BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Jack Campin
Date: 08 Jan 13 - 09:15 AM

Attach a prison escape kit to a cat:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20920848

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR7SB67hKKY

http://www.chicosabetudo.com.br/2013/01/05/arapiraca-gato-e-flagrado-levando-serras-brocas-e-celular-para-dentro-de-presidio/

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Dorothy Parshall
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 11:32 PM

I am using it to hold the cherry floor boards to each other as they are too hard to put a nail through but they were bouncing around. (The floor is disintegrating due to powder mill beetles but there is no reno in the near future.)

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 10:09 AM

My tape is monochromatic in the true sense of the word.

As you would expect....

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Ed T
Date: 05 Jan 13 - 09:48 AM

A few years ago, I used duct tape to temporarily hold down a tarp over my convertible car top- while I was waiting for a new top. The car was primed to be repainted. Bad mistake, as the glue residue (that came loose from sun exposure) was sure hard to get off.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Ed T
Date: 05 Jan 13 - 09:44 AM

I used it to hold my artificial Christmas tree box together in storage. I also used it to seal out moisture from the junction where my outdoor electric lights join.

I have the traditional silver, brown and the camo colours - and also the 100 mph military and 1000 mph variations. I haven't tested the MPH effectiveness, as I don't need a speeding ticket:)

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Jan 13 - 08:38 AM

I put some around the metal clasp of my glasses case. The metal has the kind of profile and edges that could scratch the glass, if you are not careful. The glue does harden and as a result the tape needs replacing. But at least I can see to do it.....

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 05 Jan 13 - 04:58 AM

Put some over Cristina Kirshner's mouth!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: GUEST,Fossil at work
Date: 04 Jan 13 - 11:01 PM

Another one from today: attach a Windex to the top of a sailing dinghy's mast prior to a race. Didn't win though!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 04 Jan 13 - 10:30 PM

Unruly passenger taped to seat on Icelandair flight

> A. Pawlowski, NBC News contributor

> PHOTO Courtesy of andyellwood.tumblr.com
> An Icelandic man who reportedly drank too much and became unruly on a New York-bound flight was taped to his seat, witnesses and authorities say.

> A passenger who became unruly after allegedly drinking too much alcohol had to be taped to his seat on a trans-Atlantic flight, witnesses and authorities said.

> A startling photo of the subdued man ended up on a blog run by New York businessman Andy Ellwood, who said he received the picture from an acquaintance who witnessed the incident.

> ...

> Icelandair did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesman for the airline confirmed the incident to Icelandic media, adding that plastic ties and tape are standard on board flights to help in such situations. [i.e they do this a lot?]

Well, it looks like Duct Tape (and a tie-wrap around his knees).

John

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Mrrzy
Date: 29 May 07 - 02:24 PM

I've heard it said that Silence is Golden, but Duct Tape is Silver.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 May 07 - 04:37 AM

Useful for taping the handle of the Dyson vacuum to the hose bit, because the little plastic strip has broken that keeps the latch in place. Trouble is, this no longer leaves the catch available for easy release so a handy supply is fed round the hose of the Dyson for future reference.

Also works with ordinary sticky tape.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: open mike
Date: 29 May 07 - 01:16 AM

www.ducktapeclub.com/
http://www.ducttapeguys.com/duckvsduct.html

it has also been used for fund raising events
where someone )often the hight school principal)
is taped to a wall for donations...
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/walltapings/

this comes with a warning to not try it at home...

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Gurney
Date: 29 May 07 - 12:52 AM

For burglars: tape over the window you intend to break. It doesn't soung like glass, then.

For boaties: Tape the tank on top of the outboard. I had a split priming bulb and suspect one-way valves. Went to a plain length of hose and blew hard in the tank filler to prime the motor.

Hey, it was early in the trip and a long way to row. It worked perfectly, but not prettily.

