The Many Uses of Duct Tape (2)

With so many versatile uses, no home should ever be without duct tape. After learning a bit more about duct tape in the first article in this series, you should now be ready to start using it for different things around your home. Some are standard, some are funny, but amazingly all are real and could work! Now obviously a few were thrown in just to get a laugh, and have been collected from various sources, however keep in mind that there are many realistic uses for this product, and most are listed here. If you have any other uses … Continue reading

The Many Uses of Duct Tape (2)

With so many versatile uses, no home should ever be without duct tape. After learning a bit more about duct tape in the first article in this series, you should now be ready to start using it for different things around your home. Some are standard, some are funny, but amazingly all are real and could work! Now obviously a few were thrown in just to get a laugh, and have been collected from various sources, however keep in mind that there are many realistic uses for this product, and most are listed here. If you have any other uses … Continue reading

The Many Uses of Duct Tape (1)

What more versatile product is there in this world? Duct tape has so many common household uses, and even some not so common uses. Duct tape, which was originally known as duck tape, is a strong, fabric-based, multi-purpose adhesive tape. The best of the best. It is usually silver, and eventually black was available, until more recently. Now there are loads of colors, patterns and EVEN transparent duct tape! This versatile tape was originally developed during World War in 1942 under the name “Duck Tape” as a waterproof sealing tape for ammunition cases. Because the duct tape was a rubber-based … Continue reading

Four Types of Tape for the Home

How many rolls of tape do you have in your home? I have one or more of each of the following and I use them all the time. Scotch Tape While people often say, “scotch tape” in a generic sense, Scotch Tape is actually the brand name, trademarked by 3-M for cellophane tape, the first and still the most popular of it’s kind in the U.S. Scotch tape is a great product and has many more uses than can be recounted here, but for example, it is perfect for taping up the grocery list, fixing torn homework papers, repairing everything … Continue reading