We’ve heard many stories over the years about events that went awry simply because there wasn’t enough high quality tape. Table cloths that don’t hold down, folks tripping over unsecured cables. Sometimes, when ordering, the cost of the freight and logistics alone is higher than the cost of the tape itself!

You can avoid these dilemmas by having a few core tape products ready in your tool kits at all times.

Are you planning a drive-by birthday celebration? A wedding? Maybe a dance recital, or worship services? Large scale events are coming back too, such as trade shows, art exhibits, live concerts, comedy shows, and thousands more. At Pro Tapes^® we have all the essential tape products to make your event a success!

Why You Need Pro Gaff^® Tape:

For any kind of event, we strongly recommend Pro Gaff^®. This product is our most versatile pressure sensitive tape that is a great solution for many different applications.

Pro Gaff^® has high tensile strength and adhesion, yet it removes cleanly from many surfaces. This tape features a unique “SRA” adhesive system that delivers great tack. It is very conformable to uneven or rough surfaces, and adheres marvelously to vinyl wires and cables.

20 Designer Colors

Pro Gaff^® comes in 20 designer colors, so it can easily match any color palette. Color options include 5 UV reactive, fluorescent colors for high visibility applications. These colors are vibrant and extremely useful.

Pro Gaff^® is also write-able with markers and pens. This makes it perfect for color coding, labeling, and making temporary signs. It’s great for decorating, too!

Works Amazingly in Low Light/UV

Our fluorescent colors pack a secret trick, too! When viewed under UV lights, anything written on fluorescent Pro Gaff^® will glow and visually “jump off” the tape. This makes important signs highly visible. Audio designers use this trick for labeling sound boards when working in a dark theater! It is perfect for labeling in any other low-light or UV/glow light situations too, such as weddings or concerts.

Perfect for Cable and Wire Hold-Down

Pro Gaff^® is excellent for bundling cables, wires, and other items that need to be secured safely. It makes moving and tear down after events easier. It is perfect for cable and wire hold down on floors, walls, and many other surfaces. 

Pro Gaff’s^® 20 colors allow you to blend cables into the background or make them stand out for safety. Neutral colors like black, brown, tan or grey conceal wires and cables. For high visibility and safety (to avoid tripping accidents!), use bright colors like red, green, or one of our five fluorescent shades.

Pro^® Fast is Another Excellent Tool For Quick & Easy Event Setup:

Our Pro^® Fast Hook and Loop dispenser boxes are another must-have product in your event planning arsenal. Pro^® Fast dispenser boxes contain 15 feet of hook and 15 feet of loop. Each have a permanent adhesive on the back. It comes in Black or White.

Pro^® Fast is a versatile fastener that is also economical. Buying hook and loop tape separately and making your own dispenser costs more than one of our ready-to-use dispenser kits!

The dispenser makes both the hook and loop tapes easier to use. Simply pull out as much hook or loop tape as you need, and cut. Plus, this product takes up very little room in any tool box or bag!

Pro^® Fast gives you the flexibility of sticking something up and taking it down numerous times.

It’s great for assembling and disassembling displays with multiple elements. Think balloon arrangements, Point-of-Purchase or Point-of-Sale displays, booths at craft or art fairs. You can even use it to assemble products or party favors, like gift-baskets!

Pro^® Fast dispensers are great for trade shows, too. Common trade show or convention tables are 10 feet wide and 3 feet deep, making the 15 feet of hook/loop tape in our dispensers the perfect amount. Use it to hang and secure table coverings and drapes. Pro^® Fast is available in black or white, so it will match your typical black or white drapes perfectly.

Additional Tapes You’ll Love for Event Planning:

Pro^® Duct 120

Pro^® Duct 120 is a premium polyethylene coated cloth tape that has high adhesion and great tensile strength. It is an economical solution for wire hold down, bundling and color coding applications, especially when you need to use it on carpet.

This tape is perfect for presentations in AV rooms. It gives you quick, temporary hold-down for wires on hotel or convention center carpets. Pro^® Duct 120 removes cleanly without leaving any adhesive residue that would destroy the carpeting underneath.

It comes in colors that match standard hotel chain carpets, such as burgundy, brown and green. This allows you to hold the cables securely without creating an unattractive distraction. 

Pro^® Carpet Safe

Pro^® Carpet Safe Tape is specially designed for temporary hold down on carpets, dance floors, and trade show display floors.

