Tape tepi, anonziwodhadha tepi, itepi- kana scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tepi, inowanzovharwa nepolyethylene.Kune akasiyana ezvivakwa anoshandisa akasiyana backings uye adhesives, uye izwi rekuti 'duct tape' inowanzoshandiswa kureva marudzi ese ematepi emachira akasiyana ezvinangwa zvakasiyana.Tape tepiinowanzovhiringika negaffer tape (iyo yakagadzirirwa kusaratidza uye kubviswa zvakachena, kusiyanaduct tape).Imwe mutsauko ndeye inodzivirira kupisa foil (kwete jira) duct tepi inobatsira kuvhara kupisa nekutonhodza madhakisi, inogadzirwa nekuti yakajairwa tepi tepi inotadza nekukurumidza kana ichishandiswa pakudziya.Tape tepiinowanzova silvery grey, asi inowanikwawo mune mamwe mavara uye kunyange akadhindwa madhizaini.
Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, Revolite (yakazove chikamu chaJohnson & Johnson) yakagadzira tepi yekunamatira yakagadzirwa kubva kune rabha-based adhesive yakaiswa kune yakasimba duck jira rinotsigirwa.Tepi iyi yairamba mvura uye yaishandiswa setepi yekunamira pane dzimwe nyaya dzepfuti panguva iyoyo.
“Dhadha tepi” yakanyorwa muOxford English Dictionary seyave ichishandiswa kubva 1899;”tepi tepi” (inotsanangurwa se“zvichida kushandurwa kwekare dhadha tepi”) kubvira 1965.