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22 Dec 03 - 11:38 PM (#1078178) Subject: BS: Duct tape From: MarkS Believe it or not, but the other day I actually used duct tape for its intended purpose - I fixed a broken heating duct. It worked, and it got me to wonder.....how many times have we all used duct tape for UNintended purposes? Might be a fun thread. Any offers on creative uses of duct tape? Mark |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:06 AM (#1078190) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Peace Jaysus, I from a part of the world where harass is two words and duct tape is something ya always have around the house. This is a good idea for a thread. Never thought of using it for that, though. Good idea. |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:24 AM (#1078196) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: catspaw49 Nothing new under the sun here at the 'Cat........Note the threads I added links to above with 229 total posts. Spaw |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:42 AM (#1078210) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: wysiwyg And he's quick, too! ~S~ |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:43 AM (#1078212) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Peace Not if we can get the tape on him! |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:48 AM (#1078215) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: wysiwyg Wait, we gotta get the duct/duck debate going right away, too! And Origins! The name origins AND the invention of the tape itself, origins! Gaffers tape, alladatshit! :~) ~S~ |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:54 AM (#1078222) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Amos DUCT!! A |
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23 Dec 03 - 01:19 AM (#1078234) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: GUEST,Stilly River Sage Two useful household products are duct tape and WD-40. If it needs to be attached, use the duct tape. If it needs to be detatched, use the WD-40. SRS |
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23 Dec 03 - 01:36 AM (#1078238) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Peace And if ya don't want the duct tape to stick, use the WD-40 first. |
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23 Dec 03 - 04:27 AM (#1078264) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: CarolC Oh... if you only knew... I use duct tape for just about everything. Right now, I've got insulation that's made with bubble-wrap type stuff with an aluminum coating on both sides wrapped all around one of the pop-out sleeping compartments in our travel trailer (or as Seamus calls it our "wee hoose"). It works quite well, too. I've got it stuck on with duct tape. And I sealed some other air leaks in our trailer using duct tape and plastic garbage bags. I tried to make an ant trap by putting syrup on a piece of duct tape with the sticky side up. I caught a few ants with it, but not enough for me to call it a success. The list is pretty endless. One of my mottos is 'with enough duct tape and plastic garbage bags, I can fix just about anything. |
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23 Dec 03 - 04:46 AM (#1078270) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: s&r Generally over here (UK) we use Gaffer Tape. I always assumed it was just a name difference as with many US/UK words, bur perhaps not: I found the following trawling GOOGLE: "There is by no means a concensus of opinion here, but everyone seems to agree that there is a significant physical difference between gaffer tape and duct tape, i.e. it is not a difference in terminology between US and UK English. There also seems to be broad agreement that: 1. Gaffer tape is fabric-backed, strong and easily tearable. 2. Duct tape is not as strong and has a PVC backing, but can withstand greater heat exposure than gaffer (hence its use in ducts). 3. There is no such thing as duck tape, either as a trademark or a generic name. However, one off-list response suggested that duck tape was waterproof on the non-adhesive side, i.e. it was so-called because water ran off its back. L ------------------------------------ Leo Enticknap Technical Manager City Screen Cinemas (York) Ltd.. Point 3 was rebutted by another correspondent who had a roll of "Duck" tape. Stu |
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23 Dec 03 - 08:00 AM (#1078360) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Nigel Parsons "Gaffer tape is like 'The Force', it has a Light side, a Dark side, and it holds the universe together" Nigel |
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23 Dec 03 - 08:49 AM (#1078380) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Steve Parkes Aynuck and Ayli (Enoch and Eli to you) are two archetypal Black Country blokes. Aynuck is leaning on his garden gate on day, when Ayli comes down the road with something under his arm. Aynuck:What yo' got there? Ayli: Chicken wire. Aynuck: What yo' doin' with that? Ayli: Goin' to ketch some chickens. Aynuck: Yo' daft b*gger! Yo' don't ketch chickens wi' chicken wire! A while later, Ayli comes back with a number of chickens trapped in the chicken wire. Next day, Ayli comes down the road with something in his hand. Aynuck: What yo' got there? Ayli: Duck tape. Aynuck: What yo' doin' with that? Ayli: Goin' to ketch some ducks. Aynuck: Yo' daft b*gger! Yo' don't ketch ducks wi' duck tape! A while later, Ayli comes back with a number of ducks stuck to the duck tape. Next day, Ayli comes down the road with something catkin-like. Aynuck: What yo' got there? Ayli: Pussy-willer. Aynuck: Hold on, our kid -- I'll get me coat! |
