Shurtape Pressure Sensitive Tapes
1506 Highland Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601 USA
PO Box 1530, Hickory, NC 28603-1530
Phone (828) 322-2700
Toll Free (888) 442-TAPE
Fax (828) 322-4419
Customer Service Fax (828) 322-4029 or (800) 335-7651
Copyright © 2000 Shurtape Technologies, Inc.
http://www.shurtape.com/
http://www.shurtape.com/shurtape/shurtape_main_page.htm

"Shurtape Technologies, Inc. manufactures a wide range of quality paper masking, polypropylene, coated vinyl, metalized cloth and duct tapes. These products service a variety of adhesive tape applications in many markets, including: the automotive industry, the paint and sundries market, the HVAC and construction industries, the power and utility industry, as well as the military and aerospace industries."
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THIS ISN'T GENERAL PURPOSE TAPE THAT HOMEBODIES BUY TO USE AT HOME. THESE ARE SPECIAL TAPES USED IN PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES OR FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.
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"Shurtape has integrated our manufacturing plants, distribution facilities and customer service department via powerful enterprise resource planning (ERP) software."
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SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE PRETTY ORGANIZED AT KEEPING TRACK OF SALES AND SHIPMENTS TO ME.

THIS IS A LARGE COMPANY WITH IT'S OWN DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT BACK IN 1996 BUT IF YOU READ THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY IN THEIR TIMELINE WE SEE THAT THE TAPE BUSINESS WAS BOOMING BACK THEN FOR THEM. THEY HAD BEEN IN THE DUCT TAPE BUSINESS FOR 24 YEARS BY THAT TIME...I SAY THEY PROBABLY DID HAVE THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE IN 1996.

TO ME THAT MEANS THEY PROBABLY DO KNOW WHO THEY SHIPPED WHAT TO AND WHEN, PARTICULARLY IF THEIR MINIMUM ORDERS ARE $500. THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE THAT CERTAIN BATCH WENT BUT THEY COULD STATE THAT IN THE TIME LEADING UP TO THE MURDER THE TAPE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT X, Y, Z, AND ABC COMPANIES' WAREHOUSES, OR ACME THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, AND BE ABLE TO TELL WHERE THOSE PLACES ARE LOCATED.

MY GUESS THEN, IS THAT NONE OF THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE BOULDER AREA, AND DO NOT BOLSTER THE BPD IDEA THAT PATSY AND JOHN BOUGHT THE TAPE AT MCGUCHIES(sic) HARDWARE STORE, AND THUS WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OF IT EXCEPT "ĎT WAS SOLD THERE AT THE SAME PRICE THAT THE RAMSEYS PAID FOR SOMETHING" ETC.

STILL, I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD PATH TO FOLLOW UP ON.
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"1972:
converted a yarn manufacturing facility into a duct tape plant
1996:
Booming tape business leads to spinning off a separate tape company.

For over 50 years, Shurtape has been providing tape distributors around the world with incomparable product quality and service."

http://www.shurtape.com/shurtape/CompanyProf.htm

"Terms and Conditions of Sale
January 4, 2002

Dear Valued Customer:

Please keep this letter in your permanent files for future reference. The following is a copy of terms and conditions and our conditions of sale.

Minimum Order – The minimum order requirement is $500. Minimum orders can be assortments of any Shurtape® products shipped to the same destination."

Transportation charges are prepaid on an order of Shurtape® products to a single destination within the continental United States on all shipments of $1500 or more, shipped lowest cost routing by the carrier of our contract. Freight charges on invoices less than $1500 are charged to the purchaser.

All orders are subject to acceptance by Shurtape Technologies, Inc. We reserve the right to overship or undership by 10% on all orders and to adjust orders to the next full case. Special orders are subject to minimum case quantities and current stated lead times."

