@Dave45681 posted:If you tape from the INSIDE, there is no "look", unless you are worried about seeing it if you peer into the end of the box with a flashlight after removing the styrofoam.
Fully agree that tape on the outside would not have a good look. Though I do think I've seen that from time to time.
-Dave
If you tape from the inside you only tape the exposed edge of the GLUE tab and the seam will not be closed. It forms a sort of hinge. Another problem with using tape is ignoring the siltuation of leaving trains in the trunk of your car. I live about 850 miles from York PA and have made the trip about fifteen times. On many of those trips we ran the air-conditioner non stop from the time we left B'ham till we returned. Imagine the temperature inside the truck and what happens to tape. The same thing that happens when I use a hair dryer to remove the dead tape you guys put on the box. Getting the residue off is another matter. See photos of what happens when you tape the glue tab from inside. Had to search a while to find my twenty year old roll of duct tape. Should have been called, GOOEY TAPE. Gluing a box back together is about the least critical use of any type of glue White glue, Yellow glue, CA, Hot glue, ANYTHING but tape. j
