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Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on April 6, 2009 at 7:34am

Gaff just for grip and I use mirror and holographic for shininess. Honestly, you want to get get quite a bit in vinyl, gaff and some sort of shiny. If you check out a lot of hoops that people have for sale on etsy.com, most hoops on there are vinyl and gaff or gaff & shiny or all three.

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Permalink Reply by Mad Maxine on April 6, 2009 at 8:06am

Glitter tape is wide, and challenging to use. I have gotten used to the mirror tape, and trim it out with Gaffers tape. I really like the results. No special secrets other than diligence and patience. I'd buy a variety of coordinated colors,and be sure to buy a few more rolls of gaffer's tape than you think you might need.

One roll of mirror tape makes at least two larger hoops, with some left over. One roll of glitter tape makes one large hoop with some left over.

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Permalink Reply by Alli on April 6, 2009 at 9:04am

What about spacing? Does it have to be perfectly even if I want to sell these one day? I taped a mini hoop for myself and the spacing was not good at all, but when I put gaff tape on it framed it out and made it look really good and professional. I have the hardest time trying to get my spacing right.

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Permalink Reply by Ishkara on April 6, 2009 at 9:45am

The person who really notices the spacing issues is the person who made the hoop : ). The people buying hoops just want a pretty hoop!

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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on April 6, 2009 at 11:24am

Ishkara is right...for the most part. You want your spirals to be as even as possible, but most folks buying hoops won't notice small variations. I think you have more lee-way with this if you're selling hoops person-to-person, to friends or folks at festival. The person has the opportunity to really check-out the hoop and is very aware of what they are purchasing before they hand over the money.

Selling on-line calls for a very well made product. In my experience, both as a buyer & seller on-line, folks are more critical of on-line purchases for two reasons. First they might have an unclear impression of what they are purchasing. Photographing hoops can be a challenge and I've seen lots of hoop listings on Etsy that don't show the whole hoop in any of the pics. Second, returning items is a pain. I've bought beads that were a LOT smaller than I thought they would be. Too small to use, but returning them would cost more than I paid. So I ended up keeping them and though I don't think I was intentionally decieved or anything like that, I was still unhappy.

Ok, this is long...but hopefully it puts things in perspective. Selling requires a lot of time and energy. I think lots of folks (myself certainly) jump into the whole craft/hobby buisness thing too soon. First focus your energy on making and sharing beautiful hoops. Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Alli on April 6, 2009 at 12:31pm

Yea I definately agree about not wanting to jump in too soon. I want to have a good base of pre-made hoops to sell and also a lot of tape to make custom hoops. And I certainly need to get a little better at taping haha. It takes me about a half hour to do one color!

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Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on April 6, 2009 at 9:23pm

I agree. That's part of why I haven't started selling quite yet -- the angles take me forever and I'm a perfectionist, explains why I have 10 hoops now for myself. I have been practicing photographing my hoops so that I could get the best shots of the whole thing and then close-ups of the design. I want people to know what they are getting!

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Permalink Reply by Alli on April 7, 2009 at 9:18am

Definately. My problem is that I'm soooo not a perfectionist haha. I'm the kind of person who would look at it and be like oh well that looks good. I'm going to get my boyfriend's sister into it if I decide to start selling. She is a perfectionist and I think that would be helpful.

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Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on April 7, 2009 at 8:38pm

Friends help :-) I'm trying to get some of my friends into it to help me ... we'll see how this goes for me, lol :-)

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Permalink Reply by Mad Maxine on April 6, 2009 at 5:12pm

the nice thing about mirror tape and other non-flexible tape is that, once you determine the angle of installation, it spaces itself. The only place it will get wonky is over the connector, where the hoop is a slightly different shape and the tubing is somewhat bulged. Cleaning the design up with gaffer's tape always makes a big difference.

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Permalink Reply by amy on November 5, 2009 at 10:24am

ok....ive taped a many a hoop w stinkn duck tape and elt tape.......but im fixin to gt gaffer and shinny tape.... from what im reading i should "fram" meaning use the shinny first...then the gaffer correct?????????????? i got 1in shinny and 2in gaffer and 1/2 or 1/4 in gaffer
(cant rember) for after the other 2....... I can get elt down the street but was really just wanting to use these...because i havent befor...and im little burnt out on elt tap....anyway ..i have a feeling the gaffer is gonna be here first...thats y im asking :) a solid gaffer hoop??????? im gonna be impatient i know! is what im saying...
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Permalink Reply by Cady Clasby on November 5, 2009 at 11:40am

honestly, i try and use as little of the "slick tapes" (the ones that you have to peel backing off) as possbile cause i don't like how they slip so easily...

i'm into doing a spiral around with electrical tape/graffer tape and accenting where i start then the opposite side so its the same on either side then i add a few more that are all equal distant apart...that is where i accent with the slippery tapes cause i don't use much of it...

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