Where to get skate board tape?

[hunter966]

Stupid question but all I seem to find is the thick no slip tape for stairs and bath tubs. I am wanting to get some for the grip on my pistol and am not having any luck.

Also is it called skateboard tape?

Thanks,
hunter966

 

[Burk Cornelius]

Lowes but get the gritty kind that is made for stairs and steps

 

[Norman]

You might have to go to a skate shop in the city. I've used 3m anti skid tape for stairways for a little over a year and it works great

 

[gun4hire]

Ericwesselman.com has laser cut grip tape. I don't know if they have one for your particular type of pistol, but its all on his website. They are called Tru-grips and work great on my glock.

 

[Hump66]

It's called grip tape, but is essentially the same thing as the stair/tub tape.

 

[Buzzdraw]

The last I bought came from an Ace Hardware store. I got the stair tread tape, which was sold by the foot off their big roll. Tub tape probably would not be aggressive enough to suit me. Its inexpensive, so you can experiment. The stuff is really durable and is still on the 2-3 Glocks and a 1911 that I originally installed it on.

The pre-cut for specific gun tape will be less work; you won't have to make a pattern like I did from a brown paper grocery sack.

 

[hunter966]

Thanks for the info, we have an Ace store close I will have to check and if not I'll stop in at Lowes next time i'm in OKC.

 

[ProBusiness]

I bought it at sutherlands. in the tape and glue section. called 'step traction' tape. got it on a glock and works good. at $14 for a large role.

 

[Dale00]

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Magic-Single-Sheet-Griptape/dp/B000GAQVYS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306986080&sr=8-1

 

[1911user]

Clean the area on the pistol with rubbing alcohol before applying the tape.
Also try not to have any edges or corners of the tape where they would easily catch and start pulling the tape loose.

I've always used the 3M Stair tape from a hardware store.