Lightning Sticky-Side Powder for Developing Prints on Adhesive Tape

Sticky-side Powder, 50 grams

This new product for developing latent prints on the adhesive side of tape has the advantages of being more economical and far clearer than the other available processes, such as Crystal Violet. Sticky-side powder is simply made into a paste using equal amounts of water and Photo-Flo. It is applied to the adhesive side of tape with a camelhair brush and allowed to set for 10-15 seconds. It may be left on longer or rinsed off sooner. It may be reapplied, if desired.

Technical Note:

Sticky-side Powder (104087) is used to process the sticky-side of adhesive tapes and labels for latent prints. As with any chemical process, we suggest that you experiment on non-evidence items to become familiar with this process before using it on evidence.

Duct tape, adhesive bandages, paper-backed labels, masking tape, plastic surgical tape, clear plastic tape, packing labels, double-sided foam tape, reinforced packing tape

Cloth surgical tape, adhesive edge of 3M Post-it notes, frosted plastic tape

Black electrical tape (due to poor contrast), some paper labels and tapes and labels with dried-out adhesives, some contact papers or shelf papers