Something to laugh about😀
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PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
Moondoggie wrote:
Duct tape is pretty handy most of the time!
i have known a few people who I think might just use duct tape
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Jan 17, 2023 07:46:15 #
Side note. Yes, it really is "Duck Tape." It was originally applied to the fabric known as duck for waterproofing, I think. Still, we'll never know the history of this tape for certain.
A commonly told story is that duck/duct tape as we know it today was created by the Johnson & Johnson company under contract to the US military during the war. Colored green, it was intended to provide a waterproof seal for ammunition boxes, but soldiers found all sorts of uses for it. It is true that Johnson & Johnson was contracted to provide waterproof adhesive tape to seal ammunition boxes, but whether or not this tape was the duck/duct tape that we know today is uncertain.
A commonly told story is that duck/duct tape as we know it today was created by the Johnson & Johnson company under contract to the US military during the war. Colored green, it was intended to provide a waterproof seal for ammunition boxes, but soldiers found all sorts of uses for it. It is true that Johnson & Johnson was contracted to provide waterproof adhesive tape to seal ammunition boxes, but whether or not this tape was the duck/duct tape that we know today is uncertain.
Jan 17, 2023 08:20:41 #
Jan 17, 2023 10:28:27 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Side note. Yes, it really is "Duck Tape.&quo... (show quote)
I am pretty sure the tape was originally called "duct tape" and is misprononced as "duck tape." My dad was in the heating and air conditioning business when heated air was moved through metal pipes called ducts. These pipes were made of thin galvanized sheet metal that was rolled and formed so one end of the pipe would fit within another. They were then attached with a sheet metal screw and the joint was sealed with asbestos tape soaked in wheat paste. When this dried, it was a permanent seal. Duct tape replaced the asbestos and wheat paste seal I have applied many yards of asbestos soaked in wheat paste, and when duct tape came out it was a welcome change.
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Jan 18, 2023 21:26:55 #
drucker
Loc: Oregon
I started using "DUCT" tape in the 1960s for just that -- sealing joints in HVAC duct work, then watching the cost of the good stuff steadily climb and dozens of imitators come on the market that had little tensile strength and adhesives of dubious value.
Then the "art" phase began using the ubiquitous silver tape for all kinds of projects from clothes to billfolds. Not to be restricted to the silver product, the brand name "DUCK TAPE" appeared offering dozens of patterns and colors. To make things more confusing or clear depending on your point of view, Office Depot has
Duck® Duct Tape
listed as the description for the silvery version sold alongside all of the colors and patterns.
Then the "art" phase began using the ubiquitous silver tape for all kinds of projects from clothes to billfolds. Not to be restricted to the silver product, the brand name "DUCK TAPE" appeared offering dozens of patterns and colors. To make things more confusing or clear depending on your point of view, Office Depot has
Duck® Duct Tape
listed as the description for the silvery version sold alongside all of the colors and patterns.
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