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Permalink Reply by Amanda of Hip Flick Hoops* on January 21, 2010 at 2:54pm

Hmm my most popular colour that I run out of is purple, so get some of that for sure!

My first time I got:
1" gaffer in: dark green, purple, blue, burgandy, and fluoro pink
Specialty Tapes: Dark pink sequins, blue and pink mirror and silver sparkles.
Then I got a dark blue and a white vynal tape.

I find white goes quickly too.

Good luck! It's so fun picking out new tape :)

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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on January 21, 2010 at 4:52pm

I always try to pick up the basic rainbow colors in vinyl so that I have a complete pallet. Two rolls each of the pink and purple in electrical, because the electrical purple is a nicer color than the vinyl purple. The electric is more expensive, because the rolls are smaller, but I think the color difference is worth it. I love, love purple mirror and the sky blue sparkle. Also, right now identi tape has the moon and star gaff in stock, so I'd scoop some of that up too. I make sure to get a couple complimentary colors in 1/2 too, for doing wide spirals and edging.

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Permalink Reply by Nicky B on January 21, 2010 at 11:15pm

Anytime I spin a hoop with red mirror tape people always say how pretty it is. For some reason it really catches the light. I thought it did as well as the silver mirror I had, but everyone commented on the red and not the silver.

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Permalink Reply by Jessicasomething on January 22, 2010 at 12:18am

identi-tape also has a rainbow holographic color, so it looks silver but has colors that catch the light making it go with a lot of other colors!!

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Potums on January 22, 2010 at 10:20am

My mini's with pink mirror and pink gaffer tape look fabulous when they are spinning. My next hoops will also be in one colour mirror and gaff, that's for sure :) Maybe you can start with neutral colors like white, black or blue.

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on January 22, 2010 at 1:36pm

I love glitter tape myself... shiny but it doesn't show the scuffs as badly as mirror in my experience! I'm crazy about purple & black, so I have those in several incarnations. I think the glitter black is just gorgeous but it does make the hoop hard to see in the dark without another shiny stripe-- though it would look awesome with white gaffer & be very visible. Hm, I think I'll try that next! I just did one in purple glitter with black, purple & blue gaffer (in narrowing centered stripes) & it's so subtle & pretty, reminds me of a garden bed of violas or a twilight sky!

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on January 22, 2010 at 1:39pm

This is what I'm going with to start out with:

Silver Mirror 1" (my favorite, I use it ALL the time)
Gold Prismatic (another fave)
Emerald Green Prismatic
Fluorescent Pink Prismatic
Silver Galactica Holographic

1/2" Gaff in Black and White

3/4" Vinyl in Emerald Green, Yellow, Purple, and Medium Blue (I get black and white from a supply store here for cheaper)

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on January 25, 2010 at 10:26pm

Actually I don't mind the backing so much anymore. I've perfected a method to make the backing stay out of the way and coil up nicely so it's easy to dispose of after I'm done!

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Permalink Reply by Miranda on January 26, 2010 at 5:06am

about gaffer tape, does this look good? http://ebusiness8.rightclick.nl/stumpel/rightclick.cfm?id=1386428&a... It's called different but I think it's the same. Can the experts on this
forum please take a look? ;)

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on January 26, 2010 at 8:28am

Hmm, I'm not sure of the translation, but if this is actually linen tape, that's something different altogether-- much used in framing & bookcraft but definitely not at all like gaffer's. Try a site for stage production maybe? Gaffer's is used for marking positions on the stage.

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on January 26, 2010 at 8:32am

A closer look at the picture makes me think it isn't linen tape after all, but still doesn't quite look like gaffer's. Some cloth tapes are uncoated & would not be nearly as durable as gaffer's.

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Permalink Reply by Miranda on January 26, 2010 at 11:54am

sorry for nagging, but what about this?
http://cgi.ebay.de/GAFFATape-Steinband-Panzerband-Gewebeband-NEON-G...

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