It does not sound stupid. It's the standard thing to do. Here you really need to have a thin tape, Scotch cellotape is fine. In other places, the good old duct

It does not sound stupid. It's the standard thing to do. Here you really need to have a thin tape, Scotch cellotape is fine. In other places, the good old duct tape saves you. (We actually call it "Jesus tape" here, because it saves people.)