Tape holds just as well as glue when done correctly. use strips of tape every three inches around the wrap.With tape, if you screw up locating the wrap on the shell, you can back out and start again. Glue? Youre dead in the water.The 3m tape made today is super super strong, this isnt like 1975. Theres no reason to use messy glue today.
Apparantly NOBODY thoroughly read my previous two posts on the subject here.....The only reason the factories went to the tape method in the first place was cost. Glue is the better and much more widely accepted method for laminate wrap attachment. Wrap is a laminate after all, and taping it down is NOT a laminate.
Is the glue method harder to work with? Sure. Are the end results worth it? Absolutely. I've done both methods, and the glue jobs hold up longer and look better for far longer than the tape method. Why? Because the wrap is bonded to the shell ALL THE WAY AROUND, NOT JUST AT THE SEAM. I always calculate and figure out where the seam needs to start and end BEFORE I even consider putting brush with glue to the shell or wrap. Measure twice cut once?? (Applies to glue as well!)
Tape jobs will eventually bubble up, wrinkle, and crack, lifting up off of the shell growing "wings". The tape will still be intact, just the rest of the areas where there is NO ADHESIVE will do this. If the wrap is glued all the way around, it may still crack under certain conditions, but at least it won't grow "wings".......and this will be the last time I comment on this subject.
I've been re-wrapping drums for 20 years, done both methods and have had to re-do most of the tape jobs I did from years past AT MY EXPENSE. I will only use 3M fastbond now, and have been for the past 8 years. It works great, cleans up easy, and if you do need to re-wrap, its not that difficult to remove from the shell.
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