I saw this on Shark Tank - cool product, although they nearly blew it before jumping on board with Lori Greiner. I saw a story written up yesterday on Gizmodo too, so Loriâs PR company must be making a big push while itâs still fresh in peopleâs mind. Good for them!
Is this something other than re-purposed fiberglass outer-layer for medical casts?
Wasnât resin tape the basis of a joke in Police Academy 2, or have I shared too much about myself?
but how do I get them to hold still for 2-5 minutes?
Jello is âcomparableâ to steel.
Perhaps âsimilar toâ would work better here.
Let them drink until they pass out. I thought every practical joker knew this.
How much Fiber Fix would I need to equal one bowl of Super Colon Blow?
Joke, yes. Thatâs exactly what it was officer.
They should test this stuff by repairing broken hockey sticks and put them in the hands of pro defensemen. See how many slapshots it can take before failure.
Seriously? What a profound contribution.
Jesus Christ.
Annoyingly, Amazon doesnât list how long each roll is. Presumably theyâre fairly short since it sounds like once you open the package you have to use the whole thing.
Digging some more, it looks like the 1" roll is maybe 40" long (the dimensions listed are weird, 40x1x2, I guess 40" long and the roll is 1"x2"?) which is not a huge amount but is probably about right for something you have to use up all at once.
The 2" wrap is apparently 50" long and the 4" wrap looks to be 60".
For $20 youâre getting 12.5 feet of wrap. Not terrible, but itâs pretty pricey if you want to play around with it and test it before using it on a real project. Still, if the product proves to be as water resistant and strong as they say, I could definitely see some uses for this.
For truly âamazingâ tape, I remember something from my Air Force days: âF-4â Tape, Orange, slightly stretchy, stretch while applying and it sticks to itself. Peel off the liner and it just works. We used it as temporary window seal on a B-52: all I can say, is two layers and two hours later, it was holding pressure at 42,000 feet. . .
Apparently itâs available commercially, F4Tape
Cyanoacrylate, the principal component of âcrazy glueâ, is also technically moisture-driven. Is this also cyanoacrylate-based?
If it makes you feel any better, I wondered if it was possible to use it as a wrap-around condom.
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- capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
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So are urethane adhesives (like gorilla glue and POR-15). I regularly repair things like broken handles by saturating a cloth strip (cut from a rag) in a urethane construction adhesive and wrapping. Very strong and inexpensive.
I too automatically thought âWow, that Shark Tank ladyâs PR dept sure acts quickâ.
Then I wondered if Boing Boing actively advertises products in the form of blog posts that arenât noted as ads/promos nor are they actual hands-on reviews of the product.
I donât know BBâs in-house rules but I wonder if they get paid for this kinda thing (I hope they do) or if theyâre happy to just have get info about a not-too-exciting new product to post about.
There are quite frequently posts on BB about things like this - itâs relevant to the interests of makers, and people who like to repair things instead of replacing them. There are a lot of people like that in BBâs audience. Sugru is probably the best other example.
That doesnât preclude the possibility of it being paid advertising, but history suggests that itâs being posted out of genuine interest.
All of the new stuff like this is too pricey to play around with and test, including everyoneâs favorite, Sugru. And you canât really know if itâs going to work for your project or not without trying it.
The first time I used Sugru, I tried one of the most basic suggested uses for it, reinforcing cable connectors. It worked on my MBP power cable (which I can see out of the corner of my eye as I type⌠I used the red Sugru), but not on the micro-usb cable I use to charge my phone - in fact the Sugru caused the cable to break!
This resin tape looks awesome, and I hope I have reason to use it sometime to give it a try. I think the fact that itâs enjoyable to try things like this before replacing something is part of the fun, even if youâre out even more money than if youâd just replaced the broken thing in the first place 
