Another Sticky Situation
Dec. 19th, 2024 10:50 pmMy roll of double-sided mirror mounting tape that I ordered from Amazon appears to have vanished into the maw of shipping, as it has not arrived today and they are saying if it doesn't show up by Saturday, I can request a refund. None of that is as satisfactory as actually having the tape, of course.
The reason that I am trying to buy this *particular* type of tape that does not appear to be available at any of my local big-box hardware stores is that it is humidity resistant. Since what I'm trying to use it for is to repair a medicine cabinet, being humidity resistant is a good thing. There are other tapes that advertise water-resistant, which is a very different thing.
I've already used this tape to rebuild my medicine cabinet in our bathroom. Gretchen's medicine cabinet is desperately in need of a similar rebuild. And the medicine cabinet in the downstairs bath is in similarly bad shape and tried to drop the side-panel mirror off a few years ago. I detached that mirror and put it in a safe place, on the TV stand in the family room. That space is now occupied by the new sound bar, so I moved it to the less-safe top of the cedar chest / coffee table in the library.
I would now like to use that flat surface for wrapping Christmas presents which means either finding another "safe" place to put that piece of mirror or actually attaching it back to the medicine cabinet while I stall further on fixing the cabinet door. But that requires tape...
I suppose I can try some of the other tapes that are available. I just prefer to use the one that has, so far, worked.
The reason that I am trying to buy this *particular* type of tape that does not appear to be available at any of my local big-box hardware stores is that it is humidity resistant. Since what I'm trying to use it for is to repair a medicine cabinet, being humidity resistant is a good thing. There are other tapes that advertise water-resistant, which is a very different thing.
I've already used this tape to rebuild my medicine cabinet in our bathroom. Gretchen's medicine cabinet is desperately in need of a similar rebuild. And the medicine cabinet in the downstairs bath is in similarly bad shape and tried to drop the side-panel mirror off a few years ago. I detached that mirror and put it in a safe place, on the TV stand in the family room. That space is now occupied by the new sound bar, so I moved it to the less-safe top of the cedar chest / coffee table in the library.
I would now like to use that flat surface for wrapping Christmas presents which means either finding another "safe" place to put that piece of mirror or actually attaching it back to the medicine cabinet while I stall further on fixing the cabinet door. But that requires tape...
I suppose I can try some of the other tapes that are available. I just prefer to use the one that has, so far, worked.