Hi,
Going to convert to tubeless - 23mm internal rims - is 24mm tape sufficient?
25mm gorilla tape, £2.99 a roll, don't waste your £££ on anything else
ok, thanks
Scotch Transparent Tough Duct Tape also works well.
link that describes the process:
http://cyclesinlife.com/tubeless-fatbike-conversion-update/
You can simply trim the Duct Tape to match the width of your rim...
Stans tape but not stans, more for less:
Planet X have a blue tape that seems to be the same basic material as Stans at £1 a 10m roll right now. It's branded under their 'Jobsworth' range and sitting under wheels/wheel spares on their shop page. TESA 4289 is usually available on eBay for cheap and is the same stuff by the company that actually makes it, not a rebranded and price hiked version.
Gorilla tape isn't all that. It kinda works all the time but only really shines when the rim/tyre combination is an edge case and needs a little help. Not all rims need the extra bulk of a thicker tape, and in some cases it can make life harder than it needs to be. It's also another surface apart from the inside of your tyre to be sucking up your sealant. If you really have to do the Gorilla thing, their clear repair tape is a much better product for the job than the cloth tape on all counts.
The trick with any tape for tubeless is to make sure the rim is clean first (wipe with isopropyl or the cleanest thinners you have) and then apply it slowly making sure it's pulled tight. You'll always get little air pockets above the spoke heads but try to keep them as small as possible (they can be pushed around like with vinyl application) and you definitely don't want them anywhere near the edges or any creases. If there's a crease, eventually an edge will lift and you'll have an air path to a spoke and your tyre will go flat. It's not hard to do, but it does need attention to detail to get right. Start a couple of inches before the valve hole and wrap to a couple of inches past the valve hole.
As a general rule of thumb tape width = external rim width