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Thanks for the encouragement, Walter!

Flash tape is a clear blue plastic tape that is very much like box packing
tape (very thin) only it is a little more stretchy.  It comes in 1 inch wide
rolls from Aircraft Spruce, and is on page 39 of their new (orange) catalog.  
72 yards for $13.60  For those of you with older catalogs, it's listed on the
"vacuum bagging" page of the composites section of the catalog.

I can't take credit for it's discovery.  It was pointed out to me by the
composite manufacturing specialist that worked for me in my old job.

I also use it under duct tape when I want a thicker release layer.  I do this
when I'm making flanges for covers, like the cover for my elevator pushrod
tunnel.  One layer of flash tape covered by one layer of duct tape gaves
about 0.010 inches of clearance when the flanges are cured.  And there's no
duct tape residue either.

- Rob Wolf
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