There is this paper tape they use for joining seams and finishing concave corners when doing drywall. You get like 500 feet for about $3 at the home depot. Amazing material this! It's paper, but about 2x thickness of copier paper and much stronger. There is a slight bend-line in the middle, and the tape is abou 2" wide. Sticks really well with Elmer's glue.
Here are the many uses I find for this:
- cover seams between foam sheets. Kept me from buying a new 2" foam, these are $30 per sheet.
- as shims
- as wrapper for any surface which whose texture I am trying to hide such as plywood edge
- as a runner that is applied to the facia board top edge to make the gap between the facia board and foam disappear.
The material holds latex paints well.
Thought I would pass along.
NP.
Good to know!
Thanks
Dave
P.S. You still need to post another 999,996 uses for it!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
It's only as good as how well it is "bonded/ glued" in place. For any areas where there may be handling, rubbing or other abuse, I would use a different material to cap, the end grain. Some used to cheat by using DW tape to form outside corners in place of a corner bead, same unsatisfactory results- not a great idea.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org