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  • M mav northwind

    Duct tape is like The Force: It has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together... :)

    Regards, mav -- Black holes are the places where God divided by 0...

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    LenaBr
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    You can use it to make corsets (tape over an old t-shirt). In a pinch it can be used in place of a bra but it is a bit painful to remove, it is best to tape over a cami.

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    • J Joe Woodbury

      For an article written with California on it, I can't believe they blundered when they equated "duct tape" with "gaffer tape". The two are most definitely different. Gaffer tape uses a less sticky/gooey adhesive and can be torn quite easily. Am I the only male who doesn't like duct tape? Cleaning off the goo when its removed is just too annoying.

      Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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      Andy Brummer
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      I'm with you gaffer tape is the real deal.

      I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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      • S Steve Mayfield

        good for many things, buy not to seal ducts [^] :confused: there is Military Grade [^] and Nuclear Grade [^]

        Steve

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        Hooga Booga
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        Duct tape is like 'The Force'... It's got a light side and a dark side, and it binds the universe together.

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        • R Richard Jones

          I wonder what grade 200mph tape is. That's the stuff used by NASCAR.

          "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..." "There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."

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          Dan Neely
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          IIRC the military version of 200MPH tape is metal backed instead of cloth/plastic.

          Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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          • R Roger Wright

            Joe Woodbury wrote:

            Cleaning off the goo

            That's not usually the male's complaint... Duct tape is one of the basic elements of the universe, and it's often our best defense against unrestrained entropy. :-D

            "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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            Nuz_UK
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            That and cable Ties. :)

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            • R rcampbell12

              Oh, please. Anybody who's seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" knows that Windex is the new fix-all.

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              Trevortni
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              No, Windex is only for injuries to people. That takes it up to three things we need: Duct tape to make things not move, WD-40 to make things move, Windex to fix the ways we hurt ourselves before we remembered to use the duct tape and WD-40.

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              • J Joe Woodbury

                For an article written with California on it, I can't believe they blundered when they equated "duct tape" with "gaffer tape". The two are most definitely different. Gaffer tape uses a less sticky/gooey adhesive and can be torn quite easily. Am I the only male who doesn't like duct tape? Cleaning off the goo when its removed is just too annoying.

                Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                Wirehand
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                WD-40 cleans the goo very handily - hence the need for wd-40

                Using the latest technology to create tomorrows problems today.

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                • W Wirehand

                  WD-40 cleans the goo very handily - hence the need for wd-40

                  Using the latest technology to create tomorrows problems today.

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                  Joe Woodbury
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                  Cheap aftershave does the trick too.

                  Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                  • J Joe Woodbury

                    For an article written with California on it, I can't believe they blundered when they equated "duct tape" with "gaffer tape". The two are most definitely different. Gaffer tape uses a less sticky/gooey adhesive and can be torn quite easily. Am I the only male who doesn't like duct tape? Cleaning off the goo when its removed is just too annoying.

                    Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                    el delo
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                    In my experience in pro sound and on stages, gaffers tape is not less sticky and gooey and in fact quite the opposite sticks better than duct tape. It is however designed to be easy to tear, to stick famously to just about anything and everything and yet - like the blue masking tape - not leave a lot of (hardly any) residue behind when removed.

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                    • E el delo

                      In my experience in pro sound and on stages, gaffers tape is not less sticky and gooey and in fact quite the opposite sticks better than duct tape. It is however designed to be easy to tear, to stick famously to just about anything and everything and yet - like the blue masking tape - not leave a lot of (hardly any) residue behind when removed.

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                      Joe Woodbury
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                      el delo wrote:

                      not leave a lot of (hardly any) residue behind when removed

                      That's what I meant by gooey. (I've used gaffer's tape many times as actual gaffer's tape--that and form core can be quite useful.)

                      Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                      • M MrPlankton

                        The nuclear product says; Polyken 226 also has superior tack and adheres tightly to many surfaces. It has multiple uses in power plants and ships. Somehow in my minds eye, I imagine the engineer on a carrier tapping a hole in the reactor vessel with this tape. Of course that would be ridiculous.:suss:

                        MrPlankton

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                        jsrjsr
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                        Well, the nuclear submarine Nautilus used radiator stop leak once....

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                        • S Shog9 0

                          Joe Woodbury wrote:

                          Cleaning off the goo when its removed is just too annoying.

                          Ah, see... you don't remove it. When it starts to wear, you just put fresh duct tape over the top... :-\

                          Citizen 20.1.01

                          'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'

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                          Fallenangyl
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                          Silence is golden...but duct tape is silver.

                          It's not my fault you suck.

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