<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456784337355_40395">This is what they are talking about when mentioning Industrial Strength Velcro. You can get it at Lowe's and Home Depot. Works great.</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, February 29, 2016 5:22 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7146709538"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Terry -</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>3M makes a Velcro alternative called Dual Lock that is IMO a big improvement over Velcro.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>It comes in a variety of formats and colors, this is just one example:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jnetlu5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://tinyurl.com/jnetlu5</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The pieces snap together with an audible click and hold well. It does not lose its grip over time like Velcro sometimes does. The sticky back may or may not be better - depending on the surface you may have to add some adhesive to get lasting attachment. Fabric/fiber is particular is difficult as the connection strength of the product may be stronger than its adherence to the item.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Geo<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv7146709538gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7146709538yqt8341023470" id="yiv7146709538yqtfd77921"><div class="yiv7146709538gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:11 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv7146709538gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I've seen in archives that some prefer Velcro to hold their carpets in place, especially in the footwell, so they can be removed and dried when wet.<br clear="none">
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Only experience I have is with big box Velcro strips. These don't seem to adhere to an object without peeling relatively quickly.<br clear="none">
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Any recommendations about, what one archive post calls "industrial Velcro"?<br clear="none">
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Terry Smith, '59 TR3A<br clear="none">
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