What adhesive tape is better for floor applications?

Which adhesive tape is best for floor applications? Here’s a question many people might ask themselves. Yes, because as we soon outline, there are many different people who might need to attach adhesive tape on the floor, for many different reasons.

The problem is that, once applied to a floor, adhesive tape must withstand threats completely alien to those that regular industrial double-sided adhesive should face. On the floor, in fact, sealing of the glue against a “weight” which tends to tear the adhesive tape isn’t so much a factor. This isn’t really a kind of adhesive tape which must “hold” onto something.

Instead, it is industrial double-sided tape resting on the ground, having the force of gravity on its side. The problem comes, rather, in the form of a whole series of peculiar threats.

Just think of floor trampling , and therefore of all the people stepping on the strong double-sided tape, or who even, perhaps unknowingly, rub the sole of their shoes on it.

But let’s also consider detergents and floor cleaners, which can compromise the sealing of the glue, as well as the use of vacuum cleaners and water-cleaning machines, as well as ultraviolet rays, and so on. In short, when adhesive tape must be applied to a floor, the chosen product must be an appropriate one: unsurprisingly, on our adhesive tape e-commerce website we have products specifically designed for this purpose.

Adhesive floor tap: its uses

There are many possible uses for floor adhesive tape. For example, consider large buildings in which every day people who do not know each area very well need to navigate their steps, quickly and independently.

This is the case for example of large hospitals: in this case, it is typical to see coloured stripes starting from Acceptance and going up stairs and to elevators, creating precise routes to reach the various departments, each of which is characterized by a different colour adhesive tape to follow all the way through.

Or, floor adhesive tape can be useful inside warehouses, to indicate the areas to be dedicated to transit of pedestrians and forklifts, storage areas, and so on.

Finally, starting from March 2020, floor adhesive tape has become precious to ensure social distancing within shops, restaurants, clinics, museums, and so on: by applying adhesive tape to the ground it is possible to establish walking directions, indicate waiting positions and so on, for an optimal management of space during the health emergency linked to the Covid-19 virus.

The characteristics of floor adhesive tape

What should floor masking tape be made of? We outlined above the threats it must endure.

It is therefore not surprising that classic floor marker tape is made of PVC, and that it offers high resistance against rubbing by shoes and tires, as well as being resistant to moisture, dust, floor solvents, sun rays, and so on.

In our online store, you’ll be able to buy floor marker adhesive tape in different colours, such as blue, white, red, yellow, black and green, not to mention signage adhesive tape, with red or yellow and black white stripes.

Double-sided floor adhesive tape

Of course, signage adhesive tape is not the only floor adhesive tape.

Someone may need not so much to signal something, as much as to “stick” something to the floor.

In that case, double-sided adhesive floor tape is obviously precious, as it is designed to attach carpeting or rugs to the ground, either permanently or temporarily (in this second case, double-sided adhesive tape for removable carpeting is obviously preferred).

In fact, this double-sided adhesive tape offers the ideal support for any type of floor fixing.

Anti-slip adhesive tapes

Among floor adhesive tape kinds, finally, we cannot forget to mention so-called anti-slip walkable adhesive tape. This is a type of adhesive tape designed specifically to be attached to the floor while ensuring an excellent level of grip.

So, it can be used to indicate necessary spacing without losing its grip of the floor, or it can be used specifically to increase grip in particularly risky passages, such as steps, gangways, or ramps.

Finally, in the field of floor adhesives, we mustn’t forget to mention adhesives signs to be placed on the ground. Sometimes, in fact, adhesives are not enough, also requiring true adhesive signs containing various writing (such as “respect the safe distance”, “wait here”, “keep a meter away” and so on).