Fabric Tapes
Achieve a highly flexible and durable hold with our professional range of fabric tapes. Unlike standard plastic backings that can split or crack under stress, textile and cloth backings offer natural flexibility, exceptional tensile strength and superb abrasion resistance. Our collection features premium grade fabric adhesive tapes engineered to conform easily around complex shapes, sharp corners and irregular surfaces without lifting.
These versatile tapes are manufactured with high tack adhesives that grip tightly to porous and non porous substrates alike, making them an essential asset for trade workshops, industrial production lines and theatre stages. Whether you need an insulated cloth wrap for automotive wiring harnesses, a tough binding tape for carpet edges, or a matte finish gaffa tape that eliminates light reflection on camera sets, our range has you covered. Explore our full selection of colors, widths and weave weights below to find the perfect textile tape for your project.
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Heavy-Duty Double-Sided Carpet Tape 50mm x 50m | Industrial-Strength Cloth Mounting Tape for Exhibitions, Rugs & Flooring
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Double Sided Cloth Tape 4030 (Various Sizes) x 50m | Heavy Duty, Permanent Adhesive for Carpet, Underlay & Woodworking Templates | Hand-Tearable
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Bond It Astro Pro Seaming Tape 200mm x 100m | Rot-Resistant Geotextile Jointing Tape for Artificial Grass Installation | High Performance Seams
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Self-Adhesive Plasterboard Tape (Various Sizes) x 90m | High-Tack Fibreglass Drywall Scrim for Reinforcing Joints, Corners & Cracks (Prevents Cracking)
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Fabric Tapes Explored
Achieving a reliable, durable bond across irregular contours requires a flexible texturised carrier that adapts to multi-directional mechanical strains.
Industrial wire bundling, theatrical stage management, and professional bookbinding lines demand cloth-backed fastening systems that eliminate splitting and peeling under friction.
Selecting the correct high-tensile fabric weave ensures that your harnesses stay tightly insulated, cables remain neatly managed, and sensitive surfaces are fully shielded from abrasion.
To find the ultimate flexible, high-grip solution for your workshop production lines, explore our comprehensive trade collection of fabric tapes engineered for professional trades.
Why does the thread count of a cloth carrier control its clean hand-tearability?
The internal matrix of a high-performance fabric tape relies on a balanced weave of horizontal and vertical structural threads, usually made from cotton or polyester.
High-quality industrial variants feature a tightly packed, precise thread count that offers immense tensile strength when pulled straight along the roll length.
However, when a sharp lateral tearing force is applied by an operator’s fingers, the stress concentrates along a single straight line of the woven grid.
This straight line allows the cloth to fracture cleanly across its width without shredding or leaving stray, messy threads behind.
So what should you consider here?
Low-grade utility tapes with uneven thread spacing will twist and stretch out of shape, resulting in ragged ends that compromise the neatness of your seal.
How does thermosetting rubber adhesive prevent chemical boundary failure in hot engine bays?
Automotive electrical harnesses and internal engine components are constantly subjected to extreme localized heat cycles that can easily exceed one hundred degrees Celsius.
Standard pressure-sensitive adhesives use thermoplastic resins that quickly melt and turn into a runny, non-sticky fluid when exposed to high temperatures.
This thermal liquefaction causes the protective wrapping to unwind, exposing delicate copper wiring to severe abrasive wear and short-circuit hazards.
For instance…
Advanced fabric tapes utilize heavily cross-linked, thermosetting rubber adhesive compounds that undergo a chemical transformation when exposed to initial heat.
This cross-linking locks the polymer chains into an unyielding matrix, ensuring the glue maintains its intense cohesive holding power without sliding out of place.
What causes adhesive ghosting on matte entertainment stages and how do you stop it?
Theatrical gaffer applications place high demands on adhesives, requiring rolls to stick aggressively to rough floors but peel away cleanly after the show finishes.
Extended storage under heavy stage lighting can cause cheap adhesives to undergo chemical degradation, breaking down the internal bond of the glue mass.
When the cloth backing is pulled up, the degraded mass splits apart down the middle, leaving behind a thick, gummy ridge of sticky black residue on the stage flooring.
This residue tracks dirt across your venue and ruins expensive matte vinyl stage finishes completely.
Specifying high-cohesion, premium synthetic rubber backings completely prevents this edge-ooze, guaranteeing a flawless, one-piece removal without leaving any marks behind.
How to Choose the Perfect Fabric Tapes?
Selecting the ultimate flexible roll involves matching the backing weave density and chemical adhesive compound precisely to your specific machinery and environment.
An incorrect choice can lead to stiff edges that lift away from tight wiring looms, brittle backing splits, or an adhesive layer that turns brittle in damp conditions.
You must carefully consider the texture of your substrate, checking whether you require a highly matte surface to absorb light or a thick cloth to bridge rough gaps.
