Duct tape
 

We know it is like The Force - there is a dark side, and a light side, and it holds the Universe together.

And now you can learn how its made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUMjcqQL2EI


And if they don't find ya handsome, they will at least find you handy...

Well, the hallelujah moment for me was ...why balls are not square!

Absolutely spellbinding stuff.

Pretty funny guy. -The wide roll could be used to hold a fleet of K cars together-...lol.

Duct tape to the rescue when I used it to hold a cut together on Friday. Nothing else would hold.....well, except for the stitches that are there now.

Fully thing is, duct tape isn't all that good at sealing ducts. It tend to deteriorate too fast.
The aluminized tape works a whole lot better and lasts for many years longer that conventional duct tape.

Yes, that's an age-old paradox.

Reminds me of an old saying....

"The only tools a man needs are duct tape & WD-40. If it moves & is not supposed to move, use duct tape. If it doesn't move & is supposed to move, use WD-40."

Towels and duct tape, the bandage of champions.

both products of WW2 btw...

Uhhhh, it's not DUCT tape, it's DUCK tape... the cloth it's made from is called 'canvas duck'.

It doesn't work at all on ducts. The adhesive deteriorates fairly rapidly...

Even tho some manufacturers call it duct tape, it's not.

Racer's tape, actually...:)

Wiki says:

Duct tape
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Duct tape, in the USA and Canada, is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose adhesive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color (although often green in the UK) but many other colors and transparent tapes have recently become available. With a standard width of 17⁄8 inches (48 mm), duct tape was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition cases.[1][2] Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to facilitate ripping. Because of these properties, it was also used to quickly repair military equipment, including jeeps, guns, and aircraft. In Canadian military circles, this variant is known as "gun-tape", typically olive-green, and also known for its resistance to oils and greases. Duct tape is also called "100-MPH tape" in the military [3], due to the fact that soldiers often refer to something that exceeds expectations as "High Speed."

After the war, the housing industry boomed and people started using duct tape for many other purposes. The name "duct tape" came from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts, a purpose for which it, ironically, has been deemed ineffective. Its strength, low cost, and remarkable versatility make it a household staple throughout the USA for temporary repairs and general-purpose use.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

yep it was used to seal ammo cases in WWII. Hence Duck.

Damn I guess I was a little late on that.

This is true...as explained to me by our heating contractor.

I heard that the name "100MPH tape" was granted by Alaskans who taped their cars together and found that it was good up to about 100mph. Or so say my Alaskan buddies. :)

Great stuff, duct tape. My brother-in-law duct taped the internals of his old upright piano together. It was a little hard to tune, and some of the keys were a little sticky, but otherwise good to go.

In the submarine force, we have a stuff called "EB Green," popular in the shipyard of Electric Boat. It's like duct tape on steroids, heavier and with a stronger adhesive. There are stories about components in sea-water systems that have inadvertently been taken to test depth (the deepest the boat is designed to go) and have survived.

Back in the UK 20 years ago, for racing at least, we called it "Tank Tape". (I had heard some call it 100mph).
A friend who built TV & Film sets called it "Gaffer Tape".
I had never heard the term "Duct Tape" until I came to Canada. Maybe in UK HVAC circles they do.

It's always been called duct tape on every single package I've ever seen or bought.

EDIT: Wow, I just went back and finished reading the rest of the posts and saw the one from kstarnes.
Same quote, same source, we even highlighted the same phrase. Too weird.

Duct tape
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A roll of silver duct tape.
Duct tape, in the USA and Canada, is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose adhesive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color (although often green in the UK) but many other colors and transparent tapes have recently become available. With a standard width of 17⁄8 inches (48 mm), duct tape was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition cases.[1][2] Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to facilitate ripping. Because of these properties, it was also used to quickly repair military equipment, including jeeps, guns, and aircraft. In Canadian military circles, this variant is known as "gun-tape", typically olive-green, and also known for its resistance to oils and greases. Duct tape is also called "100-MPH tape" in the military [3], due to the fact that soldiers often refer to something that exceeds expectations as "High Speed."

After the war, the housing industry boomed and people started using duct tape for many other purposes. The name "duct tape" came from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts, a purpose for which it, ironically, has been deemed ineffective. Its strength, low cost, and remarkable versatility make it a household staple throughout the USA for temporary repairs and general-purpose use.

Duck tape
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The term duck tape may refer to:

Duct tape, a multi-purpose adhesive product
Cotton duck fabric once used in the tapered ends of Venetian blinds

There is a knock-off company that makes a product called "Duck Tape," complete with a little yellow ducky on the side of the package. It isn't the same stuff, but it is similar.

Gaffers tape is different - more clothy backing, very much more sticky, and you can get it with a no-glue strip down the middle (cabling channel)

The "100 mph tape" terminology came about from Vietnam days.. crewchiefs would patch up non-structural damage bullet holes in the Hueys [UH-1's helicopter] with "100 mph " tape .. and the tape would stay on at speed .. ergo > 100 mph tape