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Warning: that cheap seam tape almost ruined my last job

I was doing a bedroom in a house outside Portland last Tuesday, and the seam tape I picked up from a discount supply store just wouldn't hold. The glue started peeling up after about 30 minutes, and I had to rip out a whole 12-foot seam and redo it. Lost an hour of work and had to drive 20 minutes to get proper tape from my usual supplier. The cheap stuff cost me $8 less but wasted way more time and material. Anyone else run into bad seam tape that looked fine but failed halfway through?

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lisat6015d ago

Jump right in with what I noticed. You said it was a bedroom outside Portland, but that cheap tape failing after 30 minutes is pretty standard for those discount rolls (the kind with the yellowed glue that's been sitting in a warehouse for months). They're usually fine for light jobs like temporary holds, not for any kind of permanent seam work. I think the real issue might be that the tape wasn't stored at the right temperature or something, because the glue on those budget rolls goes bad way faster than you'd expect (especially if you buy from the bottom of a dusty shelf).

maxmurphy15d ago

Those budget rolls actually hold up fine if you prep the surface right and press firmly.