You can get brown packaging tape at Walmart type stores, office supply stores etc. I have a lifetime supply... David Ilvedson, RPT Date sent: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 19:42:17 -0400 To: pianotech@ptg.org From: harvey <harvey@greenwood.net> Subject: Re: Wooden sticker "buttons" Send reply to: pianotech@ptg.org > Okay Newton, here's the problem. Sooner or later, one runs out of the brown > "lick & stick" tape, even though they originally bought a lifetime supply > (one roll). So, either I was short-rolled or have lived too long -- don't > know which. > > The only replacement I've been able to find is where someone has already > licked it for me. My pursuits have included Wally World, paint store, and > office supply. The "help" that is old enough to remember "me-lick, > me-stick" wonders why I don't want the modern stuff. I'm running out of > places, so... > > - will the pre-licked stuff work? > - is there a 'Common Brown Lick & Stick Packaging Tape store' that I > perhaps don't have in my town? (It wouldn't surprise me at all)! > > I'd particularly like to explore some of the "nefarious activity" > characteristics of this tape, since I obviously neglected to try this with > the original roll. > > > > At 09:47 AM 4/1/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Get some 'lick & stick' common brown packaging tape. Cut 1/16" > >strips. Glue said strips into loose holes and use a small drill bit > >to or nail to hold strip to the sides of the hole. Trim and screw > >back on. This paper products is tough and will take such treatment. > > > >Simple, cheap and fast. > > > >Tape can be used for traveling, packaging, shims and other nefarious > >activities. > > > > Newton > > > Jim Harvey, RPT > Greenwood, SC > harvey@greenwood.net > ________________________ > Greenwood: the land that time forgot. > David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA ilvey@jps.net
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