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On_Headset

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This stuff looks so promising
« on: Aug 24, 2012, 01:08 am »
Adhesive-free tape. Instead of sticky stucky stuff, one side is covered in microscopic suction cups which bind to the surface.

In other words, all the cool stuff you can do with gaff, except now it's reuseable.

Is that cool or what?
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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #1 on: Aug 24, 2012, 01:33 am »
Hm, intriguing.  I'd be curious to see if it actually works.
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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #2 on: Aug 24, 2012, 05:54 am »
The sizes it comes in are a little strange, though. A4/letter sheet or metre-wide roll? The cost also prices it out of pretty much everyone's range. $1,800 for the equivalent of 20 (small) rolls of Gaffa.

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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #3 on: Aug 24, 2012, 10:44 am »
The sizes it comes in are a little strange, though. A4/letter sheet or metre-wide roll? The cost also prices it out of pretty much everyone's range. $1,800 for the equivalent of 20 (small) rolls of Gaffa.

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Yeah, but you can use it FOREVER.



(Still not worth it, IMO, though very cool.)
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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #4 on: Aug 24, 2012, 10:59 am »
I got a bit lost in that site looking at some of the stuff.

I'd be more curious to see how this is being utilized.

https://www.inventables.com/technologies/rubber-glass

I wonder if it would "shatter" on impact (such as a wine glass or bottle that needs to be thrown) or it only breaks up by being crumbled (as noted in the product description).

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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #5 on: Aug 24, 2012, 01:44 pm »
The biggest challenge for any suction cup device is it must be applied to a clean surface. Theater's are notoriously not clean places.

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Re: This stuff looks so promising
« Reply #6 on: Aug 24, 2012, 07:51 pm »
The biggest challenge for any suction cup device is it must be applied to a clean surface. Theater's are notoriously not clean places.

Not to mention that suction cups also work best on smooth surfaces, which theaters are also not always big on.