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8 min read • Updated On: Oct 1, 2025

How to Remove Adhesive Backed Hook and Loop from Walls

With hook and loop, many applications use adhesive backing. Adhesives are useful for applying fasteners to plastics, metals, and various other substrates. Now, sometimes these adhesives are applied with the expectation that they will be in place forever. In these instances, it happens from time to time that they need to be removed or replaced. So how do you do that?

Stephen Ira • December 19, 2024

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7 min read • Updated On: Jun 27, 2025

How Do VELCRO® Brand Fasteners Work? Maximizing Durability & Performance

Velcro® brand fasteners are such an ingeniously simple product that we often take it for granted, assuming it will last forever. However, there are factors that will cause VELCRO® Brand's durability to fail. Protecting hook and loop fasteners from the following will maximize its useful lifespan.

Stephen Ira • December 19, 2024

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4 min read • Updated On: Oct 1, 2025

How a Cinch Strap Is Used

Cinch straps have a surprisingly long history. While these capable devices are commonly employed in modern applications, they go back to the days when beasts of burden were the primary means of human transportation. Although today's hook and loop cinch straps are vastly improved on their original predecessors, they still share some of the same basic design considerations.

Stephen Ira • December 19, 2024

2 min read • Updated On: May 25, 2025

Does Outdoor Hook and Loop Exist?

Stephen Ira • July 13, 2023

3 min read • Updated On: Jan 18, 2023

HookandLoop.com Shipping Transit Times

At HookandLoop.com, we're always looking for ways to be more transparent about our process. That includes shipping transit times. Now, how long an order takes to ship depends on the product being ordered, whether we are holding stock on that item, how much is being ordered, and so much more. But once an order leaves our facility, it can take anywhere from 1-5 business days to arrive. But how long will it take to get to you?

Stephen Ira • January 18, 2023

4 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Shipping Lead Times

Alex Stahl • June 8, 2022

3 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Hook and Loop Variance and Tolerances

Hook and loop fasteners are a handmade fabric that is woven. Because of this, it does not fit into tight boilerplate tolerances a lot of drawings might require. Simply playing with the material might be enough to take these products outside of tolerances set by drafting software that is used to working with machined metal parts. Despite these limitations, there are still very reasonable tolerances and variances for hook and loop products.

Stephen Ira • January 19, 2022

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2 min read • Updated On: Aug 13, 2020

Customer Service

It’s important to highlight our customer service here at HookandLoop.com. Every weekday from 8am to 5pm we have staff available by phone at (800) 940-6934. We’re the fastest to respond and can help you find your products, help you determine what product is best, and help you design your strap. We have so much information readily available to share with you should you need it. Here are just a few ways we make things easier for you.

Stephen Ira • August 13, 2020

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2 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

We Accept POs from Schools

At HookandLoop.com, we get a lot of orders from schools. Pre-K, special education, elementary, high school and more. Since most schools order through Purchase Orders and have departments that pay out those invoices, as well as being a government backed entity, we accept POs, or purchase orders, from public schools without the need to approve them on net terms first.

Stephen Ira • July 30, 2020

Dirty Velcro Hook
2 min read • Updated On: May 25, 2025

Cleaning Hook

Since the hook side is the rough scratchy side that sticks to everything, we get questions about how to clean it. It often gets debris in it if it isn't fastened during washing so we thought it would be useful to go over different ways to clean it out to use again! There are a few points to go over so let's get started.

Stephen Ira • May 7, 2020

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