No-residue duct tape?

Try using stucco tape. It is put on window frames to protect them during the stucco process. Comes off easy up to 90 days later. Here's one example.

I like the vinyl duct tape by 3M. It has never left any residue on anything for me. Whether or not it will hold up to harsh weather, I don't know.

Link to the tape on Amazon.

Don't know of anything that is going to give you the staying power you want without residue. Try GooGone to remove the residue and keep using the good stuff.

SCVJeff wrote:

Virgil_Diesel wrote:

RetiredMark wrote:
Google Gaffer's tape. Used to tape down cables, cords, etc. Does not leave sticky residue on cables, carpet, etc. A bit more spendy but well worth it. I have used a lot of it over the years.
Mark

I used to have Audio/Visual equipment and provide conferences in major hotel and I agree with Gaffers tape. They are available at any audio/visual store like Guitar Center

i have used Gaffers Tape for over 30 years (guess what business I'm in?), and agree that it won't leave residue! BUT... Gaffers Tape is a temporary application tape: secure the cables to the floor, and pull it up a day later. If you leave it out in the sun for any length of time it will look exactly like duct tape, and sometimes worse.

X2

Been there done that with removing gaffers tape which was left on A/V cables which where left in extreme heat in vehicles after a shoot for only days at a time. It sticks together and makes quite the mess on the cables. But when used properly for the short time of a shoot it IS the bomb!

Honestly ANY tape which does not leave a residue after a long soak in outdoors will most likely NOT stick for long.

Even blue and green "painters" tape which has just enough sticky to hold for a couple of hrs of painting. If left on overnight on walls and trim will start to leave residue and heaven forbid if you leave it on outdoors longer than needed for painting it gets even worse.

Perhaps it would be better to tarp your RV until you can fix the holes properly? Then you wouldn't be dealing with the tape residue mess left behind.

Virgil_Diesel wrote:

RetiredMark wrote:
Google Gaffer's tape. Used to tape down cables, cords, etc. Does not leave sticky residue on cables, carpet, etc. A bit more spendy but well worth it. I have used a lot of it over the years.
Mark

I used to have Audio/Visual equipment and provide conferences in major hotel and I agree with Gaffers tape. They are available at any audio/visual store like Guitar Center

i have used Gaffers Tape for over 30 years (guess what business I'm in?), and agree that it won't leave residue! BUT... Gaffers Tape is a temporary application tape: secure the cables to the floor, and pull it up a day later. If you leave it out in the sun for any length of time it will look exactly like duct tape, and sometimes worse.

agesilaus wrote:
Google is your friend:

Amazon

BK

Amazon reviewer says "Figure on getting about 45-50 feet of usable tape out of a 60 ft roll." Otherwise, they say it works - guess I'll give a try! Thanks!

RetiredMark wrote:
Google Gaffer's tape. Used to tape down cables, cords, etc. Does not leave sticky residue on cables, carpet, etc. A bit more spendy but well worth it. I have used a lot of it over the years.
Mark

I used to have Audio/Visual equipment and provide conferences in major hotel and I agree with Gaffers tape. They are available at any audio/visual store like Guitar Center

Google Gaffer's tape. Used to tape down cables, cords, etc. Does not leave sticky residue on cables, carpet, etc. A bit more spendy but well worth it. I have used a lot of it over the years.
Mark

This residue is one of the "Forty" reason that WD-40 exists!
Spray it on....let is soak a bit, then wipe off......repeat as needed!:)

unbob wrote:
Anyone know of a no/low residue "duct-tape"-like product? I need it mostly for outside use so it needs to hold up to outdoor weather conditions for at least a few months (or a few weeks).

That several-months-outside thing is a problem. Anything with duct tape "holding power" is likely to leave residue after several months in the weather.

Not sure even "no-residue" painter's tape will come away clean after that long outside...