Product Description

Gorilla tough... now on a roll The toughest glue on the planet is now a Tape! Bonds to things ordinary tapes can't: brick, stucco, wood and more. Double-thick adhesive, strong reinforcing backing and a tough all-weather shell combine for a tape so strong it'll leave you beating your chest with satisfaction. Hey, why settle for a "duck" when you have a gorilla? Measures 1 7/8" x 35 yds., weighs 1 1/2 lbs. Gorilla Tape

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1593 in Home Improvement
• Color: Black
• Brand: Gorilla Tape
• Model: 6035182
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 6.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.58 pounds

Features

• Tough all-weather shell
• Bonds wood, brick, stucco and more
• Double thick adhesive
• Bonds stronger and lasts longer
• Strong reinforced backing

From the Manufacturer
Gorilla Tough now on a roll. Bonds to things ordinary tapes can't, including brick, stucco, wood and more. Made with double thick adhesive, strong reinforced backing, and a tough all-weather shell. It's the biggest, strongest thing to ever happen to tape. The thick adhesive provides a stronger bond as it fills the gaps, especially in porous surfaces. The reinforced backing makes the tape strong, but can still be ripped by hand. The black outer shell is extra tough, helping create a barrier against harsh elements and resistance to abrasion; and forms a moisture resistant barrier. It can even be used in place of electrical tape. Roll is 1.88 inches x 35 yards long and features a 17 mils thick adhesive.

Customer Reviews

Be Careful What You Wish For
As the advertisements suggest, this tape will stick to brick and virtually any other surface. Be careful though, because it might just strip the paint upon removal. This was the painful lesson I learned when trying to temporarily hold some video cables to my wall and ceiling. Even when using a hair dryer to soften the adhesive, I was not able to prevent the paint from getting ripped off, no mater how gentle I was.

Despite my lack of success with the hair dryer, the only area where I have seen Gorilla Tape fail is in moderately-high temperature applications. For example, I wanted to use the tape to patch small leaks around the exhaust hose of a new portable air conditioner. The warm air would simply soften the adhesive over time, causing it to fall off.

It would be nice if a version of Gorilla Tape had nylon filaments, similar to strapping tape. While strong, Gorilla Tape does not have the tensile strength provided by such reinforcing fibers. This feature would then allow Gorilla Tape to be employed in a number of other applications where it could serve as a structural element instead of merely a bonding medium.


Pros
Excellent adhesive qualities
Cross woven fibers

Cons
Doesn't hold up in moderately high temperatures
No nylon filament reinforcement
Stickiness can make some applications difficult

Excellent sticking power, even on porous surfaces.
I used this stuff to tape down carpets, and on unpainted, porous wood. It is amazing how well it sticks. It is quite thick and strong also, but you can tear it like duct tape. Only thing I couldn't stick it to was a dusty metal surface, and I didn't expect to anyway: it just picks up the dust. Once clean, that metal surface gave ultimate adhesion. I just bought 2 more rolls.

A Great Duct Tape for Use-Specific Applications
I don't think there is a perfect type of duct tape out there that will do every kind of task for which duct tape was designed for. Gorilla tape is for jobs that require a thicker duct tape; about twice as thick as the regular kind, and for those jobs that require the tape to have very little stretch. This tape is great for outdoor applications, where the tape will be exposed to the elements.

Before I started using it, I read that it has too much adhesive on it, but I disagree. It has the right amount of adhesive...to stick to porous surfaces like brickwork and wood. And when you peel it off, there is hardly any residual adhesive remaining on the surface. I also read that Gorilla tape smells awful, but it does not....it smells like licorice and paint thinner...and you'd literally have to have the tape right against your nose to be able to smell it.

For its double thickness, I was pleasantly surprised at how easily this tape can be torn to size by hand. No knife or scissors are needed to cut it.

Because this is a use-specific product, this and other brands of duct tape are NOT made for packing carboard boxes...use packing tape instead! Packing tape is made to stretch before it tears. Packing tape is made to be cut by a knife or scissors; and packing tape is made to stick to cardboard. If you use Gorilla tape or another brand for packaging, the tape will eventually tear at the edges of the cardboard box (where there is motion), so don't use any duct tape for packaging...duct tape is not designed to perform like packing tape. Also, duct tape is not designed to be used as painters' masking tape....with Gorilla tape's extra adhesive, it would be a disaster when you peel it off and find out you took pieces of drywall or plaster with it! Duct tape is not masking tape, so don't expect it to perform like masking tape.


If I had to pick one brand of duct tape to keep in the car for emergencies or in my tool box, Gorilla tape would be my choice.