No, I don`t put glue on top of tape.... when I said ` combination` I meant tape on one area and glue on the other i.e. front and side-flaps glued, and from just behind the ears, around the nape, tape. Not everyone can remove a fullcap nightly, for practical reasons...... I`m lucky that way-- I have time in the mornings to re-attach it..... but I only use a single layer of glue and 3 short strips of tape .... if I needed to leave it in place longer, I`d use several layers of glue and apply tapes all the way along the perimeter ..possibly even use a long strip of tape from front-to-back across the crown for ` extra` hold across the top of the head.... you could just ask John to have the factory reproduce the density on the flaps/sides that they gave me, if you think it would work for you... I deliberately made the template to come ` down` in front of the ears.....I wanted to factor-in for the possibility of eventual lace shrinkage....this happened a system I had before.....it`s not as noticeable on a [relatively] smaller Topper, but with a Fullcap, especially there in front of the ears, if the flaps are a little short to begin with, any shrinkage will be very noticeable.

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Few more pics added to show you the shape of the flaps.
p.s. the yellow object in the last pic is simply a clothes-peg holding the front of the system [lace] up off the glue while it cures.