[freebeard]

From the 2nd link:

For FiberFix’s inventor, Brigham Young University student Spencer Quinn, the notion of a tape that “hardens like steel” came to mind initially during a routine doctor’s visit, when the physician relayed a story about how, instead of duct tape, he once used medical casting tape to temporarily repair his ATV. The method worked well enough to make it home. Quinn and his cousin, a mechanical engineer, then embarked on a long prototyping process that included testing as many as 50 variations. The final product, as Quinn describes, looked nothing like the medical bandages that inspired it.

The medical stuff doesn't bond with the surface. I have a good test case, I thnk I'll pick up a roll.