Tenacious FL166 Neon Pink Matt Cloth Gaffer and Marking Tape – 24mm x 25m
Make stage positions, equipment, cases, cables and work areas easy to identify with Tenacious FL166 Neon Pink Matt Cloth Gaffer Tape.
FL166 is a professional fluorescent cloth tape designed for high-visibility marking, colour coding, identification and temporary production applications. Its bright neon pink finish provides strong contrast against black stages, road cases, equipment racks, cables and other dark production surfaces, helping crew locate marked items quickly during rehearsals, bump-ins, performances, filming and event delivery.
The tape combines an 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 delivers a practical combination of visibility, strength, hand tearability, low reflectivity and clean-removal performance from most suitable surfaces.
Supplied in a versatile 24mm width and 25-metre roll, this version provides more marking area than narrow 12mm spike tape while remaining considerably more precise than a standard 48mm gaffer tape.
High-Visibility Marking for Professional Production
The strong neon pink finish makes FL166 suitable for applications where marks need to remain easy to locate among dark equipment, backstage infrastructure and busy technical environments.
Potential uses 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 workboxes
- Identifying cable groups and destinations
- Marking lighting, audio and video equipment
- Creating temporary stage boundaries
- Identifying warehouse and storage locations
- Marking equipment allocated to different departments
- Creating temporary rehearsal references
- Labelling exhibition and conference equipment
Tenacious identifies FL166 for high-visibility marking, colour coding, identification, pallet-racking labels, surveying and professional flooring, staging, display and repair applications.
Versatile 24mm Width
At 24mm wide, this FL166 roll sits between narrow spike tape and full-width gaffer tape.
The additional width makes it useful where a 12mm mark may be too small or where more space is needed for writing, identification and colour coding.
The 24mm format is especially practical 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
- Set-piece identification
- Temporary production signage
- Marking wider floor references
It also provides enough surface area for short written labels while remaining compact enough for stage-management kits, technician toolboxes and touring workboxes.
Neon Pink for Strong Colour Contrast
Neon pink provides excellent visual distinction against many common production colours, particularly black, grey, dark blue and silver.
It may be used to identify:
- A particular performer
- A touring department
- A stage or performance area
- Equipment belonging to a production
- Items requiring inspection
- Priority equipment
- Specific cable destinations
- Rehearsal-only positions
- Scenic or prop locations
- Cases allocated to a truck pack
Where several fluorescent FL166 colours are used, each colour can be assigned a consistent meaning within the production’s marking system.
Any colour-coding system should be clearly communicated to crew. Tape colour alone should not replace required equipment labels, safety markings, inspection tags or written identification.
Smooth Matt Finish with Very Low Reflectivity
Fluorescent tapes can sometimes produce unwanted glare or reflections under stage lighting, studio fixtures, flash photography and direct sunlight.
FL166 uses a smooth matt surface that Tenacious describes as providing very low reflectivity and a clean aesthetic finish. This makes it suitable for professional theatre, studio, broadcast and production environments where a glossy marking tape may be visually distracting.
Possible camera-facing applications include:
- Studio-floor references
- Actor and presenter positions
- Camera tracking points
- Set-piece locations
- Equipment positions
- Lighting focus marks
- Photography-studio references
- Broadcast presentation areas
Matt does not mean completely reflection-free. The tape should still be tested under the actual lighting, camera exposure and viewing conditions where its appearance is critical.
Strong 80-Mesh Rayon Cloth Backing
Tenacious manufactures FL166 using an 80-mesh rayon cloth with a co-extruded polyethylene backing. The woven reinforcement provides useful strength while allowing the tape to remain flexible and easy to work with.
The cloth construction allows the tape to conform across suitable:
- Stage floors
- Road cases
- Cable jackets
- Equipment housings
- Metal racking
- Temporary scenery
- Exhibition panels
- Storage containers
- Production workboxes
- Workshop surfaces
The polyethylene layer supports the tape’s smooth fluorescent finish and provides a more consistent outer surface than an uncoated fabric tape.
FL166 remains a marking and identification tape. It is not load-rated and should not replace structural fasteners, rigging hardware, cable supports, safety wires or mechanical fixings.
Medium-Tack Natural-Rubber Adhesive
FL166 uses a medium-tack, cross-linked natural-rubber adhesive with a high adhesive coat weight.
