thinking this must be my new sig line

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

personally i like

silence is golden, duct tape is silver

cable ties are a great invention many uses

You can get Race tape [100 mile an hour tape] at most servos in small rolls in different colors...

the larger roills are usually silver
Good race tape has fibres thru it...
it can be cut on one side with Your finger nail.... lol

We are NOT talking about the sticky very flexible tape that comes off leaving the sticky glue on the paint....
it is usually called duct tape these days....
its a grey colored tape [usually] but may be in silver???

cheers

LEE

PS: many years ago I bought a VHF antenna 2 metres long..
[similar to a channel 9 TV antenna][assembled-]
in Sydney... then attached it to the LHS of My Magna car..
It was taped on with Race Tape...
didn't mark the car and didn't move on the 300KM trip home.

LEE

Since we are on a "Tape" thread, a good little tip for anyone that gets itchy after grinding / sanding fibreglass, before you jump into the shower, grab some masking tape, stick and remove from itchy areas a few times, then inspect the sticky side of tape. You will see lots of sparkling bits, ( these are the fibre fragments that get into the skin) those couple of little hairs were yours once!!!! Have your shower and presto, no itch. As for other tapes, I prefer the silver Plumbers tape (duct tape) it shits like stick to a blanket

Duct tape.... used to tape air conditioning ducts together amongst other things yep plumbers use it to tape things together and concretors use it to tape their under slab plastic film together and to drainage pipes etc penetrating the plastic film. Gaff tape is the one with the fine threads incorporated into the backing cloth, just how it became known as 100 mile per hour tape I'm not sure, probably because it is sometimes used to hold cracked and broken bits back onto track cars and it holds on at high speeds...... all this fascinating information bought to you be "I've got bugger all to do on this cold afternoon" well nothing I particularly want to do.

My Dad once used it to stick a caravan back together on a trip out bush. We got to the Willow Tree truck stop and realised that the drivers side of the caravan had literally peeled open like a can of fish, rolling back and flapping in the wind.

He still had a few hundred kms to get to Gunnedah, so Dad wrapped it in a spiders web of duct tape. It held the rest of the way and sat that way for a few months once it got to our bush block.

Awesome stuff!

gaffer tape was introduced by the film industry, Gaffers (lighting technicians) use it to tape the power leads onto the floor to prevent people tripping (but really to stop you bringing a light down some 20,000 watt globes can cost 3k each)

The way I heard it a few years ago from an old bushie:

"Orinally, Australia was held together with 8 guage fencing wire.
Then it was Araldite.
Then for a short time it was super glue.
Nowadays it is silicone and pop rivets".

I know it isn't duct tape, but still pretty accurate.

My first experience with it was in 1979 in another life. As an apprentice in the RAAF I was amazed by the original 100 mph tape. Now THAT was the real deal.
It came in on a NATO stock number, 4 inches wide, was an ugly green colour and stuck like the world was gonna end!
Best story I heard about it was when an Orion tore it's wing up on a bird and was deemed not able to fly. It was taped up and flew home. The tape never lifted.
Pity the poor bugger who hat to take it all off!
Everyone who left the service went with a roll and I remember having a tear in my eye when I used the last of it. Never seen the likes of it since.

A while back, I saw some 100 MPH tape displayed in a speed equipment shop as......."200 MPH tape".

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Originally posted by donn Duct tape.... used to tape air conditioning ducts together amongst other things yep plumbers use it to tape things together and concretors use it to tape their under slab plastic film together and to drainage pipes etc penetrating the plastic film. Gaff tape is the one with the fine threads incorporated into the backing cloth, just how it became known as 100 mile per hour tape I'm not sure, probably because it is sometimes used to hold cracked and broken bits back onto track cars and it holds on at high speeds...... all this fascinating information bought to you be "I've got bugger all to do on this cold afternoon" well nothing I particularly want to do.

Yep, that's what I said, so you agree with me Lee "Gaff tape is the one with the fine threads incorporated into the backing cloth" ................and I assume "gaff" is short for "gaffer", the good stuff is still available, at least the good stuff that I've known over the years, you just have to look for it, the last roll I got was Bear brand, just that like everything these days most outlets only stock the cheap brands as the consumer only knows price, they can't see quality.
And I thought I was the only one who put their typing finger into action before they read the post properly.

some more uses here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVw-fc_1Xd0 

As far as I knew proper duct tape for heating and air conditioning ducts must be fire resistant foil covered.

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Originally posted by donn Yep, that's what I said, so you agree with me Lee "Gaff tape is the one with the fine threads incorporated into the backing cloth" ................and I assume "gaff" is short for "gaffer", the good stuff is still available, at least the good stuff that I've known over the years, you just have to look for it, the last roll I got was Bear brand, just that like everything these days most outlets only stock the cheap brands as the consumer only knows price, they can't see quality. And I thought I was the only one who put their typing finger into action before they read the post properly.

Yep, I am quite happy with duct tape.

When I rolled my bug near Gulgong, I still had to drive it back to Port Macquarie, but the windscreen had fallen out, and the drivers side tail light lens had broken off.

So, I stuck them on with duct tape (I know I probably could have re-fitted the windscreen, but I didn't have the gear, time, or skills), and drove 6hrs home - no problem.

Top stuff Jeff, how'd ya go with the insurance and rego thing?

so back to the tape
have u used it across the gob of ur offspring chris when she plays up?
I'm sure u haven't needed it for ur oval to keep it running lately

Good to see correct terminology being used here.
As an ex frigy it shits me big time every time I see it called duck tape.

Rose, for hours of fun with Garfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOk95Q5Yc0 

Duct tape is old and famous and timeless.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/21apr_ducttape/ 




Was used by astronauts to repair a fender on a moon buggy during operation after a hard whack. They repaired the fender with nuffin more than good old duct tape after major concerns of the issue of highly abrasive moon dust flying up and forming a 'roosters tail'. This could have resulted in damage to their equipment and blackening of the astronauts suits, making them dangerous and prone to absorbing the suns radiation (as opposed to reflective white).

The moon dust is that fine despite the sealed suit, the astronauts still manage to return with their skin and longjon's covered in black moon dust.

crazy hey!

that link describes it.... this pic is one of the astronauts after his moon walk, grubby as!

It's very fine and super abrasive.


Smiley

hmmm now I am a nasa sceptic. Those suits would have to be airtight and pressurised wouldnt they? Surely an air molecule is smaller than a dust molecule. If there was anything leaking it would be air going out, not dust coming in. I reckon that dust is from where he wiped his forehead once he took the suit off. What is the name of that "astronaut". Is he from cape canaveral or hollywood?

they had to get in and out of the suits you know.

Its very sticky and abrasive that dust because all the particles are very course and sharp from no weathering effect on the moon that would otherwise round the particles like on earth.

Dont know how true this is but i found this, originally called "duck tape"?

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm