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Colorizing lead tape

Lead tape works wonders when customizing sticks. Unsightly as it may be on a racquet’s hoop, we just accepted its drab gray color because there was no other choice. Not anymore. I found a way to dress up lead tape with 3M Scotch-brand PVC electrical tape, available at home improvement stores.

Application is as easy as affixing a layer of PVC tape over the lead tape and trimming off the excess PVC tape before applying the lead. These PVC tapes come in various colors so you can use the appropriate colors to blend into, or create a color contrast with, the frame. As a bonus, the PVC tape keeps the lead oxidation in check so it doesn’t get on your fingers or the frame.

The 3M Scotch-brand PVC electrical tape also comes in half-inch wide multi-colored multi-packs, perfect for single half-inch wide or side-by-side strips of quarter-inch wide lead tape. It’s also the perfect width to use as grip finishing tape.

5 sets of Klip Synthetic Gut 16 & a Klip Hat to:

Modesto Santa Maria, Piscataway, NJ

From the February 2007 issue
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