Tenacious describes this adhesive as providing a useful balance of adhesive strength and internal cohesive strength, along with excellent clean-removal characteristics from most suitable surfaces.
This balance supports applications where the tape needs to:
- Remain in position during a production
- Hold temporary labels securely
- Conform to suitable irregular surfaces
- Be removed following the event or production
- Provide practical short-term colour coding
- Maintain stage and equipment marks
Clean removal cannot be guaranteed on every surface.
Performance may vary according to:
- Surface type
- Paint condition
- Floor coating
- Application pressure
- Installation duration
- Heat exposure
- Direct sunlight
- Moisture
- Cleaning chemicals
- Surface contamination
- Removal technique
Always test FL166 on an inconspicuous area before applying it extensively to valuable, painted, polished or decorative surfaces.
Clean Removal for Temporary Applications
Temporary production marks are often required for only a rehearsal period, event, theatre season, exhibition or filming schedule.
FL166 is intended to provide excellent clean-removal performance from most suitable surfaces when applied, maintained and removed correctly.
Extra care should be taken with:
- Freshly painted stages
- Painted scenery
- Polished timber
- Specialist dance floors
- Wallpaper
- Decorative laminates
- Hired furniture
- Props and costumes
- Vehicle paint
- Film and television locations
When removing the tape, peel it back slowly at a low angle rather than pulling sharply upwards.
Where adhesive residue remains, use only a cleaning method approved for the underlying surface. Strong solvents may damage flooring, paint, plastics, fabrics and cable jackets.
Easy Unwind and Hand Tearable
FL166 is designed to unwind easily and can be torn by hand in both directions—across the roll and longitudinally along its length.
This allows technicians to create marks quickly without needing scissors or a knife for every application.
Hand tearing is useful for:
- Fast stage marking
- Short equipment labels
- Rehearsal changes
- Temporary cable identification
- Road-case colour coding
- Warehouse labels
- Production position changes
- Touring setup adjustments
- Replacing worn marks
- General temporary repairs
Longitudinal tearing also allows narrower strips to be created when the full 24mm width is not required.
A suitable cutting tool may still produce a cleaner edge where presentation or precise dimensions are important.
Writable Matt Surface
The smooth matt surface can be written on using a ballpoint pen or suitable permanent marker.
The larger 24mm width provides more writing space than the 12mm spike-tape format, making it useful for information such as:
- Performer names
- Department names
- Scene numbers
- Equipment numbers
- Cable destinations
- Case contents
- Dates
- Test references
- Stage locations
- Temporary instructions
Dark permanent markers will generally provide the strongest contrast against neon pink, although the chosen pen should always be tested first.
Allow the ink to dry before handling the tape or allowing foot traffic over it.
Theatre and Stage Applications
FL166 is well suited to theatre departments that require clear and consistent markings throughout rehearsals, technical preparation and performances.
Potential theatre applications include:
- Performer blocking marks
- Scenic wagon positions
- Prop locations
- Furniture positions
- Microphone-stand placement
- Lectern positions
- Stage-management marks
- Quick-change area identification
- Backstage storage labels
- Touring-equipment colour coding
The 24mm width can be used where a larger and more visible mark is preferred. For very small traditional spike marks, Tenacious specifically identifies the 12mm FL166 format as the dedicated spike-tape width.
Film and Television Applications
Film and television crews frequently require highly visible temporary marks that can be placed accurately and changed as the scene, shot or studio layout evolves.
Tenacious FL166 Neon Pink may be suitable for:
- Actor positions
- Presenter positions
- Camera references
- Tripod locations
- Lighting-stand positions
- Prop placement
- Set-piece alignment
- Studio-floor layouts
- Equipment identification
- Department colour coding
The low-reflective matt surface is useful in studio and production environments where glossy tape may catch lighting or create distracting highlights.
Where the tape will remain visible within the final frame, test it under the production’s actual lenses, lighting and exposure settings.
Approval should be obtained before applying tape to sets, props, costumes, location floors or hired surfaces.
Live Events, Concerts and Festivals
Across live events, concerts and festivals, fluorescent marking tape can help crews identify equipment and positions during busy installations and changeovers.
