Tenacious FL166 Neon Green Matt Cloth Gaffer and Marking Tape – 24mm x 25m
Make stage positions, equipment, road cases, cables and production areas easy to identify with Tenacious FL166 Neon Green Matt Cloth Gaffer Tape.
FL166 is a professional fluorescent cloth tape designed for high-visibility marking, colour coding, equipment identification and temporary production applications. Its vivid neon green finish provides excellent contrast against black stages, dark equipment cases, cables, racks and backstage infrastructure, helping crew locate marked items and positions quickly during rehearsals, filming, event setup and live performances.
The tape combines a strong 80-mesh rayon cloth with a co-extruded polyethylene backing, a smooth fluorescent matt finish and a medium-tack, cross-linked natural-rubber adhesive. This construction provides a practical balance of visibility, strength, flexibility, low reflectivity, easy hand tearing and clean-removal performance from most suitable surfaces.
Supplied in a versatile 24mm width and 25-metre roll, this version provides more marking and writing space than narrow 12mm spike tape while remaining considerably more precise than a full-width 48mm gaffer tape.
High-Visibility Marking for Professional Production
The neon green finish makes FL166 easy to recognise across dark and visually busy production environments.
Potential applications include:
- Marking performer and presenter positions
- Identifying scenery and prop locations
- Marking microphone, lectern and furniture positions
- Colour coding production equipment
- Labelling road cases and technical workboxes
- Identifying cable groups and destinations
- Marking audio, lighting and video equipment
- Creating temporary stage references
- Identifying warehouse and storage locations
- Labelling exhibition and conference equipment
- Marking equipment allocated to different departments
- Creating temporary rehearsal layouts
Tenacious identifies FL166 for high-visibility marking, identification, colour-coding systems, pallet-racking labels and surveying, with applications across flooring, exhibitions, staging, printing, displays, graphics, joining, sealing and repair.
Versatile 24mm Width
At 24mm wide, this FL166 roll sits between narrow spike tape and standard full-width gaffer tape.
The additional width makes it useful where a traditional 12mm spike mark may be too small or where more space is required for writing, equipment identification and colour coding.
The 24mm format is particularly useful for:
- Larger stage-position marks
- Road-case identification
- Console and control-surface marking
- Cable and loom labels
- Equipment ownership marks
- Department colour coding
- Warehouse shelf labels
- Scenic and set-piece identification
- Temporary production signage
- Broader rehearsal references
The width provides enough room for short handwritten labels while remaining compact enough for stage-management kits, technician toolboxes, production desks and touring workboxes.
For small traditional actor, scenery and prop spike marks, Tenacious specifically identifies the 12mm FL166 format as the dedicated spike-tape width. The 24mm version can still create larger position marks, but its strongest uses are broader marking, equipment identification and colour coding.
Bright Neon Green for Strong Colour Contrast
Neon green provides excellent visual contrast against many common production colours, particularly black, grey, dark blue and silver.
The tape may be used to identify:
- A particular performer
- A touring department
- A stage or performance area
- Equipment belonging to one production
- Items awaiting inspection or repair
- Priority equipment
- Specific cable destinations
- Rehearsal-only positions
- Scenic and prop locations
- Cases allocated to a particular truck pack
When several fluorescent FL166 colours are used together, neon green can form part of a structured production colour-coding system.
Tape colours do not have a universal meaning across entertainment production. Each organisation or production should document its colour system and communicate it clearly to crew.
Colour tape should not replace mandatory equipment labels, electrical identification, inspection tags, safety markings or written information.
Smooth Matt Finish with Very Low Reflectivity
Fluorescent tapes can sometimes create distracting glare under stage lighting, studio fixtures, camera flash or direct sunlight.
FL166 uses a smooth matt surface that provides very low reflectivity and a clean aesthetic finish. This makes it well suited to theatre, film, television, broadcast and studio environments where glossy marking tape may produce unwanted highlights.
Potential camera-facing applications include:
- Studio-floor references
- Actor and presenter positions
- Camera tracking points
- Equipment positions
- Set-piece locations
- Lighting focus marks
- Photography-studio references
- Broadcast presentation areas
Matt does not mean completely reflection-free. Where the tape will appear in the final camera frame, test it under the actual lighting, lens, exposure and viewing conditions.
