Tape used for Lane markers & finish lines?

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Michelle Celio

What do you mean by "how it was applied"?

Very carefully... and precisely.

But seriously, it was applied at the field I helped set up by two or 3 people. One held the roll and walked ahead of the other one (or two people) who just ran their hand (which mine got a huge black mark on it btw from the color of the tape.. lol) on the tape to press it down.

It's not that difficult.

No fancy heat needed or anything like that, it's just the tape is really really sticky. It's used in the theater industry to hold things (cables, etc) to other things. (Used by a person known as a Gaffer) Everyone tends to mistakenly call it Gaffers tape, but it's actually called Gaffer's tape with an apostrophe because it is typically used by Gaffers and is their tape.


Btw, the lane marker down the center of the field (& beneath the lane divider wall) is really the location where two seperate carpets are joined by the 3" wide Gaffer's tape on top, and another special kind of carpet tape along the bottom. A FIRST field in 2008 uses 2 rolls of carpet total. The spare pieces of carpet that make up the field & player's station is then cut to cover the supporting bases for the Lane Divider wall.
The only reason I know this is because I cut them in Hartford... w00t! lol

Also, for anyone who was in Hartford competing, the field there was brand new! It hadn't been used in a competition before that weekend.
Just another fun fact.