3M VHB tape

Aug 15, 2013 6 Replies

I just bought a GoPro Hero video camera (to mount on my race car). It came with a grab bag of mounting hardware, although sadly not a standard tripod mount (*). It does have a selection of "stick-on" mounts using



3M VHB (+) tape. I was a bit dubious about this stuff, especially since it didn't seem that sticky once I peeled the backing off, but bloody hell! I stuck one of the mounts onto my Manfrotto roll-bar camera mount and now it simply will not come off. If I wanted to remove it, I think I'd have to cut through the tape. Don't stick this on anything you aren't prepared to damage, getting it off!

I think I shall lay some of this stuff in for future eventualities. I suspect you could glue houses together with this.



(* 'En route' from China for the grand total of £2.99 including P&P. How do they do it for the money?)



(+ "Very High Bond" - they aren't kidding.)


Easily removed with an angle grinder. Or with more patience by application of WD40.

Dental floss is usually a good safe way of separating these. Then the solvent of your choice to remove the residue. Lidl did a pretty good label remover - smells of citrus - which I stocked up on. Safe on most surfaces.

I don't actually want to remove it, I was just deeply impressed with how sticky it is.

I feel the same way about "PowerTape" from ToolSatan. It can be used as an alternative to epoxy glue. I glued strengthening ribs (aluminium angle) to an alloy road sign using Power Tape. It's still good three years later.

VTB tape is used to mount items on boat hulls it can handle high speed salt water ..... so yes on a clean surface the stuff is permanent.

I just fitted cruise control to my boat .. and external sensors fitted with VTB tape ... was sceptical, but amazing stuff.

3M stuff rarely disappoints IMO. I've used their clear 50mm wide tape to temp draught proof a leaky window on the outside. Still fine and barely visible after 3 years.

Their super velcro 'dual lock' is superb, but hard to find for some reason.

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