That 'F4' tape mentioned above is in common use by airlines. It comes in two varieties, named after the highest recommended speed to be used when it is holding bits to the 'plane. 600mph & 1000mph, or something. If the door-catch is dickey, they tape the door shut!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 28 May 07 - 11:28 PM

Scavenge tip:

Mains fans are used to draw air out of computer cabinets - I'm taking about those 5-7 ft high metal 'server' cabinets - they are usually wired as a seperate pluggable unit. Can be found at places that recycle such second hand cabinets. Duct tape will easily hold them in place for a few months, if you mount them on a board or piece of plexiglass.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 28 May 07 - 03:55 PM

FROM THE PROCEDURAL MANUAL

Problem-- BAD window in a rented house, conveneitnly located in the shady part of the porch and well out of the rain; storms and screens fit for sh*t and incomplete, but need an outer screen for seasonal use of a small twin-fan-type exhaust fan. Redeems an otherwise unusable room that needs good ventilation, into playroom, daytime napping space, occasional classroom, occasional childcare room, and one of Mmario's favorite places to sleep when the house is full-up. Outer parts of window all oldstyle aluminum siding, except for actual wood of window sashes. Unheated and very drafty section of house-- winter use very slight. Sashes also no longer work easily due to settling, warping, etc.

Solution: Mount permanent screen from the outside. Use celotex or plexi panel for winter insulation to mount from the inside when it's time to close the room for the winter. Install fan in summer when its warm enough to need it and it can be left for the season; remove when winter heating season gets serious after Indian Summer, and install insulating panels.

Procedure:
1. Break the remaining glass on the remaining storm window panel, obviating the need to get the other aluminum frame re-glazed. (Let it fall out onto the woodpile under the window, CHECK)
2. Caulk ever-falling upper sash and screw in permanent, tightly- closed position (CHECK)
3. Dig up unused roll of black nylon screen and estimate size suitability. (CHECK-- it's an inch too small on two sides and an inch too long on one.)
4. Bypass duct-tape hunt through house and camper; proceed indirectly to WalMart for new roll; purchase after ice-cream stop. (CHECK, narrowly missing known associates for mandatory Wally World chitchat.)
5. Send man-- who moved woodpile to clean up broken glass without consultation with wife, blocking access to window she could FINALLY have fixed all by herself-- for favorite ladder. (CHECK)
6. Wife: Duct tape screen fabric onto side wall of porch, using porch siding as leveling guide. Extend size of patch on three sides, with multiple rows of neatly-pressed duct tape. At bottom, run a line of tape as a reference/place to grab for tightening patch during installation. (CHECK)
7. Wife: Peel neatly-prepared patch off porch wall and bring to installation site. (CHECK)
8. Wife: Hand patch up to man on ladder and instruct on placement after eyeballing center/level. (CHECK)
9. Man: Follow instructions carefully and manfully, attaching top (only) of patch, tightly. Come down and remove ladder when asked.
10. Wife: Trim off excess at bottom of patch. Finish tightening and taping from the bottom edge. (CHECK)
11. Man: Put ladder back in place and tighten/press down sides of patch. (CHECK)
12. Couple: Congratulate/thank one another, admire effect of patch, clean up site. (CHECK)

If completed successfully, proceed to fan installation procedure manual.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 08:06 PM

use number 115 (out of 99)
Cut into squares to use as tiles.
if not big enough they can be stretched because they are - Ductile
Just Duct for cover.......

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 08:02 PM

Holy God. Those Renaissance outfits look better than some I've seen that cost considerably more.

I will add, howe'er, that Miladies is a tad anachronistic.

Not that I am a costume nazi. My motto is, "wear whatcha want, so long as the boss don't mind".

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: GUEST,J
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 07:12 PM

Another pair of prom outfits from from duct tape - this one with a picture: http://www.boston.com/news/daily/23/duct_tape_prom.htm

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Sonnet
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 07:03 PM

I used to put a piece of duct tape on the soles of my daughter's Irish dancing heavy shoes if the stage was slippery at a feis. You score few points for falling on your bum! Also useful under tap shoes to prevent damage to wooden floors.