Understanding how different carriers interact with high friction and moisture levels will fundamentally optimize your daily workshop output and project longevity.
Variations & Types
Professional Matte Finish Gaffer Tapes
Engineered explicitly for the entertainment, television, and photography sectors, these robust cloth tapes feature a highly specialized, non-reflective polyethylene coated surface.
The distinct matte backing absorbs high-intensity stage lighting completely, hiding cables and floor marks seamlessly from cameras and audiences.
They combine immense initial tack with advanced clean-removal characteristics, making them the premier choice for securing heavy studio cables and marking staging positions.
High-Friction Cotton Friction Tapes
Built upon a tough, uninsulated woven cotton fabric base, friction tapes are unique because both sides of the cloth carrier are thoroughly impregnated with sticky rubber compounds.
The resulting wrap provides exceptional mechanical grip and heavy-duty abrasion defense, wrapping tightly around tool handles and heavy industrial machinery parts.
They are widely utilized by electrical engineers and workshop operators to provide an extra layer of non-slip security and physical protection over primary insulation layers.
Premium Bookbinding & Spine Repair Cloths
Featuring a beautifully colored, tightly woven textile face bonded to a heavy-gauge archival acrylic adhesive, these rolls are built for long-term preservation.
The highly flexible fabric spine deforms effortlessly around sharp booklet folds, resisting cracking, splitting, and fading over decades of repeated opening.
These elegant rolls excel at restoring damaged manual backings, strengthening heavy presentation folders, and sealing discrete edge bindings cleanly.
Specialist Considerations
Acoustic Dampening Strengths and Wire Loom Rattles
Modern automotive cabins and aerospace dashboards pack complex networks of electronic wiring tight against rigid plastic trim panels.
As the vehicle travels over rough roads, these loose cables vibrate continuously against the plastic, creating irritating squeaks and cabin rattles.
Upgrading to specialized fleece or un-woven PET fabric tapes wraps the wires in a soft, sound-absorbing cushion that dampens mechanical vibrations flawlessly.
Hydrophobic Coatings and External Weatherproofing
Outdoor framing, construction site masking, and marine repairs expose fabric bonds to continuous cycles of driving rain and high ground humidity.
Basic untreated cotton tapes absorb this moisture quickly via capillary tracking, rotting the internal fibers and lifting away from the joint lines.
Utilising fabric carriers co-extruded with an advanced hydrophobic polyethylene outer skin creates an unyielding moisture shield, stopping water ingress completely.
Flame Retardant Compliance and Aerospace Safety Standards
Routing wiring assemblies inside commercial buildings, public infrastructure, and marine transit hulls requires strict adherence to strict passive fire regulations.
Standard utility cloth tapes will rapidly ignite and liquefy when exposed to high heat sparks, allowing smoke and fire to track along wiring conduits.
Specifying certified flame-retardant fabric tapes ensures the wrap self-extinguishes within seconds of flame removal, keeping your systems safe and fully compliant.
Quality & Brand Selection
Sourcing your technical consumables from trusted trade manufacturers guarantees total consistency in weave density and predictable unwind speeds.
Premium trade fabric rolls are manufactured to exceptionally strict thickness tolerances, ensuring uniform adhesive coat weights and zero adhesive-free voids across the roll.
Investing in commercial-grade gear protects your production departments from expensive joint field failures, saving hours of post-assembly cleanup downtime.
For an uncompromised, structurally flexible finish across all your wire harnessing, staging, and binding tasks, explore our full trade collection of premium fabric tapes today.
Our Fabric Adhesive Tapes Range
Our double-sided fabric tape range features the most renowned tape brands, including Advance Tapes, so you can expect nothing less than outstanding quality and performance and quality. Browse our exceptional fabric tapes today to find the best deals and prices online. If you would like to find out further information or have any questions about our products, contact us to speak to one of our experts.
Heavy-Duty Double Sided Carpet Tape 50mm X 50m
Heavy-Duty Double Sided Carpet Tape 50mm X 50m is suitable for permanent or temporary carpet laying, felt & felt pads, general applications, at: events, exhibitions and domestic applications.
Self Adhesive Plasterboard Tape 50mm x 90m
Self Adhesive Plasterboard Tape 50mm x 90m is a strong drywall scrim tape that helps reinforce plaster coating and protects it from cracking.
Designed to be used for plasterboard internal corners, and for covering plasterboard joints prior to texturing and finishing.
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Fabric Tape Supplier and Distributor
Fosseway Tapes and Fixings are a Double Sided Tape Distributor based in Leicester, Leicestershire; but, can ship UK, and world wide.
Fabric Tape Prices
These Double Sided Tapes come with bulk buying options. They can also be rather cheap costing from £0.51 / roll.
Can’t find the Tape you are looking for?
If you are unavailable to find the tape you are looking for contact us today, and we will help you through the options for your application and use cases.