Duct tape actually is good for everything, even warts!

Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

One of my hobbies is medival foam weapons fighting. We use duct tape for many things, including:

Making weapons and shields, repairing same, field repairs of armor, patching tents when we camp, and more. . .

Duct tape is truly one of man’s finest creations.

Our doctor recommended that for our daughter’s warts a few years ago. I thought it was a bit nutty, but it worked.

We use it for everything from car repair to marital aid.

O…kkkkayyyy. That’d be TLI.

TLI? I must admit, I don’t know every abbreviation out there.

Too little information, eh?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Duct tape is like the Force: It has a Dark Side and a Light Side, and it holds the Universe together.

[sub]Forgive me I couldn’t resist AAARGH![/sub]

Yep, Too Little Information :slight_smile:

Sorry, you gave me TLI.

I thought that’s what it was, but figured it might mean Typical Loser Insight, or The Latest Idiot, so I wasn’t sure how to reply.

I was being humorous, sort of. It can be a quick fastener if you’re in a bondo mode, but you have to be careful. It can be a bit messy getting it off skin and hair! I’ve only used it a few times in that fashion. That said, I’ve seen people wrapped in it from head to toe, completely mummified. I do believe they had something on between their skin and the tape. I’ve also seen where the person is first wrapped in plastic wrap, then covered with the tape. That’s pretty extreme. Only in America (and probably Germany, and England, and quite a few places actually).

Is that TMI? :wink:

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch ouch [sub]ouch[/sub].

Can’t say I’ve tried that (even though I’m from England, where it’s apparently well known that you can’t throw a whip, a whippet or a can of whipped cream into a gathering without hitting someone who has used one, more or all of the above in a somewhat imaginative way).

I’ve been to England several times and I believe it. I think your kink ratio is way above the U.S. (that’s a compliment). I’ve attended a fetish flea market in a bar near Kings Cross that was held on a Sunday afternoon and treated as though it was a typical happening. Great bargains!

This duct tape talk is giving me an idea for a Halloween costume.

You got it, Welby. I went to Oklahoma for a 2-day IFGS game last month, and the first thing that went in my backpack when I was packing was a fresh roll of duct tape. I repaired three swords, a couple of shields, and a castle with it over the weekend.

Are you a member of a LARP club?

Yes… the handyman’s secret weapon now has medical value. Of course Redd Green probably has other medical uses for it. I wonder if he keeps a running list?

And I thought it was odd that we had a roll of duct tape in the bedroom. :slight_smile: (It was being used to fix a small leak in the waterbed). 'Course it also gets used around the house for temporary toddler-proofing of cupboards and the like, keeping some plugs in wall sockets (not that they would fall out by themselves; refer aforementioned toddler) and on one occasion for wrapping a birthday present.

Being in the SCA it also gets used for weapon and shield repair… 1001 uses… 1002… 1003… :slight_smile:

When I was in grad school I moved into a rickety rental house with my then-girlfriend and her brother, only to find that the kitchen (back of house) had a hole, about 2’ x 3’, where the wall was gone. You could see the lath underneath, and the outer wall beyond that, with of course a nasty, frigid draft (and probably various and sundry vermin) coming through.

Our solution? You guessed it: DUCT TAPE! LeRoy and I got a big roll or two of duct tape, and very carefully covered the entire hole with duct tape, several layers thick. No more draft!

Yes, we actually built a (non-load-bearing) WALL out of duct tape. It was beautiful.

That I am, Balance. I participate in two the the DC area, both foam weapons clubs. One, called Darkon is a sort of D&D LARP, with spellcasters and whatnot. I tend to prefer it because it offers a little more along the role-playing lines than Dagorhir which tends to be more fight-centric.

But I enjoy them both. There is no better way to releive stress than to beat the hell out of someone on the weekend.

How about yourself?

In my household we call the silvery duct tape “serial killer tape”, because in all movies and true-crime documentaries this tape is used by killers to bind and gag their victims.

I’m in the Dallas chapter of the IFGS. We’ve got D&D roots as well. We do light-touch (usually :)) foam fighting. Projectiles and spells are called out, and thrown weapons are represented by bean bags. We do a lot of roleplaying, but we’re not usually obsessive about it–our light games tend to be rather Python-esque.

I’m kind of hesitant about posting this because two of my fellow DFW dopers are in this thread and I’m likely to see them IRL fairly soon. I’m not sure if their opinion of me will go up or down as a result of this post, but what the heck.

Here’s a quick duct tape tip to keep the tape from causing potential damage when you just need it to hold something in place that you could hold with rope or some similar non-sticky substance. Tear off about two and a half times as much as you’d need to wrap whatever you’re planning to wrap. Then fold the tape back onto itself, sticky sides together, but don’t match up the ends perfectly, leave a few inches at one end uncovered and still with all it’s sticky glory. This gives you a length of double-thick duct tape with a sticky end. Wrap the thing you need held in place with the non-sticky length of tape nice and tight. Then place the sticky portion on top of one of the layers you made out of the non-sticky piece. This will hold it all together. Imagine an athletic bandage, which in and of itself is not sticky, wrapped around and then fastened with a bit of velcro or whatnot at the end of the wrap. It’s easy, and to take it off you just have to pull the short segment which is actually sticky, loose from the bottom layer of tape and unwrap. Sometimes you can double over an inch or so of the still-sticky portion to make a tab you can use to pull the tape apart for even easier removal.

Voila! An easy way to make self-sealing rope out of duct tape. I hope I explained it clearly enough. If anyone in the Dallas area wishes a demonstration, I’ll be happy to oblige.

Enjoy,
Steven

Up. Definitely up! :smiley: