Method for producing a cladding for elongated material

A method of making a wrap for an elongated object comprising the steps of:

• providing a longitudinally extending base strip having an inner face, an opposite outer face, and two longitudinally extending and transversely spaced edges;
• covering the outer face substantially completely by a first adhesive coating;
• applying an adhesive-free overlay strip to the adhesive coating on the outer face transversely inward of one outer longitudinal edge thereof to form a laminate while leaving a first exposed edge band at the one of the longitudinal edges;
• and
• applying a second adhesive coating to only a part of the inner face of the base strip and offsetting the second adhesive coating toward the first exposed edge band on the outer face of the base strip from a central longitudinally extending plane.

A method of making a wrap for an elongated object comprising the steps of:

• providing a longitudinally extending base strip having an inner face, an opposite outer face, and two longitudinally extending and transversely spaced edges;
• covering the outer face substantially completely by a first adhesive coating;
• applying an adhesive-free overlay strip to the adhesive coating on the outer face transversely inward of one outer longitudinal edge thereof to form a laminate to leave at the one of the longitudinal edges an exposed edge band having a width of 5% to 30% of a width of the base strip;
• and
• applying a second adhesive coating to only a part of the inner face of the base strip.