Americans hate to give up on garden hoses. We will repair with more duct tape than hose to try to stop leaks. But duct tape comes unglued on dirty, oily, watery surfaces such as a spewing garden hose.

Plymouth-bsaed Simrit, the industrial products division of Freudenberg-NOK, said Monday it had expanded its Self-fusing Silicone Tape line to include sinusoidal fiberglass reinforced tape. The company ...