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Manual and automatic gates whether they are ornamental or commercial are very expensive and when hit by an automobile can be very costly to repair. Reflective tape can dramatically increase the night time visibility of gates and fences. Black reflective tape is very popular with gate owners because it blends in with the gate in the daytime but is clearly visible at night when exposed to a cars headlights. The picture above clearly demonstates this.
Black Reflective Tape That Reflects White
We carry black reflective tape in a flexible engineer grade type I material. We have three types, Bright, Brighter and Brightest Engineer Grade Reflective Tape. Glass bead tapes are the oldest and most common retro reflective tape. These tapes reflect light via thousands upon thousands of small glass beads embedded into the film. Each glass bead reflects light back to the source. Hence the name retro reflective tape.
For gates, most people will use either a 1" or 2" black reflective tape. In the picture above we used a one inch roll. The wider the tape the better so if you have room for 2" tape that is recommended. The material will bend around rounded or sharp angles making it very easy to work with. To apply it you simply peel off the backing and apply. If it is cold the tape can become a little less flexible so many people will use a hair dryer in cold weather to help the tape stay flexible during application. The warmer it is the more it will stretch. This is the same material that is used on Fire Engines.
Engineer grade reflective tape has no pattern on top and is simply a solid color to the naked eye. When light strikes the tape it is reflected back to the source and the tape appears to light up. For day and night time visibility we offer other colors. Our colors for the engineer grade reflective tapes are red, white, blue, green, orange, yellow, gold and black.
If you would like an even brighter tape (although not in black) we carry a high intensity reflective tape . It is characterized by a honeycomb pattern. Within each honeycomb are concentrations of glass beads. There are more glass beads per square centimeter in high intensity than in engineer grade tape. This concentration of glass beads creates a much brighter tape. High Intensity tapes give off around 250 candlepower for the white and less for the other colors. Traffic cones and road barrels use this material as well as many brighter street signs. We do not have black in the high intensity but we do have brown, red, yellow, white, green, blue and orange.
YOU CAN ORDER OUR PRODUCTS USING THE LINKS TO THE LEFT
To visit our main safety products site Click Here. If you have any questions about which tape is right for your application or need samples feel free to email me at steve@reflectivestore.com
Steve Cole - Owner
850-934-3157
About our Company - We are Reflective Incorporated, the largest retailer of reflective tapes in the United States, in business since 1998. Our goal is to provide easy access to reflective safety products that are often difficult to source. We specialize in visibility enhancement through the use of bright and vivid retro reflective tapes and other reflective products. Our product lines include rolls of reflective tape, reflective chevron panels, block panels, Battenburg panels, reflective road markers, reflex reflectors, NFPA helmet decals, preformed thermoplastic, reflective shapes, and more.
About our Products - We carry a wide variety of reflective tapes. They are all branded and certified products. We stock almost everything that we sell in house and ship quickly. If a product is not in stock or is to be drop shipped, we will make you aware and specify a lead time. We carry Oralite and Nikkalite reflective tapes. Both are on QPL lists across the country and both are manufactured by reputable, global manufacturers. Our reflective tapes are rated for outdoor applications with life expectancies of from 5 - 12 years depending on the film. For applications where the tape is out of the weather like a fire truck in a firehouse, the life expectancy is longer.
Shipping - We ship quickly using US Mail for light boxes and UPS Ground for heavier ones. The majority of our products are in stock and ship out the same or next day. Delivery time is approximately 3-5 days on most standard orders.
Return and Order Cancellation Policy - Reflective tape orders can be cancelled until they are shipped out. After products are shipped, we accept returns in certain cases. If we have made a mistake and have shipped the wrong item, we remedy that at no cost to the customer. For returns where another item is purchased to replace an item purchased in error, we accept those with no restock fee. For all other returned items we apply a 10% restock fee.
Privacy Policy - all customer information is kept in strict confidence. We do not release any information on any of our customers to anyone without that customer’s consent. For our full privacy policy, Click Here.
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