Magic tape that holds sanding belts together??

[reible]

Does anyone know what that tape is that they use for sanding belt seams?

I have some older sanding belts 3 x 24 that have lost their tape hold and it seems like a waste to just give up on them. If I could peal the old tape off and put new on and have them usable it would be great. Just don't know what the magic tape is.

Anyone????

Ed

[wa2crk]

Ed
I thought that stuff was just a thin fabric and was held in place using a CA type glue that is slightly flexible. Regular CA would be too stiff but there is a flexible type.
Bill V
try here https://www.amazon.com/Starbond-KEG-50- ... noacrylate

[reible]

I'm putting an order in to Amazon so I will tack it on (yea tack it on). I like how long they claim it will last. At least 20 months! I don't use much of that type glue and it almost always expired with most of the tube still left.

Thanks for the heads up!

Ed

[themox]

I have had a bit of success with FastCap Speed tape. I had tried other method and tapes with little runtime. The FastCap tape is a double sided tape but I just leave the protection strip on it. I have only used it with the 6x48 belts. I bought a bunch of them few years back at a great price but the adhesive doesn't survive time in a pole barn wit minimal heat and cooling.

Don't know how long this fix will hold up but I have used one belt for making a Giant Jenga set , which required quite of bit of sanding.

https://www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/SpeedTape-17p310.htm

Your mileage may vary. This was not my idea. I stumbled across the method somewhere on the web..

[db5]

You might try contact cement. It is difficult to pull apart particularly when stresses are lateral. Home Depot, Ace, Lowes, etc.

[thunderbirdbat]

I was looking on the web a while back to make some sanding belts or sleeves from a bunch of sand paper rolls I have. From what I understood, any adhesive would work for a while but the backing material usually tears first. Of the various materials tried, house wrap was supposed to be one of the best adhesive backers for making belts. I have not actually tried it as other projects have taken priority.

[garys]

I had the same thing happen a few years ago to my old 3x21 belts. New belts are amazingly cheap so I bought new ones and used the broken ones on my hand sanders until they were used up.
I suspect you will spend as much money and more time trying to fix the old belts than you would by just buying some generic new ones.

[rpd]

You could try sheathing tape, the stuff used to seal the vapor barrier in house construction, it is thin, strong and sticks like shite to a blanket.

[ERLover]

IMHO, I like to play with things and save/improve them in my younger years, but I think 20$ for a couple new different grit belts would be a better value then dicking around with this and have it come apart when working on a project.
I have some 3M 3x21" belts for over 15 years, in a garage on the upper shelf in summer heat and winter cold and all still hold together.

[ChrisNeilan]

Any time i have a belt failure i recycle it into small pieces and give the my wife. She uses it to sand off chalk paint to get her desired effect. I also use them tacked down to a board making a hand powered belt sander. Great for flattening edges or general touch up.