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Tommy Tape is Tops

Used for mast boots, turnbuckles, hose leaks and wrapping electrical wire, self-amalgamating tape is a chemical marvel.


The seven varieties of self-amalgamating tape
ûcollected for this test come packaged thusly.
ûA non-marine item, the Tommy Tape, second
ûfrom the right, won Best Buy honors.

It’s called elastomeric self-bonding or self-amalgamating tape.

Elastomeric means that it resembles rubber.

Self-bonding means that it sticks to itself, but it’s an incomplete description. It’s not really very sticky to the touch.…


 
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