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Minor Problem with new Desk Mod

Bangflop
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So I received a strip of RGB LED's from Amazon yesterday and I immediately put them on the back side of my desk and everything was all good, it looked awesome, I was happy, the world was turning still.

 

I woke up today to find that the LED's had fallen off of the desk.  This isn't a HUGE problem but I need to find a semi-permanent solution to keep the LED strip stuck to the back of my desk because the adhesive that comes on it is obviously not strong enough.

 

I will probably not use any type of "super glue". Hot glue is not out of the question but I would rather come up with a better solution than that.  I also don't want any blank spots on my LED's to show up due to tape being wrapped around it.

 

Any help will be much appreciated. 

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Hot glue, and if you ever need to remove it it's easy to remove with just a hair dryer.

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#HotGlue

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I think I remember you asking about LED strips previously, the glue on most of them are pretty bad replacing it with something like 3M mounting tape instead will keep them on forever basically.

 

http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ScotchBrand/Scotch/Products/Catalog/~/Scotch-Permanent-Outdoor-Mounting-Tape-1-x-450-?N=4335+5584757+3294603510&rt=rud

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Velcro, cut to size. easy

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I think I remember you arsing about LED strips previously, the glue on most of them are pretty bad replacing it with something like 3M mounting tape instead will keep them on forever basically.

 

http://www.scotchbrand.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ScotchBrand/Scotch/Products/Catalog/~/Scotch-Permanent-Outdoor-Mounting-Tape-1-x-450-?N=4335+5584757+3294603510&rt=rud

lol yeah that was me like a week ago, and thanks for the previous link to the LED's... they work great (besides the glue of course  :P ) I'm going to send you a PM of a different question I have about those LED's though.

CPU: i7-8700K I CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 I GPU: ROG Strix 1080 Ti I MoBo: ROG Strix Z370-E I RAM:  G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB)  I  PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1000i I Case: Corsair Air 540 I Display: 24" 1920X1080p 144Hz ASUS - 27" 2560X1440p 144Hz Dell I OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

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So I received a strip of RGB LED's from Amazon yesterday and I immediately put them on the back side of my desk and everything was all good, it looked awesome, I was happy, the world was turning still.

 

I woke up today to find that the LED's had fallen off of the desk.  This isn't a HUGE problem but I need to find a semi-permanent solution to keep the LED strip stuck to the back of my desk because the adhesive that comes on it is obviously not strong enough.

 

I will probably not use any type of "super glue". Hot glue is not out of the question but I would rather come up with a better solution than that.  I also don't want any blank spots on my LED's to show up due to tape being wrapped around it.

 

Any help will be much appreciated. 

I'd say just get some double sided tape from 3M.  That shit never fails.

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I'd say just get some double sided tape from 3M.  That shit never fails.

this what i would use

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