Re: black tape

This is extremely helpful, thanks. I gave up on Calumet after trying
without success for two years to get a catalog from them some time ago,
so they've never been on my radar. Thanks for looking it up.
Katharine

Michael Keller wrote:
>
> Gaffer tape is a very strong, cloth based tape that looks somewhat like duct
> tape, but isn't. It was originally developed to tape small light fixtures
> (like Lowell lights) to walls and doors in tight locations, so that it holds
> good but comes off pretty clean (if you don't leave it on forever). I work
> in a building that includes a theater, and our theater crew uses both black
> and white gaffer tape to taping down runs of cables, taping down dance floor
> and junk like that. I use it to tape electrical cables down to the floor, to
> hold seamless background up against a wall, and whenever else I might need
> strong tape.
>
> I just popped over to Calumet's web site at http://www.calumetphoto.com/ and
> using speed search, I typed in "gaffer" and found:
>
> Gaffers Tape 1" x 60 Yards Black $6.49
> Gaffers Tape 2" x 60 Yards Black $11.49
>
> They also have grey and white.
>
> BTW, the Gaffer is the head lighting guy on a film or video shoot.
>
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Received on Fri Nov 10 11:43:58 2000