearly as clear as the Flints, and much less shiny. The best out of these three. HTH !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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