You need a solvent for the adhesive used on the tape. So take a small piece of tape and see if oil first and then metho, if needed, will dissolve it. If you need to use metho, just remember it is volatile and stinks and snakes don’t like it near their nose any more than we do. Neither of these two are harmful to the skin and they can both be washed of with detergent and warm water.
Different brand electrical tapes use different adhesives. The tape is both an electrical insulator and a thermal insulator and will cause some heat build up underneath it. Aluminium tape is designed for use on warm surfaces – heat readily passes through it and the adhesive is heat resistant.
Instead of tape, I’d recommend using a thin piece of MDF, sawn or routed with channels to hold the cord in place, and then put your tile on top. Tile and base can be clipped together with metal paper holders, the metal spring out of certain clothes pegs, blobs of Blutack or a thin wood edging strip tacked and /or glued to the edge of the base, allowing the tile to be dropped in.
Blutack does become more fluid with increasing temperature but I have had laminated posters put up with it that did not fall off in 35[SUP]o[/SUP]C+ heat. So try it see. Odds on it will be OK.
Manda is quite correct about eucalyptus oil. In its concentrated liquid form it is quite deadly to cells and as timmit pointed out, stings the skin. I recall reading a post somewhere about a fellow who picked up a tick on his scrotum. He’d heard that eucalyptus oil kills ticks. So he went ahead and applied a liberal dose to the parasite and surrounding flesh. Apparently he gave quite an excellent impromptu performance of river dance before he regained sufficient composure to disrobe and head for the shower.
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