Skid Plate Tape

[bonza]

I bought on line a new skid plate for my nugget finder and some tape from a well known detector supplier here in Victoria.

the tape I got was rubbish.

it was meant to be a 3M product but what I got was plain old Nitto insulation tape that just peels off and to top it off was twice the price of what Nitto tape usually costs, just to rub some salt in

does anyone know what type of 3M tape is used on nugget finder coils?

want to get something that sticks well and good

[Rowdy]

I bought a roll of Tenacious Tape about 6 years ago from Coiltek in Marybourough. It's about 19mm wide and it lasts pretty well and I still have a fair bit on the roll. I don't know if it's still available but I'm happy with it's performance as I tend to scrub the coils and move leaf litter with my coil.
Rowdy

[shivan]

I believe any of the cloth backed/reinforced tape is great for coils. Holds well and lasts with scrubbing.
Most of the detector shops sell them, but you can get them from mitre10 or bunnings.

[bonza]

Nov 8, 2017 19:41:05 GMT 10 shivan said:

I believe any of the cloth backed/reinforced tape is great for coils. Holds well and lasts with scrubbing.
Most of the detector shops sell them, but you can get them from mitre10 or bunnings.

the original tape did look like a cloth backed reinforced product, but I haven't found anything like that at Bunnings except for real wide stuff

ended up going for 3M Super 33, so will see how that goes.

and I made sure both mating plastic surfaces for the tape was clean and dry then used an alcohol wipe to make sure

the issue I was having with the Nitto stuff was that it was lifting where the tape folds onto the top bit of the coil, then dirt would get in under and today when removing the skid plate there was a coffee mugs worth of dirt in there between the skid and coil

[nuggethill]

I use gorilla cloth tape, it wears well on all my coils