Cloth tapes – power and strength for many types of applications

Our cloth and fabric tapes are single-sided tapes and consist of at least four functional layers:

1) Top coat: The type of top coat has a big influence on the following tape properties:

• Color brightness (glossy / matt)
• Marking and printability
• Resistance against solvents / moisture / humidity

2) Plastic layer: The coating affects major characteristics of the cloth tape:

• Color, gloss
• Barrier function
• Stabilization and protection of the cloth fabric

3) Fabric (woven/knitted): The cloth backing is responsible for different features of the adhesive tape:

• Flexibility
• Mechanical strength
• Many other features

4) Adhesive system: Depending on the specific adhesive system (natural or synthetic rubber), the following features are affected:

• Adhesion/peel
• Shear strength/cohesion
• Tack/wetting

A cloth tape is a much used everyday helper. Its frequent tasks in home and office include the (temporary) repair of objects of all sorts, reinforcing book covers, affixing cables or marking off important areas. Our fabric tapes excel with an extraordinary adhesive strength, they are extremely sturdy and are suited for various applications both indoors and outdoors. Despite – or perhaps because of – these robust qualities, fabric tapes  are also often used for delicate handicrafts, e.g. model building.

The challenges a fabric tape has to solve outdoors include among others fixing wading pools, sealing roof gutters or repairing handles (e.g. on a bike or a wheelbarrow). If you want to equip your home, garden and office for emergencies, a fabric tape should surely be in your first aid kit for repairs.

Cloth tapes are essential for some crafts trades while they are only used sporadically by other craftsmen. These jacks of all trades are required, though, in any professional crafts company. Whether for temporary repairs of machines and systems (heating constructor), sealing tears in covering foil (painter) or fixating electric cables on a construction site (electrician) – our adhesive solutions actively support craftsmen in their daily work.

In our range, you can find for the most part fabric tapes whose base materials are coated with polyethylene (PE) or acrylate. Combined with an adhesive made from natural rubber, these form products that are extremely effective and meet the highest of requirements. Therefore, most adhesive tapes are very resistant towards extreme temperatures, UV light, acid or oil. As they are also resistant to weathering, water-proof and hardly flammable, the fabric tapes are supremely suited for outdoor applications.