Strong 80-Mesh Rayon Cloth Backing
Tenacious manufactures FL166 using an 80-mesh rayon cloth with a co-extruded polyethylene backing. The woven cloth provides strength and flexibility, while the polyethylene layer supports the smooth and consistent fluorescent surface.
The cloth construction allows the tape to conform across suitable:
- Stage floors
- Equipment cases
- Cable jackets
- Road cases
- Metal racking
- Temporary scenery
- Exhibition panels
- Storage containers
- Production workboxes
- Workshop surfaces
The reinforced backing helps the tape maintain its shape during application while still allowing it to be torn easily by hand.
FL166 remains a marking and identification tape. It is not structural fastening and must not replace mechanical fasteners, approved cable supports, safety wires, rigging hardware or load-rated equipment.
Medium-Tack Natural-Rubber Adhesive
FL166 uses a medium-tack, cross-linked natural-rubber adhesive with a high adhesive coat weight.
The adhesive provides a useful balance between adhesion to the application surface and cohesive strength within the adhesive layer. It is intended to maintain reliable temporary marks while supporting excellent clean removal from most suitable surfaces.
This balance supports applications where the tape needs to:
- Remain in position throughout a production
- Hold temporary labels securely
- Conform across suitable irregular surfaces
- Maintain stage and equipment marks
- Support short-term colour coding
- Be removed following an event or production period
- Reduce unnecessary adhesive residue
Clean removal cannot be guaranteed on every surface.
Results can be affected by:
- Surface composition
- Paint condition
- Floor coatings
- Cleaning products
- Application pressure
- Installation duration
- Heat and sunlight
- Moisture
- Surface contamination
- Removal technique
Always test FL166 on an inconspicuous area before applying it extensively to painted, polished, decorative, hired or valuable finishes.
Clean Removal for Temporary Applications
Temporary production marks may remain in place for a rehearsal period, event, theatre season, exhibition, touring engagement or filming schedule before needing to be removed.
FL166 is designed to offer excellent clean-removal characteristics from most compatible surfaces when applied and removed correctly.
Extra care should be taken with:
- Freshly painted stage floors
- Scenic paint
- Specialist dance flooring
- Polished timber
- Wallpaper
- Decorative laminates
- Hired furniture
- Props and costumes
- Vehicle finishes
- Film and television locations
Remove the tape slowly at a low angle rather than pulling it sharply upwards.
Where adhesive residue remains, use only a cleaner confirmed as suitable for the underlying material. Strong solvents may damage flooring, paint, plastics, fabrics and cable jackets.
Venue, production-design, art-department or locations approval may be required before applying adhesive tape to hired or sensitive surfaces.
Easy Unwind and Hand Tearable
FL166 is designed for easy unwind and can be torn by hand both across the roll and longitudinally along its length.
This allows technicians to create and adjust marks quickly without needing scissors or a knife for every application.
Hand tearing is useful for:
- Fast stage marking
- Temporary equipment labels
- Rehearsal changes
- Cable identification
- Road-case colour coding
- Warehouse labels
- Touring setup adjustments
- Replacing worn marks
- Temporary studio layouts
- General production labelling
Longitudinal tearing also allows narrower strips to be created when the full 24mm width is unnecessary.
A suitable cutting tool may still provide a cleaner edge where precise dimensions or presentation quality are important.
Writable Matt Surface
The smooth matt surface can be written on using a ballpoint pen or suitable permanent marker.
The 24mm width provides more writing space than narrow spike tape and can accommodate information such as:
- Performer names
- Department names
- Scene numbers
- Equipment numbers
- Cable destinations
- Case contents
- Dates
- Position references
- Stage locations
- Temporary instructions
Dark permanent markers generally provide strong contrast against the neon green surface, although the selected pen should be tested first.
Allow the ink to dry before handling the tape or allowing foot traffic over it.
Do not use the tape to cover required equipment ratings, serial numbers, test tags, inspection labels or safety warnings.
Theatre and Stage Applications
FL166 Neon Green is well suited to theatre departments requiring clear temporary markings throughout rehearsals, technical preparation and performances.
Potential theatre applications include:
- Performer blocking marks
- Scenic wagon positions
- Prop locations
- Furniture positions
- Microphone and lectern positions
- Stage-management references
- Quick-change area identification
- Backstage storage labels
- Touring-equipment colour coding
- Temporary stage boundaries
The 24mm width is useful where a larger, more visible mark is preferred or where the tape needs enough space for written identification.
