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 on at least one side with a curable composition comprising one or more epoxy resins and at least one curing reagent for epoxy resins,

• wherein at least one of the epoxy resins used is a fatty acid-modified epoxy resin and the curing reagent comprises at least one epoxy-amine adduct that is the reaction product of (A) at least one epoxy compound comprising a molecule having at least one cyclic ether group and (B) at least one amine compound, said at least one epoxy-amine adduct having a softening point of at least 100° C., said adhesive tape having a storability (Lf) as determined by dynamic differential calorimetry (DSC) of ≥0.84 after storage for 10 days at 60° C.,
• said method comprising running the adhesive tape in a helical line around the elongate item or wrapping the elongate item by the adhesive tape in an axial direction, putting the elongate item together with the adhesive tape in a desired arrangement, holding the elongate item and the adhesive tape in this arrangement, and making the curable composition to cure by supplying thermal energy at a temperature between 120° C. and 200° C. for 10 to 120 minutes.