Date:         Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:59:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
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  They use that slightly triangular section so that as you overlap your
wraps, it has appx. the same thickness.  Like when you wrap handlebars on a
bicycle with 'real' bar tape...it has thinner edges and a thicker center so
when finished you have a smoother more consistent wrap.

  I repaired a water hose right as it exits the head of my inline 4 motor
with rescue tape about 2 months ago.  Right next to the exhaust manifold.
It is water that is headed to the radiator to get cooled off....so it is HOT
there.  Mine is still in place, the tape and not leaking a drop.  I have a
spare hose now and I am waiting to see how long it will go without failing,
that tape...Amazing stuff...

My dipstick sleeve cracked recently and I am planning on taping that up,
too..I don't want to try to duplicate the fancy (but obviously not quite
right) welding or brazing job the Original owner did when he converted my
van using diesel part on the gas motor.  I just patched up a router cord
also, after some critter ate it..Wonder if the rats and mice like Rescue
tape as well as normal cords?
  Don Hanson

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> The stuff at Cheap Tools and Home Depot is not exactly the same as Rescue
> Tape, nor is all Rescue Tape the same.  Rescue Tape comes in a "professional
> roll," wider, longer, and guess what ,,, twice as thick, as the regular
> roll.  The others that I've looked into are still thinner and a slight bit
> narrower.  One, however, name escapes me at the moment, claims to have been
> specially developed for military aircraft use and is supposed to be
> triangular rather than rectangular in cross section, for better what?  That
> one and Rescue Tape are the only ones that specify in their hoopla that they
> resist some particular high pressure -- don't remember what that is, either.
>  I bought Rescue Tape in the "Professional" roll, hoping not to need it.
>  But, plan to repair a garden hose with it as soon as it appears on my
> porch.  Guess I'll see how it works under pressure (but not heat or oils).
>