[Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Jeffery

I use regular scotch tape, put it on one side of the film end, and tape it 
around the spool, and then tape it on the other side of the film end. Worked 
100% so far. Sometimes i used too much tape and it was visible on frame 37 
or 38.

Didier

>I used to load my own Plus X in the late 1960's, but cooled off on it when I
>had problems with the damned film ends coming untaped at the end of the
>roll. I had to keep a changing bag in my trunk, and then take the film out
>of the bag in my darkroom. The tape that Kodak, Ilford, etc. use to affix
>the film to the spool is tenacious as hell. Anyone have a suggestion of what
>I should use? I have a feeling that "duct tape" is going to enter the
>conversation.
>
>Jeffery Smith