On Mar 24, 4:42*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:00:25 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 3/24/2013 12:35 PM, dpb wrote:
On 3/24/2013 10:33 AM, KenK wrote:
wrote :

Masking tape/duct tape/etc., otoh don't last any time at all
comparatively buty I've never seen a problem at all w/ electrical tape.

Odd. With me it's the opposite; the duct and masking tape last for years.

Perhaps it's my climate - desert far southwest. Very hot in summer, very
dry when the summer monsoons are not entertaining us.

Well, this isn't desert but it's certainly dry out on the high plains
and 100+F isn't at all uncommon nor humidities in the single digits...
...

I just noticed being the OP and something else caught my eye didn't
really think about too much first time--the plastic box you keep it
in--what is it? *Wonder if there's any chance it's outgassing something
that's causing an interaction or something? *I just toss it in the
drawer in the tool cabinet in the shop...

I certainly wouldn't go so far as the 'fridge but couldn't hurt to just
bring it into the house and put it in a drawer there somewhere...and see
if makes any difference.

As for brands, I've both name and generic Ace-branded and really don't
see any difference--couldn't distinguish between rolls other than by the
printing if there is any or the mill thickness of the 3M 88 try to keep
a roll handy for the times when mandatory to deal w/ something during
cold winter weather when regular isn't so easy to work with (this would
take something like losing the heater to one of the waterers in the
feedlot or somesuch; I don't do anything out in the cold any longer that
I can possibly avoid ).

* There are al LEAST 3 different kinds of "electrical tape" *some a
whole lot better than others. There is vinyl tape made with TCP, and
without. The TCP stuff is crap.
Then there is PVC tape, and rubber tape, and "elastomer" tape. Then
there is silicone, self fusing silicone rubber, and polyester tape,

Some of it is useless when cold. Needs to have good stretch, and good
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I have definitely had electrical tape dry out or get all gooey on the
roll. When it dries out it's still stuck to itself on the roll, but
once you try to use it, it will never stick to anything again.

Worse is when the adhesive gets gooey and you get black crap all over
your fingers.

Ever have a roll of electrical tape turn itself into a cone? You can
compress it back into a flat roll with some weight, but it will
eventually turn back into a cone once the weight is removed. Really
strange.