Since vinyl dance floors are often used to cover floors that are in such bad shape that they can’t be danced on, it is tempting to just unroll the vinyl regardless of the floor condition and start dancing. That can mean the end of your your floor. It is necessary to fill holes in the […]
When purchaser of dance floor tape compare brands, they often start with the price. Immediate skepticism can be the result when one brand is much less or much more expensive than the others. While price is always a consideration, it rarely takes into account the actual specifications of the two products being compared. In order […]
Perhaps the most important of dance floor care practices is what you don’t do. As in “don’t wear anything but dance shoes (bare feet excepted) on a dance floor. Not only should you restrict what shoes are worn on the floor, you should also make sure that those shoes are clean, really clean, before stepping […]
Tape is tape is tape, right? Wrong. Using vinyl tape intended for dance floors on a wooden floor can lead to disaster. Dance floors are flexible vinyl with no paint or coating on the surface. They can stand up to tapes with aggressive adhesives. The tape can be removed without damaging the floor surface and […]
Dance performances may involve any number of different types of tape, and at some point all of them are probably referred to as “dance floor tape”. We sell a lot of these tapes, but keep the name “dance floor tape” for one specific product. It is called “vinyl splicing tape“. That, specifically, refers to using […]
We have a group of customers that we only hear from once a year, and now is that time. These customers are small dance companies and studios that put one major public production a year. That production is The Nutcracker, the version that features Tchaikovsky’s famous score. Some of these productions are presented as a […]
Amazingly, at least to me, we constantly have new prospective customers asking us why our dance floor tape is so cheap. I guess it is understandable, since some of our competitors sell the same thing for up to four times as much. Same vinyl, same adhesive, same packaging, but definitely not the same price. Rebranding […]
Making the decision to buy a dance floor for your school or touring production is complicated and what you decide is something you will probably have to live with for a long time. There are lots of new, innovative products on the market, but before you can consider your options, you need to decide whether […]
In order to hold two sections of dance floor together with a strong bond, vinyl dance floor tape needs a characteristic called “conformability. While the floor surface appears to be flat and smooth, it has slight undulations and surfact texture that will be exposed to the adhesive coated side of the tape. Conformable tape will […]
Dance Floor Tape – Don’t Get “Branded” buying it Dance floor tape is crucial for the temporary installation of dance floors. It holds the seams together and keeps the edges firmly fixed to the floor. While dance floor tape is necessary to manage a dance floor, it’s not a very big deal in the tape […]