Attachment method and system to install components, such as vortex generators, to a wind turbine blade

A method for installing an add-on component to a surface of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising:

• attaching an adhesive side of one or more strips of a double-sided adhesive tape onto either the surface of the wind turbine blade or a surface of the add-on component, the tape strips having a release liner on an opposite exposed side thereof;
• each of the tape strips having an extension tail from the release liner that extends beyond an edge of the add-on component when the add-on component is placed and held at a desired position against the surface of the wind turbine blade;
• and
• with the add-on component held at a desired location, pulling the extension tail away from the add-on component at an angle such that that release liner is removed along the length of the tape strip while maintaining the desired location of the add-on component against the surface of the wind turbine blade to attach the exposed adhesive under the release liner to the surface of the wind turbine blade or the surface of the add-on component.