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IN OTHER WORDS AN INDIVIDUAL DIDN'T BUY THIS TAPE FROM THE MFRG. COMPANY. WHOEVER BOUGHT $500 + OF BLACK DUCT TAPE MUST BE A FAIRLY LARGE RETAIL OUTLET OR CONTACTOR, AND THAT PROBABLY, THE KILLER GOT THE TAPE FROM A LARGE RETAIL STORE OR THE COMPANY WHERE HE WORKED- A LARGE CONTRACTOR OR......MOVIE STUDIO? WHERE THEY WORK WITH SETS, AND GAFFERS TAPE LARGE BUNDLES OF WIRES...THIS TAPE WASN'T PURCHASED FROM MCGUCKEN'S HARDWARE STORE. SOME OF THAT TAPE MIGHT BE BLACK BUT IT IS THE SAME GRADE OF TAPE WE WOULD CALL "GENERAL PURPOSE" JUST LIKE THE SILVER STUFF YOU USE TO HOLD YOUR CAR TOGETHER, IF YOU ARE RED-GREEN.
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UNDER THE SIDE BAR SUB HEADING "HVAC PRODUCTS" THERE ARE SEVERAL GRADES OF DUCT TAPE USED IN THAT TRADE. MY EXPERIENCE IN USING DUCT TAPE FOR SEALING MY OWN DUCT WORK IS THAT IT IS A VERY POOR USE OF THE KIND OF SILVER DUCT TAPE THAT ONE MAY ORDINARILY PURCHASE AT THE LOCAL HOME REPAIR WAREHOUSE/HARDWARE STORE. THE ADHESIVE FEELS STICKY BUT THE COLD AIR AT THE SEAM CAUSES CONDENSATION TO FORM ON THE TAPE WHILE THE ATTIC TEMPERATURES DEGRADE THE PLASTIC COATING PRETTY QUICKLY...WITHIN A YEAR AT MOST THE TAPE IS LOOSE AND THE DUCT IS LEAKING BADLY.

ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY, THE TAPE DESCRIBED FOR USE IN HVAC WORK MUST BE PARTICULARLY TACKY (AS THEY DESCRIBE) TO WORK. I BELIEVE WHEN FLEET WHITE FELT THE TAPE IN THE WINDOWLESS ROOM HE NOTED IT DIDN'T FEEL TOO TACKY. THIS IS AT BEST A SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATION BUT IF IT IS TRUE IT INDICATES TO ME THAT THE BLACK TAPE USED IN THE MURDER WASN'T FROM THIS TYPE OF TAPE, THE HVAC KIND.
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"PC-609 Polycoated, Economy Grade
All purpose duct tape. Excellent for sealing thermal insulation and metal duct seams. Ease of unwind and conformability make it especially useful for work in tight spots. Meets requirements of UL 723.

PC-618 Polycoated, General Purpose Grade
High tack, natural rubber adhesive with excellent handling characteristics. Provides air-tight, moisture-free seals.

PC-621 Polycoated Contractor Grade
High tack, natural rubber, gray adhesive offers superior performance on HVAC duct systems. No curl, excellent conformability. Use for these demanding HVAC applications: sheet metal, performed insulation and poly-backed flex duct systems. Meets requirements of UL 723 .

PC-622 Premium Grade
Polycoated cloth; high tack, natural rubber adhesive; provides superior performance, excellent tensile strength
and high adhesion for critical HVAC duct systems; used for seaming, sealing and holding to provide strong
air-tight and moisture-proof barriers; good conformability and easy unwind make it ideal for use in tight, hard-
to-work areas. meets requirements of UL 723 Flame spread index 10; Smoke Development Index 25

PC-657 Polycoated Master Craftsman Grade
High tack, natural rubber, gray adhesive. Designed to provide excellent seals and seams for air handling systems. Recommended for use as bottom board tape in the manufactured housing industry. Meets requirements of UL 723."

"PC-625 Lusterless Premium Grade

Indoor/outdoor tape; lusterless backing; high holding power. Economical gaffer's tape in A/V, TV, photography and in motion picture industries to hold wiring, lighting, stage props and to color code; masking silk screen frames; premium government waterproof packaging tape."

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THE TAPE HAD A DULL APPEARANCE, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE TYPE DESCRIBED ABOVE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE TYPE NUMBER FOR THE TAPE USED IN JONBENET'S MURDER, PERHAPS JAMESON KNOWS?

MY PARTICULAR PROFILE REVOLVES AROUND A PERSON WHO THINKS SYMBOLICALLY OR ARTISTICALLY THRU WORDS AND PICTURES AND HAS A THANG ABOUT MEDIA MESSAGES SO THIS USE OF A CERTAIN GRADE OF BLACK DUCT TAPE INTERESTS ME GREATLY. I THINK THEY WORK FOR, OR KNOW SOMEONE IN, THE THEATRE/PHOTO/MOVIE TRADE AS A SET HAND OR GAFFER/ELECTRICIAN (WHO MIGHT HAVE ALSO COINCIDENTALLY WORKED AT THE HOUSE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR AT ONE TIME?)/PHOTOGRAPHER (AND WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE WERE INVOLVED WITH THE RAMSEYS).

FIND OUT THE COMPANIES THAT BOUGHT BLACK TAPE, INDUSTRIAL GRADE, BETWEEN MID-NOVEMBER 1996 AND MID-DECEMBER 1996 AND YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE A L0T OF NAMES OF EMPLOYEES(AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT MANY, ACTUALLY), BUT SOMEWHERE IN THERE IS THE KILLER OR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HIM.
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