Oh no, not that sticky!

[Crusty Ol Salt]

Use carpet glue on carpet. It comes in a quart size for smaller projects.

ROBERTS 0.25 Gal. (1 qt. ) 8-10 Hour Dry Time Universal Resilient Flooring,Vinyl-Backed Carpet Tile Floor Adhesive in Off White 7350-0 - The Home Depot

The Roberts snozzle cove base 7350 Universal Flooring Adhesive spreads 11 rows of adhesive creating a flat, well bonded installation.

www.homedepot.com

 

[MikeHoncho]

Can someone help me with the math here ?

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I'm told on the package that it holds 1 pound for every 2 inches of tape. So, if I'm applying a 6 inch long piece of tape, that means it only holds 3 pounds ? Definitely not the best idea for holding carpeting in place. And watch out for stiff breezes if that's all it holds. Maybe what they meant to say is "1 pound per in²" ? Still easily the worst tape on the market.

And furthermore, if I wanted to make use of the full 60 pounds holding power (as advertised), I guess I'd have to apply a piece of tape 120 inches long. Might look a trifle odd stretched across the wall.

Looks like you don't even need a grade four reform school education to get into advertising .

Maybe I’m missing your point. The tape holds .5pounds per square inch. The roll has the total capacity of holding 60lbs. Not every object would require a single, continuous piece of 10ft long to secure something. That 60 lb object would require a surface area of 120 square inches for the tape to be applicable. If it doesn’t then the tape isn’t applicable. Logically, if you need to stick something that weights 60 lbs to a vertical surface and your considering double sided tape, you might want to consider other options prior.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Let's see what their idea of clarification holds.

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Their advertising department is run by real, honest to god gorillas.

And not the brightest ones in the zoo either, as shown by their reply below:

If one goes to their instructional web page given in their reply :

Gorilla Heavy Duty Mounting Tape | Gorilla Glue

.............. the instructional video has been deleted and "is not available to inquisitive minds" (just my guess).

Either the advertising department does not have a clue as to what pounds per square inch (PSI) means or this is the weakest tape on the market or maybe in the whole universe .

Maybe I’m missing your point. The tape holds .5pounds per square inch.

Nope, you're spot on.

However, if you're looking for a low tensile adhesive, may I suggest using SNOT. It's freely available when you have a cold and is one hell of a lot stronger than Gorilla Heavy Duty Mounting Tape when it dries.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Just for comparison, this is the clear Scotch Tape found at the back of most kitchen drawers :

From what I've read on other heavy industrial tapes, the Tensile Strength referred to above may actually be shear strength.

Regardless, 36 times stronger than what Gorilla is reported as.

Talk about thread drift. My apologies to @Project_Mayhem .

 

[Project_Mayhem]

Talk about thread drift. My apologies to @Project_Mayhem .

No worries, you've turned this into a rather amusing thread

 

[kappykaplan]

may I suggest using SNOT. It's freely available when you have a cold

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

No, I'm afraid that product has several other drawbacks and is not recommended for this purpose.

 

[kappykaplan]

I'm afraid that product has several other drawbacks and is not recommended for this purpose.

Wise guy!

 

[rgranger]

Maybe I’m missing your point.

yep!

, if you need to stick something that weights 60 lbs to a vertical surface…

[Nope, you're spot on

The OP is not trying to stick something to a vertices surface… see original post

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

The OP is not trying to stick something to a vertices surface… see original post

At that point, we has gone waaaaaaaay beyond thread drift and had entered into the realm of having gone from sticking things to the floor to now sticking things to the wall. One or two more posts and we'd be sticking things to the ceiling, and from there :

 

[MikeHoncho]

yep!









The OP is not trying to stick something to a vertices surface… see original post

They why are you all hung up on the products “sticking “ capacity in a vertical orientation? I bet the product could keep a ton object stationary in a horizontal orientation!

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

I bet the product could keep a ton object stationary in a horizontal orientation!

Very true. And that's why I go back to my original recommendation :

However, if you're looking for a low tensile adhesive, may I suggest using SNOT.

It's free and it does the job. Every bit as good as Gorilla Mounting Tape.

 

[Project_Mayhem]

I knew I found the right tape when a reviewer claimed it ripped off the finish of his table

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

I knew I found the right tape when a reviewer claimed it ripped off the finish of his table

How can you go wrong with that stuff ?

Maybe after it rips the gelcoat off the fiberglass base .

 

[Project_Mayhem]

How can you go wrong with that stuff ?

Maybe after it rips the gelcoat off the fiberglass base .

I would use a hair dryer or heat gun when removing it

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

I would use a hair dryer or heat gun when removing it

I think you've condensed 35 posts into one simple idea. I've removed 3M double sided tape after 5 years on a steel cabinet. Just get the hair drier on the leading edge of separation and slowly pull as it comes off. I don't think it matters which tape you use, even Gorilla Tape in spite of their advertising herd.

 

[Captain Larry-DH]

Getting back to the @Project_Mayhem project- IF (big “if”) this flooring material is anything like the Pergo composite flooring they sell in home centers, it’s probably not suitable for a marine environment. The Pergo I had experience with will swell at the edges if the the seams become saturated due to an unsealed edge. It’s intended to be a floating installation that can expand and contract at the room edges (beneath edge molding) and the space between the boards must be sealed completely with a waterproof glue to avoid water damage between the boards. It’s not recommended to glue down each board.

 

[Project_Mayhem]

I think you've condensed 35 posts into one simple idea. I've removed 3M double sided tape after 5 years on a steel cabinet. Just get the hair drier on the leading edge of separation and slowly pull as it comes off. I don't think it matters which tape you use, even Gorilla Tape in spite of their advertising herd.

I've changed my plan once again and that may make this thread irrelevant. I'm ordering some J channel that will be adhered to the outer edges to form the three sections of flooring. If I find that the flooring is moving around a bit I'll apply some carpet or gorilla tape between it and the fiberglass. An underlayment would make this much easier but then it's a bunch of R&D to find something that wont be a host for mold and find an appropriate glue to adhere the flooring to the underlayment. It would be unboat like to make a project easier

Getting back to the @Project_Mayhem project- IF (big “if”) this flooring material is anything like the Pergo composite flooring they sell in home centers, it’s probably not suitable for a marine environment. The Pergo I had experience with will swell at the edges if the the seams become saturated due to an unsealed edge. It’s intended to be a floating installation that can expand and contract at the room edges (beneath edge molding) and the space between the boards must be sealed completely with a waterproof glue to avoid water damage between the boards. It’s not recommended to glue down each board.

There's some small air bubbles in the composite layer but it doesn't appear to be porous to the naked eye. I'll let you know in a couple years if it swells. I've only had water that high once while we were being towed from New Buffalo, MI to Michigan City, IN. It was about 10 miles. I suspect the bow was being pulled lower and water was entering through the bilge pump through hull

 

[Davidasailor26]

It’s intended to be a floating installation

Sounds pretty appropriate for marine application to me.

Some of those products recommend against basement use or require vapor barriers to keep moisture from wicking up from the substrate. So it will be interesting to see how they handle a damp (but not necessarily standing water) marine environment.