What is Gaffers Tape and How is it Used？

 Colored Gaffers Tape is a strange name to most people, though people have often heard of it. Sometimes it be named Gaffa tape or Gaff tape.

 

This specialty tape is made out of heavy cotton cloth, and has a similar look and feel to duct tape. Gaffers tape’s backing is PE laminated spun rayon cloth. The adhesive is natural rubber based PSA. It is primarily used by production crews on film, TV, and in live music to tape down cables, and is preferred in this industry for its matte finish that does not reflect light or interfere with visuals.

 

Due to its particular application, Colored gaffers tape has particularly rich colors to choose from.

 

Colored Gaffers tape is designed so that when removed it doe

s not damage the material or leave behind any residue. Another advantage of Gaffer’s tape is that unlike duct tape, it can withstand temperatures as high as 93 degrees Celsius without melting.

 

Backing carrier: 65% Polyester and 35% Cotton

Easy hand torn, Matte-finished, Diffuses light reflection

 

Adhesive: Natural rubber based adhesive

Low VOC, Odorless, Removable without adhesive residual.

 

Colored Gaffers tape common colors:

Black gaffers tape use on stage, provide black edges to tables, chairs, and other props. Use it to fix cables, carpets and other short-term set-ups.

 

White gaffers tape is a matte white tape, most of customers use it as floor marking tape. In Professional Photo Studio, Television studio, Stage Entertainment, Ground line markings divide into different areas.

 

Beige gaffers tape is a matte cloth tape near the color of cartons. For example, Hollywood expendables, Studio depot, Expendable Supplies for Film, Video and TV productions, Prop suppliers use Beige gaffers tape to fixing the cargos.

 

Red gaffers tape

 

Yellow gaffers tape is a Stage & Theatre Matt Gaffer Tape, use to stick Portable stages, Event furniture, Stage ramps.

 

Blue gaffers tape is a Stage Area Prep Masking tape, Floor Marking tape.

 

Green gaffers tape is a Stage drop Tape to decorate the stage with a background cloth.

 

Silver gaffers tape is a matte cloth tape near the color of Aluminum alloy doors and Windows.

 

Gaffers tape common type:

Chroma key tape is the same color as Chroma key screen background in video and photography. Use to repair and fix the Chroma key green screen backdrop. So Green screen tape to tape the edge of Green screen.

 

Fluorescent gaffers tapes include 4 colors common used as stage spike tape:
Fluorescent Green
Fluorescent Yellow
Fluorescent Pink
Fluorescent Orange

 

Stage set spike tape is a fluorescent matte cloth tape. It is a 1/2 inch narrow gaff tape for Stage marking on floor laid in an “X” shape. People in theatre, video and film know that spike tape is a valuable tool for making sure that performers, props and set pieces end up where they belong. 

 

Spike tape as a Fluorescent cloth tape, use for a Labeling Tape on Light Control Board, DJ Mixing Board, Audio Mixer. It is also called DJ stage tape. It helps DJ mark where certain tracks, or certain parts of the track start.

 

Some sound crews use Fluorescent spike tape to fasten radio microphone belt packs to the actor’s back. other sound crews use Stage spike tape to secure the positions of microphone stands. The theatre stage spike tape use for marking the microphone. Different actors easily and quickly identify which microphone they should use in the dark light environment.

Why Choose FSK and Aluminum Foil Glass Cloth as the Radiant Barriers?

 

Radiant barriers consist of a highly reflective material, usually aluminum foil, which is applied to one or both sides of a number of substrate materials such as kraft paper, plastic films, scrim, fiberglass. These products are reinforced to increase durability and ease of handling.

FSK is a laminated material by Aluminum foil, Scrim, Kraft.

Aluminum foil glass cloth also a laminated materials by Aluminum foil, fiberglass cloth.

Radiant barriers can be combined with many types of insulation materials in reflective insulation systems. In these combinations, radiant barriers can act as the thermal insulation's facing material.

They are both be used as building Radiant barriers. Radiant barriers are installed in homes -- usually in attics -- primarily to reduce summer heat gain and reduce cooling costs. The barriers consist of a highly reflective material that reflects radiant heat rather than absorbing it. They don't, however, reduce heat conduction like thermal insulation materials.

 

How They Work?

Heat travels from a warm area to a cool area by a combination of conduction, convection, and radiation. Heat flows by conduction from a hotter location within a material or assembly to a colder location, like the way a spoon placed in a hot cup of coffee conducts heat through its handle to your hand. Heat transfer by convection occurs when a liquid or gas -- air, for example -- is heated, becomes less dense, and rises. As the liquid or gas cools, it becomes denser and falls. Radiant heat travels in a straight line away from any surface and heats anything solid that absorbs its energy.

Most common insulation materials work by slowing conductive heat flow and -- to a lesser extent -- convective heat flow. FSK and Aluminum foil glass cloth systems work by reducing radiant heat gain. To be effective, the Aluminum foil reflective surface must face an air space. Dust accumulation on the reflective surface will reduce its reflective capability. The FSK and Aluminum foil glass cloth should be installed in a manner to minimize dust accumulation on the reflective surface.

When the sun heats a roof, it's primarily the sun's radiant energy that makes the roof hot. Much of this heat travels by conduction through the roofing materials to the attic side of the roof. The hot roof material then radiates its gained heat energy onto the cooler attic surfaces, including the air ducts and the attic floor. The FSK and Aluminum foil glass cloth reduces the radiant heat transfer from the underside of the roof to the other surfaces in the attic.

The FSK and Aluminum foil glass cloth works best when it is perpendicular to the radiant energy striking it.

The FSK and Aluminum foil glass cloth are more effective in hot climates than in cool climates, especially when cooling air ducts are located in the attic. Some studies show that radiant barriers can reduce cooling costs 5% to 10% when used in a warm, sunny climate. The reduced heat gain may even allow for a smaller air conditioning system. In cool climates, however, it's usually more cost-effective to install more thermal insulation than to add FSK or Aluminum foil glass cloth.