J.McS

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 03:44 PM

Household repair: Up until I got energetic and replaced the drain pipe it had been combat patched using a strip of rubber a plastic bag and firmly held in place with duct tape. It would still be there except the metal out side of the duct tape rotted away. I can attest that it will hold a 150 pound person to the propeller blade of a P-3 Orion. Would make it a handy baby sitting accessory. It works well as a sort of instant vice for cutting pipe too. Excuse me I think I hear a roll calling me now.... neil

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 03:44 PM

Household repair: Up until I got energetic and replaced the drain pipe it had been combat patched using a strip of rubber a plastic bag and firmly held in place with duct tape. It would still be there except the metal out side of the duct tape rotted away. I can attest that it will hold a 150 pound person to the propeller blade of a P-3 Orion. Would make it a handy baby sitting accessory. It works well as a sort of instant vice for cutting pipe too. Excuse me I think I hear a roll calling me now.... neil

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: JenBurdoo
Date: 23 Apr 02 - 01:27 AM

Here's one: It makes for some very funny comic books. See www.nodwick.com for details -- it's a Dungeons and Dragons parody about a henchman whose manipulative employers use him to set off traps, bait dragons, as a doorstop, etc, and whose cleric therefore uses Duct Tape (tm) to make him serviceable again. Made with Glue of the Gods, this magical product can reattach severed limbs and even revive the recently dead. Example sequence:
"What happened to me?"
"You were chewed in half by giant shrews. We taped you back together."
"So that's why my feet are on backwards?"
Jennifer

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: 53
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 09:59 PM

I used it to tape up one of my road hardened or should I say destroyed hard shell cases.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 09:49 PM

Oh, and I forgot...the St. Paulie Girl?

Duct tape. What, you think those things are filled with helium or something?

Fibula Mattock is absolutely right.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: IvanB
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 09:48 PM

artbrooks, just because there are 102 (actually 106 with this one, unless someone else is typing right now and beats my submission) posts doesn't mean there have been 99 uses for duct tape published yet. Some posts were merely commentary on others.

Right now my desk chair is rolling back and forth over a large patch of duct tape because I've broken through my chair mat. It's been this way for several months, however there's a new mat waiting in the garage for me to vacuum my office so I can lay it down. Who knows when that'll happen.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 09:32 PM

OOPS! I quoted from Alex, and it should have been Mousethief. My bad.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 09:30 PM

Hey Alex...have you ever tried wrapping the instrument case in paper or cloth first and *then* taping the whole thing up in duct tape? Seems to me you could avoid that nasty sticky residue that way.

Mmario...Don't forget they measure you for "Medieval Moccasins" with duct tape as well as bodices and tights. Which leads me to ask: How *did* they measure you in Medieval times if they did not have duct tape??

And lastly, my very own confession.

I just this past weekend bought a roll of black duct tape for the sole purpose of fixing the rip in the underside of the dashboard of my 1984 rabbit convertible. It had a nasty verticle slit in it that made the covering curl up to either side. So, I cut the part of the piece off where it was ripped, and now, I'm gonna duuuuuuct tape it where there aint no more vinyl!

Is there rehab or a 12 step for this?

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: GUEST,Al
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 07:39 PM

Banjo mute.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: artbrooks
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 04:27 PM

I see that this "99 uses" thread now has 102 posts. How about using duct tape to tie the hands of anybody who comes up with anymore?

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: KT
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 03:57 PM

Works wonders as a WART REMOVER! NO KIDDING!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: JedMarum
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:54 AM

This stuff is essential for a stage! I use it to anchor cables and/or wires so they don't create hazards under foot.

I use it to keep the snake fixed and out of the way of heavy traffic so it does not get damaged.

