Handyman's friend - better than Duct Tape

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

Got a problem? This might be the fix, move over duct tape, there is a new kid in town.

EternaBond

I just found this product which I am very excited about. It is a double sided tape which will stick anything to anything but it's made for rubber membrane roofs.

I'm sure there is almost unlimited uses for it, I'm using it on my hovercraft.

Link:
http://www.eternabond.com/detail.asp?id=ebrsb

EternaBond uses, from the packaging: EPDM, TPO, Hypalon, Most PVC's, Modified, All Metals, Tile, Stone, Brick, Concrete and Wood.

The display I found this on was a rubber roof sheet material which was bonded to aluminum flashing/gutter. I tried to peel off the rubber from the metal, got just a small corner of it up, could go no further - big gooey mess of mastic like out of a Sci-Fi horror movie, it just would not let go.

It's not cheap, a 2" x 50ft roll will set you back $40-$50, and not found at the big box stores, only at professional roof supplier outlets.

So what's your handyman's friend? Do you have something, a tool perhaps, which you use on your house, your car, your boat, your aircraft, and your stereo which you want to share?

JonT · 04-01-2006, 07:05 AM

Love my Handyman's magazine monthly. Look forward to it as much as Excellence.

Jared at Pelican Parts · 04-01-2006, 07:23 AM

Does your hovercraft have compartments for sharks with machine guns strapped to their heads?

JonT · 04-01-2006, 08:35 AM

Jared--wasnt it lazers strapped to their heads? Austin Powers right?

Don Ro · 04-01-2006, 09:03 AM

Hmmm...I may have a use for that Eternabond DoubleStick/2-sided self sealing tape.
Thanks for the heads-up/link/info, etc. ...
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Google found it for less @ $29/roll:
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http://www.bigrocksupply.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1448&p_catid=395

Jared at Pelican Parts · 04-01-2006, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JonT
Jared--wasnt it lazers strapped to their heads? Austin Powers right?

my bad. I've used this stuff before. good tape

HardDrive · 04-01-2006, 09:51 AM

THANK MAN!!! I have some gutters that have been giving me trouble, and that looks perfect.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by HardDrive
THANK MAN!!! I have some gutters that have been giving me trouble, and that looks perfect.

I already have a tip on using this product. It is somewhat temperature sensitive, much easier to work with cool than warm. When warm it gets softer and stickier.

When cool it is firm, easier to cut with a box cutter blade (must be fresh and sharp) and easier to get a hold of the clear plastic liner. I think for most uses it will be just as good 1" wide as the stock 2" wide, cutting it down it's length in easy to use strips.

I think I'll be storing it in the refrigerator the day before I plan to use it and keep it out of the sun when using it.

I should say that this is not a "tape" in the true sense. It is a flattened bead of mastic. There is no weave or fiber backing to it - just goop.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

Cool! Thanks!

gassy · 04-01-2006, 01:31 PM

I'll buy some just to mess around with it--thanks
christian.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

The good and bad of this roof tape.

I bonded a sample to a rubber raft like material and put it in the freezer. It was stiffer frozen not "hard", warms up from fair to good flexiblity in about 30 seconds.

I put the same sample in my oven for 15 minutes set at 175 degrees. No serious off-gassing (very little smell), however using pliers to pull the sample apart was not a problem - like hot gum on a sidewalk. It lost most of its strength. I put the two pieces back together and in about a minute it had gotten back most of its strength and was very difficult to pull back apart - still warm.