This tape is a convenient combination of two other products: Pro^® Scenic 714 Blue Masking Tape (designed for indoor and outdoor house painting) and our Pro^® 5ooW double-sided premium cloth tape.

The Pro^® Scenic side adheres to any delicate or decorative floor or surface. The Pro^® 500W side has a much more aggressive adhesive. It holds the rough bottom side of carpets or temporary dance or exhibit floors securely in place. 

Together, these two sides make Pro^® Carpet Safe perfect for setting up dance floors or stage floors in auditoriums, concert halls, local or state theaters and other venues.  It removes cleanly from the stage surface or temporary floor, while holding it securely and safely in place when in use.  

QUESTIONS? THE PRO TAPES^® TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU!

Before scheduling your next event, make sure you’re fully stocked with the necessary Pro Tapes® products to help you get the job done right, and make your event, big or small, a success!

For any questions, reach out to me at dennism@protapes.com – I’ll be happy to assist you.

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Tape is an amazing tool for getting things organized, from labeling boxes in your closet to tools in your garage. But it can organize so much more than that!

Today, we take a look at how one of our Pros, Nicole (Sales Account Specialist), helped her gym out by labeling and organizing weights and gym equipment with just one simple tool – tape!

What Makes Pro Gaff® Tape Excellent for Organizing a Gym?

Pro Gaff® tape is write-able, easy to stick anywhere, and comes in tons of bright colors. You can choose colors that match your gym’s branding, or set up a color-coding system for weights (like you’ll see below!)

You can stick Pro Gaff® to walls, floors, shelves, dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells, treadmills, weight benches, and so much more. Use it on floors to mark off and separate areas of your gym. Or, set up aerobic and callisthenic workout areas! Check out our Pro Gaff® Agility Ladders blog here for one great example!

Plus, Pro Gaff® removes cleanly and easily if you need to shift things around. No damage to equipment, and no sticky residues left behind. Pro Gaff® is also inexpensive to replace, making it a simple and cost-effective solution for many organizing problems.

That makes Pro Gaff® the perfect tool for organizing just about any space in a gym!

How our Pro Made her Local Gym More Organized

Check out the photos below for some awesome ideas on how to organize your gym with Pro Gaff® tape. Whether you’re a commercial gym owner and manager, or the designer of your own home gym, we’re sure this will get you amped and inspired!

Color Code Your Weights Area

You can use different colors of Pro Gaff® to categorize your weights. Here, she used it on the handles of the kettlebells and on the shelves containing the weights, too!

Mark Off Where Equipment Should Be Stored

You could also use Pro Gaff® to mark off where and how equipment should be stored when it’s not in use, like these spaces laid out for storing cardio machines.

Create Activity Spaces and Games

Pro Gaff® makes it easy to quickly set up spaces and special activities. Define your areas for weight lifting, yoga, personal training and more. Plus, Pro Gaff® is inexpensive to replace, making it a simple and cost-effective solution for many space organizing problems.

You can even use tape to create workout activity zones. Check out our Pro Gaff® Agility Ladders blog here for one great example!

Bonus: Temporary Repairs with Pro Gaff® tape!

If someone’s been throwing their weights around a little too hard, Pro Gaff® can come to the (temporary) rescue! Here, she used some Pro Gaff® in Gray to temporarily patch these crumbling holes in the wall.

How do YOU use Pro Gaff® in your gym? Reach out to us at @protapes and let us know!

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Here is our industry expert’s suggestion for the Top 4 Convention Tapes Every Exhibitor Needs!

For carpet seaming: Pro® 120

Pro® 120 is a premium duct tape that has been developed specifically for seaming carpet together. It adheres extremely well, is durable, yet removes cleanly; making application and removal a breeze. Pro® 120 is offered in a wide range of colors, so you can best match the tape to the most common tradeshow carpet colors for that seamless carpet look. Pro® 120 comes in standard colors such as, Tan, Burgundy, Black and many other colors. This product is also stocked in 3”x 60yds rolls.

For seamless carpet installation: Pro® 500B

Pro® 500B is a double sided cloth tape with a blue poly liner used to secure carpet to the concrete convention floors. It is extremely high tack and can stick to dusty or rough surfaces. Even though Pro® 500B has an aggressive adhesive technology that can keep the carpet in place the ENTIRE show and then some, it will still remove cleanly from both surfaces when the tradeshow is over. Another feature of this tape is that the blue poly liner stretches when the tape is ripped at the desired length which lifts the liner off the adhesive a little, allowing for easy unwind and separation of the tape from the liner.

