These Gellifters are used mainly to lift fingerprints and to make comparison shoeprints. Their advantage is that they provide
positive image of a print. Unlike tape products for lifting prints, the Gellifter has a low-tack adhesive layer which is thick  enough to lift complete prints from rough or polluted surfaces. Fingerprint powder and impurities that may remain on a print after powdering do not cause missing spots in the lift due to bubbles caught between the adhesive layer and the surface.
 
Applications:

• Comparison shoeprints
• Shoeprints in dust
• Shoeprints developed with fingerprint powder