Let's talk about Duct Tape, Shall We?

[NYC_SKP]

First of all, duct tape and children just should be in the same sentence, much less a news article about very poor parenting.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9237779

But I digress...

Seriously, I almost become angry when people rave about it's "many uses".

It's for ducts, works wonderfully well for ducts.

It's crap for any other purpose, leaves behind adhesive, looks like crap.

What I have for these purposes is gaffer's tape, designed specifically for a wide range of taping duties.

Gorilla tape is pretty good, too.

Gaffer's tape:



Gorilla tape:



:patriot:

[sarge43]

1. Have second Gorilla Tape.

It kept the front bumper of my car from falling off until I got it to the body shop.

[kentauros]

2. What kind of duct tape do I use for quarks?

[madinmaryland]

3. Until a certain someone FREES THE DUCK, I cannot talk about this!

:D

[NYC_SKP]

5. Shirley, you jest!

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

6. No, not that...

And I spent a lot of time doing this with her.



:D

:hi:

[yankeepants]

4. I use duct tape to mend fences

The real ones like on a horse farm. When we find a broken board we wrap it in DT for a quick fix. I occassionaly think how stupid Rowdy Yates would look riding the fences with rolls and rolls of Duct Tape tied to his saddle?

[kentauros]

8. Well, it is

"the handyman's secret weapon"




:D

[krispos42]

16. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

:-)

[midnight armadillo]

7. I used duct tape recently to make bicycle fenders

That and some cardboard. They work brilliantly.

[doc03]

9. Well actually I took a HVAC course and the instructor said

the one thing duct tape is not any good for is ducts.

[triguy46]

10. Count me out. I'm a non-believer.

It's never helped me when in a bind. More than anything its totally worthless when confronted with water. It was designed to use to seal ducts when joined. Thats it. it does that fine, but pretty not much worth a tinkers damn for anything else. For my money give me JB Weld and baling wire and 2 minute epoxy.

[NYC_SKP]

12. I have several tubes of JB weld and JB quik weld.

Good stuff.

:thumbsup:

[UndertheOcean]

11. pui

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. I swear by it...

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...AND because it's TONS better than waxing or tweezing.
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[BlueIris]

14. Guns make you stupid. Duct tape makes you smart. nt

[struggle4progress]

15. Here's a thread that's just full of duct tape testimonials:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9515807

[kentauros]

17. Yeah, all four of 'em

:P

[struggle4progress]

20. One, two, three, many ... Can't you count?

[kentauros]

21. Oh.

Must be the vodka talking. It's Russian ya know.

[Stuart G]

18. Got a rip in a pocket...forget about sewing it...duct tape it..faster..and

don't need to thread a needle..enough

[Stuart G]

19. What about strapping tape???

For some uses..better than duct tape..