For small traditional spike marks, the narrower 12mm FL166 version usually provides a more precise result.
Dance and Choreography Applications
Dance productions frequently require position references for performers, formations, set pieces and entrances.
The 24mm width may be used for:
- Larger dancer starting positions
- Formation reference points
- Centre-line marks
- Choreography spacing
- Set-piece locations
- Rehearsal boundaries
- Competition layouts
- Temporary studio references
The tape should be tested on the specific dance flooring before extensive use. Vinyl formulations, painted floors, surface coatings and cleaning products can respond differently to pressure-sensitive adhesives.
Inspect floor marks before performers enter the area and replace tape with raised edges, wrinkles or contamination.
Film and Television Applications
Film and television crews frequently need highly visible temporary references that can be changed as a studio, set or location layout develops.
Tenacious FL166 Neon Green may be suitable for:
- Actor and presenter positions
- Camera references
- Tripod locations
- Lighting-stand positions
- Set-piece alignment
- Prop placement
- Studio-floor layouts
- Equipment identification
- Department colour coding
- Temporary production zones
The low-reflective matt surface is useful where glossy fluorescent tape might catch production lighting or create distracting highlights.
Where the tape will remain visible within the final frame, test it under the production’s actual cameras and lighting.
Approval should be obtained before applying tape to sets, props, costumes, hired equipment or location surfaces.
Live Events, Concerts and Festivals
Across live events, concerts and festivals, high-visibility tape can help crews identify equipment and positions during fast-paced bump-ins, changeovers and pack-downs.
Potential uses include:
- Microphone and lectern positions
- Backline equipment locations
- Camera-platform references
- Stage-management markings
- Lighting and audio equipment identification
- Road-case labelling
- Department colour coding
- Temporary backstage signs
- Loading references
- Equipment parking locations
FL166 should not be used as the sole method of securing cable runs across floors. Suitable gaffer tape, floor tape, cable ramps, cable covers or overhead cable-management systems should be selected according to the application and assessed risk.
Audio, Lighting, Video and AV Identification
The 24mm format provides a practical balance between visibility and precision for marking professional production equipment.
Possible uses include:
- Cable destination labels
- Loom and multicore identification
- Console channel groups
- Equipment-rack references
- Lighting fixture groups
- Video-equipment cases
- Communications equipment
- AV breakout-room packages
- Festival stage equipment
- Workshop inventory
Neon green provides strong contrast against black professional equipment.
Do not apply the tape over:
- Equipment ventilation
- Displays
- Controls
- Connectors
- Heat-producing components
- Serial numbers
- Electrical ratings
- Required warning labels
FL166 is not electrical insulation tape and should not be used to repair damaged cable jackets or exposed conductors.
Road-Case and Touring Equipment Identification
The 24mm format is useful for road-case and touring-equipment identification where a narrow but highly visible label is required.
Touring crews may use it to distinguish:
- Different productions
- Equipment departments
- Truck packs
- Venue destinations
- Stage packages
- Repair or inspection groups
- Priority unload items
- Equipment assigned to different tour stops
- Supplier-owned equipment
- Items requiring immediate access
A documented colour-coding system can reduce sorting time during loading, setup and pack-down.
Because the tape can be written on, crews can combine the neon colour with a stage name, truck number, department or destination.
Do not cover dangerous-goods markings, weight information or other transport details that need to remain visible.
Exhibition, Conference and Display Applications
Tenacious lists flooring, exhibition, staging, printing, display and graphics among FL166’s intended application areas.
Potential uses include:
- Marking exhibition-stand positions
- Identifying AV equipment
- Colour coding contractor inventory
- Labelling display components
- Marking temporary layouts
- Identifying cable destinations
- Labelling transport cases
- Marking storage locations
- Supporting pack-in and pack-out
- Creating temporary installation references
Many venues maintain specific rules regarding tapes and adhesives. Confirm the venue’s flooring and surface requirements before installation.
Warehouse and Pallet-Racking Identification
Tenacious identifies pallet-racking labels and general identification among FL166’s key uses.
The neon green finish and writable 24mm surface may be used for temporary identification of:
- Storage zones
- Pallet locations
- Equipment categories
- Priority stock
- Dispatch groups
- Items awaiting repair
- Returned equipment
- Production consumables
- Department inventory
- Quality-control groups
FL166 should not replace permanent warehouse signage, regulated floor demarcation or mandatory safety identification.
