The joys of Duck Tape

Austin_Allegro · 14 March 2005 at 11:02AM

Having read our US cousins thoughts on the joys of Duck Tape over at a frugal living site, I thought I'd buy some. It is indeed very useful. I've already used it to mend the broken rail in my wardrobe, and to clamp together the sole of my shoe when I was glueing it in a repair job.

My parents have had a leak in their shed roof and I'm going to duck tape it for them before splashing out on a full re-tarring.

Do any other readers have any duck tape success stories, or know a cheap source for it? (it's about £4.80 for 25metres in Woolies)

AP22 · 14 March 2005 at 12:56PM

I heard it makes a good tow rope but I haven't tried it yet... Doesn't stick on wet surfaces...

pavlovs_dog · 14 March 2005 at 6:33PM

on firebox.com you can buy wallets made out of the stuff.

its called a ducti, or something along those lines

!!!!

foreverskint · 14 March 2005 at 6:38PM

my hoover is held together with the stuff. I buy something similar called elephant tape in my local post office for just under £3.00Also handy for gagging small children or taping them to the inside of the cupboard i find LOL!!!!!!!!!!

mim73 · 14 March 2005 at 7:14PM

Try your local poundland or 99p store, they usually stock it. My son in law used it to repair the torn vinyl seat in his taxi, stillgoing strong 6 months later.

Greyhound_Man · 15 March 2005 at 12:01AM

Pavlovs Dog - thank you sooo much for telling us about the duct tape wallets. Those are so cool. Really must get one.

My mate and I always say that there is nothing in this world that cannot be fixed with either gaffa tape or WD40!

suki1964 · 15 March 2005 at 12:28AM

Have a look at www.ducttapefashion.com/

Jay-Jay_4 · 15 March 2005 at 12:36AM

My dishwasher is 'plumbed in' with Duck Tape, as is my bathroom sink! :rolleyes:

We could NOT find the correct attachment for the dishwasher and so far the Ducktape has lasted for 18 months!

Oh, what I would give for a DIY inclined other half :rolleyes:

Sarahsaver · 15 March 2005 at 10:32AM

I saw Joan collins on tv once talking about how you can use it to tape your body into the right shape for fancy dresses, i.e. create a cleavage or a more defined waist. Yes all these millionaire models and actresses are just covered in duck tape under those £10,000 dresses.
HA HA :)LOL:)

jstyles · 15 March 2005 at 4:26PM

pavlovs_dog wrote:

on firebox.com you can buy wallets made out of the stuff.

its called a ducti, or something along those lines !!!!

hey - make your own!! - http://www.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centres/home_leisure/duct_tape/dt_wallet.html

nicki_2 · 15 March 2005 at 4:33PM

Sarahsaver wrote:

I saw Joan collins on tv once talking about how you can use it to tape your body into the right shape for fancy dresses, i.e. create a cleavage or a more defined waist. Yes all these millionaire models and actresses are just covered in duck tape under those £10,000 dresses.
HA HA :)LOL:)

Been there and done that! Not to myself, but as a theatre technician (performing arts not surgical!), I had to tape a very large chested member of the drama group into a small babydoll style dress to give her enough boost to look tarty but stay in her dress as it was a school production. LOL. I'll never forget the day after the last night when she came in and informed everyone that she had pulled more blokes in town the night before since she had gone out in her costume than she had in 18 months of clubbing! Then she quite loudly thanked me for boosting her infront of the entire sixth-form. Talk about embarrasing!

Anyway, at LIPA (Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts) us technicians had a wonderful saying
"The force is like gaffa, it has a light side, a dark side and binds the world together".

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