Tesa tape

Tesa Tape is a generic term applied to self adhesive foam rubber tapes or sheets a few mm thick. TESA is an American adhesive tape maker, with a UK subsidiary.

Tesa Tape is commonly used stuck to the heels and soles of shoes to deaden the noise of footfalls on hard or hollow floors. It can also be used for other sound deadening purposes where two objects knock together.

Stick Pads are also useful for chair legs, stiletto heels etc.

Suppliers

Parafix Tapes
Spencer Road
Lancing Business Park
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 8UA

Tel: 01903 750000
Fax: 01903 767728
Web: Parafix Tapes
4 mm thick product code #5043
2 mm thick product code #5041 (2mm is a bit thin for sound use).
Parafix will cut to size.

Pentonville Rubber
104/106 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9JB

Tel: 020 7837 7553/4582
Fax: 020 7278 7392
Web: Pentonville Rubber

Available in large sheets or cut to your size.

Twinglobe Ltd
228 – 230 Uxbridge Road
Shepherds Bush
London
W12 7JD

Tel: 020 8743 5528

Others
Beiersdorf UK 01908 211333
Chiltern Adhesive Products 01494 783639
Thames Adhesives have been mentioned in the past but may have disappeared.