Spray Liquid Tape

[JoeM 7,874]

Anyone using this stuff? Any good?

 

[ebinmaine 67,657]

Hadn't heard of it. Interesting concept. 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Looks good. But I invariably have to peel the stuff off every now and again so I wonder how this would fare. 

[Pullstart 62,916]

I have used liquid electric tape in the past with great success.  When soldiering two or more wires together, it was WAY easier than shrink wrap and finishes quite well too.  Sometimes I add another coat after the first one dries.

[953 nut 55,324]

           I've been curious about that too. The adhesive on electrical tape these days isn't as good as it had been in the past and as @Pullstart said you can't always get good coverage with shrink wrap. Guess I will have to add it to my shopping list.

[Pullstart 62,916]

Especially when joining three wires.  There’s ALWAYS a gap  

[Handy Don 12,237]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

I have used liquid electric tape in the past with great success.  When soldiering two or more wires together, it was WAY easier than shrink wrap and finishes quite well too.  Sometimes I add another coat after the first one dries.

I use this same technique ALWAYS when wiring trailers

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

The bottle with the brush in cap works better for my purposes.

 

The spray might only be useful for large areas and if you don't mind masking and overspray cleanup.

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Interesting!

Never heard of it before so did some looking.

Several different brands (looking at brush on) with differing information

One brand listed by two different sellors.  One says waterproof.  The other says NOT waterproof nor UV protected??????

Found one (Star Brite) company website says waterproof and it comes in colors (clear, black, red and green) says its weather proof (UV???) and stays flexible

Just might check this one out since I just finished cleaning up a rats nest made by a plumber DBA electrician on a 520

[Zeek 2,286]

I don't use electrical tape for anything because that stuff degrades into a sticky freaking mess (I get this is spray), EXCEPT for wires that I don't want to touch with a wire cap, like home wiring.

If you want to displace water I use WD-40 (water displacement recipe #40)

If you want to keep it clean and water repellant, maybe silicone spray

If you want to keep it from rusting, get some Clenzoil made right here in Dade City, FL. I spray/wipe it on anything I don't want to rust /corrode which is most everything in humid FL.

[rmaynard 15,516]

Interesting thing about electrical tape. I had to pull the pump from my well last month, and the black electrical tape that had been wrapped around the wire/pipe and under water for 45 years, was still stuck tight like it was new. 

 

7 hours ago, Zeek said:

If you want to displace water I use WD-40 (water displacement recipe #40)

If you want to keep it from rusting, get some Clenzoil

I don't use WD-40 to lubricate anything, but I do use it on antique ferrous metal items to keep them from rusting. Going to have to take a look at Clenzoil.

[953 nut 55,324]

28 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

black electrical tape that had been wrapped around the wire/pipe and under water for 45 years, was still stuck tight like it was new. 

Electrical tape in the good old days would stick and stay put.       I suppose a few California lab rats licked the good glue and later developed  a problem they probably would have had anyway so as a result we can't have tape that works.

[kpinnc 12,100]

12 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Electrical tape in the good old days would stick and stay put.   

 

25 years ago, electrical tape was acceptible for holding buried cable splices together (inside a shrink wrapped enclosure) as a permanent repair. This discussion makes me doubt that is still the case... 

[Zeek 2,286]

52 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

25 years ago, electrical tape was acceptible for holding buried cable splices together (inside a shrink wrapped enclosure) as a permanent repair. This discussion makes me doubt that is still the case... 

I think we are all on the same page. I agree, I have seen old eletrical tape intact for many years. The newer stuff isn't as good.