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23 Dec 03 - 08:51 AM (#1078382) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: artbrooks Then there is the version which may have been introduced by the US military years ago, normally greenish brown in color (what "Duct the halls with bows of holly" |
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23 Dec 03 - 10:36 AM (#1078440) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Uncle_DaveO Re S&R's distinction of gaffer tape and duct tape on the basis of gaffer tape being fabric-backed and duct tape being plastic backed. I am old enough (73) that out of my long experience I think of duct tape as being fabric-backed. And frankly, that doesn't seem so long ago. When I see the plastic-backed "duct tape" I immediately think, "How cheap!" Dave Oesterreich |
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23 Dec 03 - 10:48 AM (#1078456) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Kim C Yep, there is a name brand of duct tape called Duck Tape. You can buy it at any Home Depot or Lowe's store, or just about anyplace like that. I have used it for emergency pants-hemming, and for holding my hoop skirt together when one of the casings broke just as we were going out the door - in full Civil War costume - to an event. |
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23 Dec 03 - 11:55 AM (#1078529) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: s&r Fabric tears so neatly uncle Dave |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:29 PM (#1078561) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bill D The reason 'gaffers tape' exists, is that duct tape works too well in some cases. In stage work (where 'gaffers' labor), you want to be able to set up scenery, attach lights, etc., and REMOVE them without sticky residue that duct tape often leaves. My goodwife, Ferrara, and I do craft shows in which we must sometimes run electrical cords across an asile. We use some cheap carpets which we must tape down, but duct tape sticks so well, it will pull the threads out of the carpet used alone.....so...gaffer's tape. |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:35 PM (#1078566) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Dave Bryant CarolC - I use duct tape for just about everything. You'd better be careful - it's not very reliable as a contraceptive ! :-) |
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23 Dec 03 - 12:39 PM (#1078568) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: artbrooks Well, Dave, that would depend on where and how it is applied.... |
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23 Dec 03 - 01:12 PM (#1078592) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Micca Dave it is very effective if the Knees are taped together with it!!! |
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23 Dec 03 - 02:07 PM (#1078625) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Alaska Mike My friend, Lou Nathanson , wrote and recorded the following on his CD "Genetically Enhanced". The three verses are sung in unison by three different voices. (there is an audio sample on his website under "the recordings".) Duct Tape Madrigal in C Major By Lou Nathanson Duct tape, duct tape oh where is my duct tape, My old boat is leaking, my window is cracked. My poor heart is broken I'll fix it with duct tape, Fix it with duct tape until you come back. Duct tape, its better than glue, Fixes stuff just like new, Be prepared throughout your life, Keep a roll beneath your pillow at night. Scotch tape and masking tape and electrical tape, I have tried every single color, each variety and every shape, But only duct tape can bind you to me, Oh where is my duct tape oh where can it be. |
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23 Dec 03 - 02:53 PM (#1078665) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bill D "Dave it is very effective if the Knees are taped together with it!!!" you haven't read the "Kama Sutra" recently, then, Micca? |
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23 Dec 03 - 03:55 PM (#1078696) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Micca :o)..Bill, last time I did I put my back out!!! had tto see an osteopath!! |
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23 Dec 03 - 04:27 PM (#1078713) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: katlaughing Here's what we did with duck tape when advised by the bushites... |
