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Special Installation Tips for the Strong Adhesive
This is a good product...good size, fits a bunch of cords if you need it to, and I like the way the covers snap on rather than needing to slide on from the sides. I have one big installation tip. The adhesive is SUPER STRONG and is really hard to remove the channel from the wall once you stick it. Be careful, measure and level and draw a line on the wall before you remove the cover for the adhesive. Now my little trick- TAKE AN XACTO KNIFE or razor blade and cut through the adhesive and its cover. Cut about 2 inches in from both ends, and then make a couple cuts about 2 inches apart right in the center. Those 3 two inch sections will be what you want to retain, and you want to get rid of the other adhesive. I tried just removing the liner from those little sections and sticking it up on the wall but it was a little challenging to get it to stick. It might have worked if I pushed harder to get those sections to stick. What I ended up doing is taking my thumb and rolling and peeling off the whole adhesive in those larger areas except for my 2 inch sections. It is almost like a rubbery gummy adhesive and you can just push it and roll it off the plastic with a little effort. With just the little sections of adhesive it still sticks the channel down very securely but when it comes time to take it off, it will be easier and won't rip up the whole wall. Secondly, I found that when putting 2 straight pieces against each other, it looks better to just butt them up against each other rather than using one of the connector covers. The connector covers are wider so you see a bulge at each connection that really isn't necessary. In this same vein I tried to do a 45 degree miter cut on 2 pieces of channel with my hacksaw so I could butt the corners together without the extra covers. I didn't get it perfect so there was a little gap showing and I decided to just pop on one of the 90 degree elbow covers and be done with it, but I think if you got the cuts right it would look cleaner to miter the channel cut rather than use the covers.
April 2020 · Electronics · verified purchase
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