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| posted on June 5th, 2011 at 11:10 PM |
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duct tape
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.
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| posted on June 5th, 2011 at 11:18 PM |
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personally i like
silence is golden, duct tape is silver
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cable ties are a great invention many uses
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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???
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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.
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 04:06 PM |
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cable ties are a great invention many uses
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The crooks get them around their wrists Rose... lol
I bet they hate those BIG cable ties....
and some use two of them... YIKES..
and Yes, they are holding My oil cooler in place at present...lol
LEE
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 04:24 PM |
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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
Adventure Before Dimentia
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 04:32 PM |
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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.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 05:30 PM |
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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!
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 05:36 PM |
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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)
Keeping it real !
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| posted on June 6th, 2011 at 05:52 PM |
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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.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 07:24 AM |
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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.
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 07:43 AM |
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A while back, I saw some 100 MPH tape displayed in a speed equipment shop as......."200 MPH tape".
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 03:43 PM |
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| Quote: | 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.
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Hi Don
I disagree... Duct tape as used when We had ducted air con fitted many years ago was the grey plastic stretchy DUCT tape ... no fine threads and its
very sticky and flexible...
100MPH Race tape had the fibres thru it and won't stretch
and was usually silver...
John Deere made an excellent TAPE... silver threads in it and its thick and sticky... was expensive too.. compared to cheaper versions which are
getting thinner and thinner..
The one sold by Dick Smith isn't too bad...
its called Gaffer tape... [similar to 100 MPH tape]
when you see racing cars with tape over them holding bits on... its Race tape or Gaffers tape... 100MPH tape ..
so, duct tape is the stretchy tape.... usually grey in color..
and Race Tape - 100 MPH tape or Gaffers tape are all the same... with fibres in them.. can be cut with finger nail on edge..
Many Chinese makers are calling everything either PVC or DUCT Tape....??
LEE
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 04:55 PM |
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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.  
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 04:57 PM |
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some more uses here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVw-fc_1Xd0
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 06:38 PM |
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As far as I knew proper duct tape for heating and air conditioning ducts must be fire resistant foil covered.
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| posted on June 8th, 2011 at 06:55 PM |
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| Quote: | 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.
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Sorry about that Don
may have been thinking about the other threads I had read.. lol
Yes, I bought a roll at ALDI last week thinking it was good seeing it was made in Germany... But I was wrong... lol
its too thin to wrap stuff up with... but it may be OK for some 50KMH taping on cars...
its just so thin... can't go any thinner... lol
Maybe the foil tape is used on commercial premises...??
or Maybe new regulations...??
as My Air Con was fitted about 20 years ago...
cheers
LEE
PS: First there is quality then there is Price... lol
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by beetleboyjeff
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.
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| posted on June 18th, 2011 at 07:21 PM |
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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.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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Top stuff Jeff, how'd ya go with the insurance and rego thing? 
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 07:51 AM |
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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
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 12:52 PM |
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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.
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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.
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 06:44 PM |
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posted by bajachris88
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.
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Wow
Those space suits would be sealed pretty bloody tight.
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 07:28 PM |
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crazy hey!
that link describes it.... this pic is one of the astronauts after his moon walk, grubby as!
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 07:49 PM |
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It's very fine and super abrasive.
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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?
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| Quote: | Originally
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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?
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This makes a lot of sense. The suits are at positive pressure, so I can't see how any dust could get in.
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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.
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| posted on June 20th, 2011 at 10:01 AM |
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Dont know how true this is but i found this, originally called "duck tape"?
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm
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