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23 Dec 03 - 06:35 PM (#1078817) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Murray MacLeod "Duck Tape" as a brand name is indeed available in the UK, contrary to the information in s&r's Google trawl. I have just this very afternoon finished taping down our speaker cables to the floor using so-called "Duck Tape", in preparation for the Xmas and New Year jollies. However, I think that calling it "Duck Tape" is indeed a heinous aberration, and that it is better thought of as "Duct Tape", the true name .... |
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23 Dec 03 - 07:04 PM (#1078837) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bill D LOL, kat...next you interrogate the duck, and send the results to John Ashcroft! |
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23 Dec 03 - 09:02 PM (#1078940) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Robin2 Hubby is an registerd member of the duct tape pro club, complete with membership card and notice on his guitar. Right now, our right headlight, many things on the puppet stage, and the star on our Xmas tree, are held in place by duct tape. He is picky about what kind of tape he buys. He even has a short story about why duct tape could have won the civil war for the south. for everything duct tape: The Duct Tape Guys |
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23 Dec 03 - 09:36 PM (#1078961) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: JohnInKansas But... Current Building Codes in most parts of the US DO NOT PERMIT THE USE OF DUCT TAPE ON HEATING AND VENTILATING DUCTS. For almost anything else, it's great stuff. John |
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23 Dec 03 - 09:54 PM (#1078967) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bill D when I worked at Wichita State U. in the Buildings & Grounds shops, the AC folks used it mostly for just temporary assembly and alignment purposes...to keep stuff in place while they made proper connections. |
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23 Dec 03 - 10:25 PM (#1078985) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Hippie Chick duct duct duct duct GOOSE!!! |
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23 Dec 03 - 11:04 PM (#1078997) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bee-dubya-ell JohnInKansas is dead right. Nobody uses duct tape for ductwork any more. The standard tape for ductwork is aluminum tape. Sorta like a very heavy aluminum foil with adhesive on one side. You have to remove a paper backing to expose the adhesive. It's not much good for household repairs because it's a bitch to remove. But it's fun to play with for art projects. Bruce |
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23 Dec 03 - 11:04 PM (#1078998) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Bill D fowl joke! |
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24 Dec 03 - 04:51 AM (#1079043) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Dave Bryant Micca - do you tape Khatt's knees together then - and is that why she needs crutches at the moment ? I've never found any difficulty in "knowing" (biblical sense) a woman with her knees together. Like most problems, it's simple to solve if you approach it from a different direction. |
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24 Dec 03 - 05:50 AM (#1079073) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Mooh Seen it wound and braided into rope and used as a shoulder strap for a guitar case. I've used it to mend a Coleman (plastic) canoe and it lasted at least a season before requiring replacement. A window in my van likes to pop open when the door is shut...yup, duct tape. Temporary repair on my eavestrough...duct tape. A contractor I know fashions his wallet from duct tape. I noticed clear duct tape for sale at the stationery store this week...I'll have to try it. Peace, Mooh. |
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24 Dec 03 - 06:53 AM (#1079098) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Steve Parkes The duct tape wallet sounds a good idea: do you out the money on te sticky side? I know a few people who must do that already! |
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24 Dec 03 - 10:00 AM (#1079196) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: EBarnacle Actually, it's racer's tape. Once, during the Monte, a car came back held together with the stuff. Grand Prix requires that cars come back with all the parts they began with. Racer's tape works for that, too. |
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24 Dec 03 - 02:11 PM (#1079321) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: Peace I give students the following four words and ask them to use the words in a sentence that 1) doesn't just list them and 2) makes sense. Defeat Deduct Defense Detail I wait a day and listen to their answers. I applaud their answers. Then I give them the following: Defeat of deduct went over defense before detail. Always good for a groan. |
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24 Dec 03 - 07:56 PM (#1079436) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: The Fooles Troupe My God! How can we ever stamp out puns when someone such as you is doing such Sterling Promotional Work! |
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24 Dec 03 - 10:59 PM (#1079532) Subject: RE: BS: Duct tape From: katlaughing LMAO, brucie!! |