[rescue] replacing an Ultra2

[Ron Wickersham]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:24:10 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] replacing an Ultra2
>
> >From: Ron Wickersham <rjw at alembic.com>
> >Date: 2007/04/24 Tue PM 03:43:49 CDT
> >To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [rescue] replacing an Ultra2
>
> >On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >
> >> That tape used on new printers to hold them together in shipping would
> >> probably work right. It's real thin, usually red. Can you buy it
> >> anywhere?
> >
> >i've also been looking for that tape.  it doesn't deposit a residue of
> >adhesive behind when you remove it.
>
> Don't they call that "masking tape"? As in professional painter "masking tape" - for special use applications (painting cars, etc.)...

the rubber-based adhesive for masking tape has the same goal, but only
removes cleanly up to a month or so.  after that it starts leaving a
residue and in a year's time almost all the adhesive remains on the object.

-ron