> On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:27 PM, Gary Oliver via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> ...
>
> As to the real reason I was doing this: Most of my tapes are un-boxed and
> have suffered being in a dusty area (before I got them) with the dust forming
> a sort of 'crust' on the outside of the tape. It's only on the first wrap or
> so, but it's enough that it keeps those handy vinyl cohesive tapes from
> sticking. For that reason, I was trying to find something to clean of this
> dusty gunk so the vinyl strip would hold the tape into a spooled condition.
> It was the side-effect of this effort that lead me to the discovery if this
> "removable layer" on the DECtape.
>
> BTW, does anyone know of a source for these vinyl strips. My old ones are 10
> mil blue very-flexible vinyl without any adhesive. They rely only on the
> cohesive properties of vinyl-to-a-non-porous surface. I tried using some of
> the 'dry vinyl' sheets from Cricut (the plastic decal printer company.) They
> have a couple of colors without adhesive that they call "window cling" but
> they aree only 4 mills thick and a bit flimsy, though so-far they are holding
> ok.
There's a children's toy I remember: shapes cut from vinyl, intended to be
stuck to windows to make pictures. That seems to be the same stuff.
paul