I also use it to create handles for boxes so I can carry them some distance comfortably - eg carrying in two or three boxes of CDs to a festival, I sometimes tape the boxes together in single group, then pull up a loop of tape, doubled over on itself to make a handle. Works great, then I just throw away the handle when I'm done. And if I don;t sell all the CDs - I repeat the process to carry them back out after the festival is over!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:52 AM

I admit to not having read all the way thrco' the thread, but "Apollo 13" was repeated yesterday on the BBC. I don't think you can beat their use of it.
At the World SF con I saw a series of badges;
"Gaffer Tape / Duct Tape is like The Force it has a Dark side, a Light side, and it binds the universe together"

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:24 AM

This morning's edition of the daily rag includes an article on a local couple who made their complete prom outfits from duct tape. Here "Flamenco style dress with 28 yards of lacy black trim on the flounces was made with pinking shears and a flower-shaped hole punch." Reportedly, you can't stitch the stuff, so it was all stapled. But she say's it was waterproof, when it rained on the prom.

Unfortunately, the paper's web site doesn't post pictures. I will attest that she looked quite fetching. He was sorta ordinary.

Their effort was apparently in response to a contest - by Duck Brand Duct Tape, who else?

Maybe someone would get a Mudcat Calendar idea from The Contest

John

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: WyoWoman
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 12:32 AM

Bikini wax, anyone? Anyone?

Bueller? ... aaayeeeeeyoooowwcchhhhh!

ww

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Janie
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 10:24 PM

The plexiglass window to our storm door has been duct taped in for going on 3 years now. Duct tape patched our folboat in a very dicey blow down in the Florida Keys. I have used it for an emergency hem job. Half of the toys my son and I have invented are held together or reinforced with duct tape. Given a roll of duct tape, tie wire, sheet metal and a bic lighter and one can probably make, rig or repair anything.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Robin2
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 09:28 PM

My whole life is held together with duct tape

Newest use..holding our left headlight in after hitting a deer
We go through so much duct tape, we've become picky about what kind we buy...never buy "Duck" tape, it just isn't very good(hard to tear, and not sticky)

You see, duct tape was invented by the south during the civil war, and if they would have developed it just a little sooner, the south would have never lost the war...

Why do you think it's gray?

Robin

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Willa
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 07:09 PM

Judging by the posts on the 'Son of stony stratford' thread, there'll be a great need for it there in order to repair all the inflatables!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 06:19 PM

Many years ago, I went to a job interview where they had one of them high-powered human disusers graduates give me an "aptitude test." One of the questions was "list as many things as you can think of to use a wire coat hanger for."

Well, he 'lowed as how my 140 odd uses was 40 or 5 times the normal, but he congratulated me profusely for being the first one who ever listed "you can hang a coat on it."

So do we need to say ----- "you can tape a duct?"

Frankly, I like a lot of the above uses a lot better.

As a side note:

In the aircraft industry - the better grade of "duct tape" is called "duct tape." The metal tape version is sometimes called "300 mph tape." (They use it a lot in wind tunnel tests.) The run-of-the-mill hardware shop stuff is called something best omitted here.

John

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:58 PM

uh, yeah.......say, look here, I'd like to make myself available as a taper and cutter for any of you Mudcat women which might be interested in what Lynn describes. I'd be happy to help feeling forming you up anytime.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: GUEST,Lynn T
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:35 PM

Want a perfectly-fitted dress dummy? Get a turtleneck or longsleeve t-shirt you never want to see again, several rolls of duct-tape and a patient friend. Put the shirt on over whatever undergarments you plan to use with the finished clothing (ex: corsets for reenactors, or your favorite style of bra, Spaw) Have your friend start plastering six-inch lenths of the tape in all directions on the outside of the shirt's torso, until it assumes your shape and gets pretty stiff. Have your friend slice the shirt open down the center back so you can escape, then insert a hanger across the shoulders and a pillow in the bodey cavity, stitch the thing back up, and you've got an instant double. If you hang a chain from your workroom ceiling, you can then hang the dummy at your height from the floor, so you can get a rough cut on pinning up hems without bothering your friend again.

After decades of doing costumery for reenactors, I have a corpse's gallery of these easy dummies hung from curtain rods slung from my workroom ceiling. I use a window hook to fetch down the one I want to hang from the "working chain", which has colored marks on the chainlinks corresponding to marks on the neck of each dummy-hanger, so I know how far off the ground to hang the thing. Works great!

