What type of tape is used for wrapping poles?

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What type of tape is used for wrapping poles?

Unread postby achtungpv » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:13 pm

What type of tape is used for wrapping poles? I have a pole I may want to strip and wrap.


I believe there was a thread on this a while back but I can't find it.
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Unread postby tim hutzley » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:25 pm

I was just going to ask the same question. :yes:

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Unread postby zack » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:28 pm

There was a thread about this a month or two ago....

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:39 pm

It was buried in another thread so I split it. Here is the info about taping poles

http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/vie ... php?t=2413

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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:36 pm

Hmmmm i ordered some of that "floor tape" stuff, and its a bit thicker than i thought it would be? im not sure i wanna put a whole lot of that stuff on my pole, the kind i have seems to be close to electrical tape..
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Unread postby das_1971 » Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:53 am

call up a manufacturer and ask reallllllll nice
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Unread postby OAKPV2004 » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:05 pm

Hey man, I found this. It is for packaging so I would imagine it is not very heavy. I was looking for colored tape, and see what there is. They have white.

http://www.fast-pack.com/colored_tape.html

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:26 pm

If anybody finds any tape that is gold and sparkly let me know. I think it would be really cool to have a pole with some gold sparkly tape :P

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Unread postby vaultdad » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:59 pm

Gold Tape, Hmmm?

Check out Trophy shops, they use that all the time

and companies who cut automotive decals use the same stuff made by 3M.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:28 pm

Here's some sweet checkerboard and warning stripe tape. I wonder how thick it is?

http://www.wolverinesports.com/safety32.html
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Unread postby OAKPV2004 » Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:15 pm

I like that glow in the dark tape on that site....it would be difficult to pole vault while it is glowing though, but it would be cool.

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:44 pm

OAKPV2004 wrote:I like that glow in the dark tape on that site....it would be difficult to pole vault while it is glowing though, but it would be cool.


Yeah I wish they had a picture of what it looked like instead of a drawing.


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