Use Appropriate Tape for Fixture Protection

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The presenter provides a crucial tip regarding the type of tape to use for protecting light fixtures. He warns against using high-adhesive tapes (like general production tape) directly on the finished surfaces of light fixtures, especially if they are left on for more than a day or two. High-adhesive tapes can dry out, pull off the finish, or leave behind sticky residue that is difficult to clean, potentially damaging the light. Instead, he strongly advises using delicate, long-release painter's tape such as Frog Tape Delicate, Frog Tape Blue, or Frog Tape Green, which are designed not to damage surfaces even after prolonged application.

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hunting hunting all over for them get tape on my tiny little bolts that are sticking out that's good to go now i'm going to get ready to um do some painting once again i'll just a little tip when it comes to you know taping these things especially on your lights right here you don't want to use um use like frogtape delt frogtape delicate tape is a good tape to do if you tape on anything on the finish of the light any type of like production tape or high adhesive tape could pull off the finish or damage the light if you're not going to be reinstalling these lights you know the same day where within two days always use like frog tape delicate tape frog tape blue or frog tape green they have long release times and they're not going to damage the finish to your light if you were to use some type of production tape once again the adhesive could dry on the light when you go to pull it off you might have to clean off some adhesive it's just going to be a little bit irritating and time consuming when it comes to reinstalling your lights

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