Method for covering elongated articles, in particular lines

A method of jacketing elongate items with an adhesive tape comprising a carrier in strip form that has been provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on at least one side, wherein the adhesive comprises a polymeric film former matrix and a curable composition,

• wherein the curable composition comprises one or more epoxy resins and at least one curing reagent for epoxy resins, wherein the curing reagent comprises at least one imidazole-acid adduct compound formed from an imidazole compound of the general formula:
• wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 radicals are independently hydrogen or functional groups or organic radicals, with the proviso that at least one of the R1, R2, R3 and R4 radicals is a functional group or an organic RHet radical having at least one heteroatom,
• wherein the imidazole-acid adduct compound is present in the curable composition in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of all epoxy resins in the curable composition;
• said method comprising running the adhesive tape in a helical line around the elongate item or wrapping the elongate item with the adhesive tape in an axial direction of the elongate item, putting the elongate item together with the wrapping adhesive tape in a desired arrangement, holding the elongate item in this arrangement, and making the curable adhesive to cure by supplying thermal energy.