Potential uses include:
- Microphone and lectern positions
- Backline equipment locations
- Stage-management reference marks
- Lighting and audio equipment identification
- Camera-platform positions
- Equipment-case marking
- Department colour coding
- Temporary backstage labels
- Loading and transport identification
- Production-zone markings
FL166 should not be used as the sole method for securing cable runs across floors. Use suitable gaffer tape, floor tape, cable ramps, cable covers or overhead routing according to the risk and environment.
Touring Production Identification
Touring productions often need an identification system that remains consistent across venues, trucks, warehouses and backstage areas.
The neon pink FL166 may be assigned to:
- A particular department
- A specific touring production
- Equipment travelling in one truck
- A stage or performance area
- A performer or scenic element
- Items requiring priority access
- Equipment allocated to a tour stop
- Cases requiring repair or inspection
A documented colour system can help reduce sorting time and improve equipment recognition during loading, bump-in and pack-down.
Tape must not cover required serial numbers, test tags, ratings, safety warnings or inspection information.
Audio, Lighting and AV Equipment Marking
The 24mm width is practical for labels and colour coding across professional audio, lighting, video and audiovisual equipment.
Possible uses include:
- Cable destination labels
- Console channel groups
- Equipment-rack identification
- Loom and multicore labels
- Lighting fixture groups
- Video-equipment cases
- Communications equipment
- AV breakout-room packages
- Festival stage equipment
- Workshop inventory
The bright pink colour is particularly effective against black professional equipment.
Do not apply tape over ventilation openings, displays, controls, connectors or heat-producing components.
Exhibition, Conference and Display Applications
Tenacious lists flooring, exhibitions, staging, printing, display and graphics among FL166’s 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 have specific adhesive rules. Confirm the venue’s tape and flooring policy before application.
Rigging and Production Equipment Identification
Tenacious identifies high-visibility marking for rigging, construction, automotive sport and security among FL166’s markets.
Possible production-equipment uses include:
- Identifying equipment groups
- Marking inspected inventory
- Colour coding storage locations
- Marking department ownership
- Creating temporary component labels
- Identifying equipment awaiting service
FL166 must not be used as:
- An inspection tag
- A safety wire
- Load-rated fastening
- Structural rigging equipment
- Proof of certification
- A substitute for mandatory identification
Any safety-related colour-coding system should be formally documented and controlled.
Warehouse and Pallet-Racking Identification
Tenacious specifically lists pallet-racking labels and identification among FL166’s key markets.
The 24mm width provides useful space for temporary warehouse and stock labels, including:
- Storage locations
- Pallet positions
- Department inventory
- Priority orders
- Equipment awaiting repair
- Returned stock
- Production consumables
- Dispatch groups
- Tour packages
- Quality-control areas
The tape should not replace permanent regulated signage, floor demarcation or mandatory warehouse safety markings.
Reduced Tendency to Catch Synthetic Soles
Tenacious states that FL166’s smooth matt surface is less prone than glossy tape to grabbing synthetic shoe soles, helping reduce one potential trip concern around floor marks.
This characteristic does not make FL166 a certified anti-slip tape.
Before performers, crew or the public enter the area, ensure that each mark is:
- Fully adhered
- Flat against the surface
- Free from wrinkles
- Free from lifted corners
- Positioned appropriately
- Regularly inspected
Replace any damaged, contaminated or lifting tape promptly.
Surface Preparation
For the strongest and most consistent 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 over the entire strip.
- Check every edge and corner.
- Test removability on sensitive finishes.
- Inspect floor marks before the area enters use.
Floor polish, silicone cleaners, dust, moisture and surface contamination may reduce adhesion or affect removal.
Important Application Limitations
FL166 is a professional fluorescent cloth marking and identification tape.
It should not be treated as:
- Structural fastening
- Load-rated rigging equipment
- Electrical insulation tape
- 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 to conduct ageing tests where long-term performance is important.
Product Specifications
Brand: Tenacious
Product code: FL166
Product type: Fluorescent matt cloth gaffer and marking tape
Colour: Neon / fluorescent pink
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, with ballpoint pens or suitable permanent markers
Removal: Excellent clean-removal characteristics from most suitable surfaces
Primary uses: High-visibility marking, colour coding, identification, staging, exhibitions, equipment labelling and temporary production applications.
Why Buy Tenacious FL166 Neon Pink 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 dispatched from Brisbane, with Australia-wide shipping available, including support for touring, festival and multi-show supply requirements.
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