For marking, decorating & cable hold down: Pro Gaff®

Pro Gaff® is a premium matte cloth tape available in 19 designer colors that can work into any Tradeshow Exhibit. Pro Gaff® can either be discreet and blend in, or it can be high visibility with our 5 standard Fluorescent colors. These fluorescent colors are UV light reactive. So even if your exhibit uses low or UV light it can still be seen. This is especially important for safety, and marking areas visitors should avoid. It can also be used to color code your event or trade show materials, boxes and equipment for easy identification. Pro Gaff® is Standard in every color from ¼” to 4” wide to cover any application that you may have. Pro Gaff® has high adhesion with our “SRA” adhesive system. It has high tensile or busting strength, yet removes cleanly without worry. Pro Gaff® can be easily torn by hand or cut with a scissor for any application or decorative effect.

Pro Gaff® is also a workhorse for cable hold down . Since Pro Gaff® comes in 19 designer colors, removes cleanly from most surfaces, and has high adhesion, it makes for a perfect remedy to any cable disaster. Simply choose the color that best compliments your flooring, and affix those cable down. Not only does it allow for a sleeker and cleaner look, it also helps to avoid any potential hazards that may occur from having loose cables hanging around your booth.

For neat & safe cable hold down: Cable Path®

Cable Path® is a premium vinyl coated cloth tape that is coated on both edges with a premium cured rubber adhesive system. The center portion has a smooth surface for pulling cables and wires through. The high-performance adhesive will hold firmly for extended periods of time on most surfaces and removes without residue. Cable Path® is repositionable, hand tearable and has a matte surface for low reflection of light. It also comes in four colors, black, yellow, yellow printed black, and yellow safety stripes.

Pro® 120, Pro® 500B, Pro Gaff® and Cable Path®, may not be visible at every tradeshow but they are definitely there. These four tapes are necessities for any trade show or event exhibitor.

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Your floors were expensive and protected by a clear varnish, but what’s protecting that varnish? Very little thought is ever put into the varnish, but when the varnish is compromised, the finished floor beneath it is left exposed to damage without protection.

Each time tape is applied and removed, your floor’s protective varnish system is weakened, and before you know it, large chips of the varnish will pull up with the tape. This makes it appear dull and worn as the varnish pulls away over time.

How do you know whether you’re damaging your floors or the varnish? Usually you won’t – until it’s too late. Instead, protect that varnish now from the harsh damage adhesives can do with Pro-Premium Floor Marking and Masking Tapes.

Our Pro-Premium Floor marking and masking tapes were specifically engineered to protect that varnish yet maintain a strong adhesion. Our proprietary “smart adhesive” holds strong when you need it, then removes gently and cleanly when the job through.

It’s the perfect balance to protect the expensive hardwood floors in your home, gyms and stages.

Gym Floors:

Most gym floors are put through the wringer. They’re used by hundreds of kids over the course of a normal school day for a wide variety of activities and sporting events. With each event comes the need to layout new boundary-lines or markings by using Tape. Pro-Premium Floor Tapes come in bright white and black, so your Lines are easy to see, or clear when you don’t want that unsightly cord or cable you’re holding down to stand out like a sore thumb.

Stages and Performance Spaces:

Stages are traditionally marked for performers to position themselves at certain targets with Spike Tape. This cloth-backed “Gaffer” marking tape is typically used for color-coding spike marks on stage. However, some stages need extra TLC.

That’s where Pro-Premium Floor Tape comes into play. While Gaffer and Spike Tapes will remove cleanly without leaving residue on your stage, they can be aggressive upon removal and take up chips of your varnish finish with them. With Pro-premium Floor Tapes, your varnish will be safe from the chips and peals that can occur when Gaff-Spike marks are removed.

Anywhere you need to run a cord over hardwood:

PA Systems, projectors, score clocks usually require a cord being draped near a high traffic area. In this case, you’re going to want to make sure the cord isn’t causing a tripping hazard however, you still want to protect your floor Pro-Premium Floor Tape provide the perfect blend of performance and clean removability, Protection against tripping and protection for your floor.

At Home on Your High-end Finished Flooring:

The hardwood floors in your home need protecting to. Perhaps you’re painting your base boards or trim and need to tape off the floor for protection. Our Pro-Premium Floor Marking and Masking Tapes are specially design to protect your floors from the moment they’re installed.

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