Rigging and Production Equipment Marking
Tenacious identifies FL166 for high-visibility marking across rigging and other professional environments.
Potential production-equipment uses include:
- Identifying equipment groups
- Marking storage positions
- Colour coding department inventory
- Marking items awaiting inspection
- Creating temporary component labels
- Identifying transport groups
- Marking workshop equipment
FL166 must not be used as:
- Proof of inspection
- Equipment certification
- A safety wire
- Load-rated fastening
- Structural rigging equipment
- A replacement for mandatory equipment labels
Any safety-related colour-coding system should be formally documented and controlled.
Reduced Tendency to Catch Synthetic Shoe Soles
Tenacious states that the smooth matt surface is less prone than glossy tape to grabbing synthetic shoe soles, helping reduce one potential trip concern around floor markings.
This does not make FL166 a certified anti-slip tape.
Before performers, technicians or members of the public enter the area, ensure each floor mark is:
- Fully adhered
- Flat against the surface
- Free from wrinkles
- Free from raised corners
- Positioned appropriately
- Regularly inspected
Replace damaged, contaminated or lifting tape promptly.
Neon Green Is Not Glow Tape
FL166 is a fluorescent high-visibility cloth tape. It is not photoluminescent glow tape and should not be promoted as an emergency luminous marking product.
The tape requires available light to remain visible and does not provide certified illumination after the lights are turned off.
For emergency paths, exits, stair edges or regulated safety applications, use a product specifically designed and approved for that purpose.
Fluorescent green should also not automatically be treated as compliant emergency or safety marking. Applicable workplace standards and organisational procedures determine required safety colours, patterns and signage.
Surface Preparation
For dependable adhesion, apply FL166 to a clean, dry and compatible surface.
Before application:
- Remove dust and loose debris.
- Clean oil or grease using a surface-compatible method.
- Allow the area to dry completely.
- Apply the tape without excessive stretching.
- Press firmly across the complete strip.
- Check every corner and edge.
- Test removability on sensitive finishes.
- Inspect floor marks before the area enters use.
Floor polish, silicone products, moisture, dust and cleaning residue can reduce adhesion or affect removal.
Important Application Limitations
FL166 is a professional fluorescent cloth marking, colour-coding and identification tape.
It should not be treated as:
- Structural fastening
- Load-rated rigging equipment
- Electrical insulation tape
- Certified anti-slip tape
- Emergency glow tape
- Fire-rated sealing
- A safety wire
- Permanent regulated signage
- A cable ramp
- A substitute for mechanical fixings
Tenacious advises customers to test suitability under actual working conditions and conduct ageing tests where longevity is important.
Product Specifications
Brand: Tenacious
Product code: FL166
Product type: Fluorescent matt cloth gaffer and marking tape
Colour: Neon / fluorescent green
Width: 24mm
Length: 25m
Backing: 80-mesh rayon cloth with co-extruded polyethylene backing
Finish: Smooth matt fluorescent finish
Adhesive: Medium-tack cross-linked natural rubber
Adhesive coating: High coat weight
Reflectivity: Very low reflectivity
Hand tearable: Yes, laterally and longitudinally
Writable: Yes, using ballpoint pens or suitable permanent markers
Removal: Excellent clean-removal characteristics from most suitable surfaces
Primary applications: High-visibility stage marking, equipment identification, colour coding, road-case labelling, exhibitions, staging and temporary production applications.
Why Buy Tenacious FL166 Neon Green Tape from GigLife?
GigLife supplies professional tapes, connectors, cables, consumables and technical accessories selected by people who work in production and understand how these products are used in real entertainment environments.
Backed by more than 25 years of hands-on live entertainment industry experience, GigLife supports:
- Production companies
- Theatres and performance venues
- Film and television departments
- Touring productions
- Stage managers
- Audio and lighting suppliers
- Festivals
- Broadcast facilities
- Schools and performing arts centres
- Conference centres
- Exhibition contractors
- Technical workshops
Products are selected by people who understand real production demands, from tight bump-in schedules and touring logistics to venue maintenance, studio setups and large-scale event delivery.
Orders are dispatched from Brisbane, with Australia-wide shipping available.
GigLife is proudly by the professionals… for the professionals.