Lynn

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: heric
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:50 AM

Last year, there was a news story from the deep south: Some kid saved his own life, honest to God, with duct tape. He was lost in an alligator infested swamp, so he tied himself up in a tree with duct tape and made it through the night. Best use of duct tape ever.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Milkdud22
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:45 AM

According to my friend, if it can't be fixed with duct tape, it ain't worth fixin'. This soccer season my cleats were falling apart, and toward the end, the only thing holding them together was spit and duct tape. My mother also used to wrap my twin sister in duct tape to keep our diapers on. We had the worst habit of taking of clothes, untying shoelaces, etc. I also heard of a girl who was trying to win a college scholarship by making a dress out of duct tape. It looked quite cute and fashionable, and I had no idea duct tape came in so many colors!

-Milkdud

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Amos
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 12:27 AM

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:11 PM

SONG WRITERS NEEDED! New song entitled "Duct Tape Mkes the World Go Round" needs lyrics.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: DancingMom
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:37 PM

My husband, Mr. Aesthetics, once reupholstered the seat of an old rocking chair with duct tape. Worked great for a while, but then the ends started to curl up a bit and would stick firmly to our butts when we tried to haul ourselves out of the chair. He uses it to attach plastic sheeting on the windows of our drafty old house every winter for insulation, too.

I nursed the kiddie pool through one more summer plugging the leaks with duct tape. I've also hemmed marching band pants and various costumes as well.

I had heard of the duct tape strapless bra, too, not brave enough to try it. Sharon

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:10 AM

I thought I'd bring back this old thread when I found this particularly fascinating use........

Stick,.....er, uh......CLICK Here

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: tiggerdooley
Date: 09 Apr 01 - 04:06 PM

I made a flat mirror into a secure stand-up mirror for my dressing table using duct tape. It DIDN'T fall over in the middle of the night, almost scaring me to death. There lies the difference between DUCT tape and MASKING tape!!!!!!!! I have learnt my lesson....

Fibula and Ella, it may be cheaper than a wonder bra, but you get covered in sticky stuff. Not v. attractive, I can tell ya!

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Apr 01 - 03:50 PM

But then what if those little curly hairs get stuck to it? That could be a real problem. Why not just wear Bozo the Clown underwear like Spaw does? Then if your zipper breaks you've got an instant art show. Or buy pants that are way too long, and then your nose will hang out instead of "Littl' Phil", only offending a few people...well, maybe more than a few in your case. :-)

- LH

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Philibuster
Date: 09 Apr 01 - 12:45 AM

Use it on your fly when your zipper breaks. Draws questions, and it's hell to take a wiz, but it's better en havin 'Littl' Phil' hangin out.

Subject: RE: BS - 99 great uses for Duct Tape!!!
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 09 Apr 01 - 12:26 AM

John in Kansas -- sneaking in on dear LIK's cookie --
I don't think there is any need to add more variations to the theme of 'name two or more objects that can be joined together with duct tape' but for all of those who know and love the product in it's many forms, two above posts require comment.
Carol C. asked "What can't you do with duct tape?" The simple answer is "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT OFF." This is really only true after it's been in place for a while, but can be a real problem.
GUEST#1 suggested CCL4 (usually called "carbon-tet" in local usage here), but - as stated - it has a tendency to be VERY toxic - and is banned in most civilized circles. Dried on, hardened, cooked, petrified duct tape (and masking tape) adhesive can be readily removed by rubbing gently with MENTHOLATUM. This is a trick I discovered more than twenty years ago and have used since. I have tried the similar VICK's VAPORUB and it doesn't work at all. Apparently the petrolatum-menthol combination is special, and petrolatum camphor doesn't have the same effect. (I have also tried most conveniently available solvents, soaps, etc. and nothing works as well as the menthol petrolatum.) Smells nice, non-toxic, and you can cure your head congestion while you work. (The smell fades in a few hours.) Cheers - and happy taping.
JohnInKansas