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ProctorPassive youRippa Silver 75mm youRipper Tape
ProctorPassive youRippa Silver 75mm youRipper Tape
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ProctorPassive YouRippa Silver (Aluminium) 75mm Tape (20 m) Roll.
It is high tack, strong adhesive, silver single-sided tape and is ideal for aluminium foil backed insulation blankets/panels for ducting and other construction applications.
It doesn't fall apart when you mistakenly apply it, rips way easier than most foil tapes, stickier than most foil tapes, no messy backing paper you need to clean up after a job.
A High grade Aluminium Foil Tape Product, for a professional trade.
Benefits:
- It is easy to use as it can be torn across with bare hand, no tools required (but it doesn't tear lengthwise)
- It has no release liner so there is minimal waste
- It is moisture resistant once bonded
- It is very durable
- It is toluene & xylene free.
Features:
- The tape can bond to polyolefin and polyamide membranes, aluminium faced insulation boards, plastics, metals, timber, MDF and other manufactured timber sheathings.
- It is not recommended that the tape be exposed to UV for more than a month
- For best results, pressure must be applied on both sides of the material when applying the tape to ensure a strong bond.
- Durability tested and exceeds 50 years
- 10 year warranty available
- Made in Japan
Please find Product Data Sheet here
10% discount if you buy a box of 24 rolls
Installation Notes:
- As with all pressure sensitive tapes, in order to ensure a strong bond, apply pressure on both sides of the material when applying the tape.
- Surfaces being adhered must be dry and free of surfactants, release agents like grease or oil, and dirt or dust.
- Damp or cold surfaces may prove difficult to adhere to and should be allowed to dry and return to a temperature between +5°C + 40°C prior to application of tape.

Buy the Bunnings silver peel-off backing tape - much better than this for ducting, etc.
Hi Julian, thanks for the honest feedback.
Fair call that there are decent reinforced foil tapes at the hardware store. Where the youRippa differs is adhesion (29 N/25mm on the datasheet, versus around 20 for the common reinforced duct tapes), a woven carrier with roughly double the tensile strength so it doesn't shred if you need to reposition it, no release liner to peel and bin, and an independently tested 50-year durability rating. It's built as an air-barrier lap tape first, and it does that job on ducting as well. If price per metre is the priority for basic duct closure, the cheaper tape will get you there; if you want the bond to still be holding in twenty years, that's what you're paying for.
We're a small Melbourne business, so there's no Bunnings-sized marketing budget behind this tape — just a datasheet and a lot of roof spaces.
If it fell short on something specific — adhesion, tearing, handling — we'd like to know, because that's not our experience with it and we'd want to look into it. Feel free to email us at sales@tighthouse.com.au.
Cheers, John – Tight House
With so many holes left in the return air shaft and around the floor vents by my ducted air conditioner installer, this tape was fantastic to use. Being 75mm wide it can cover a lot of area with just one piece. It has also got great sticking power to most surfaces although be careful with any silicone as it is reluctant to stick to that.
Does what it says. Easy to tear but glue seems very good. Sealed gaps really well and the ability to just tear another piece off was great.
Thanks TightHouse, the duct sealing kit with the tape and foam blocks works really well. Got the kids involved too, we all had fun draft-proofing this unused ducts!