# This week I used duct tape to **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448 "2000-07-30T16:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/1 "2000-07-30T16:20:16Z")
1. close a too short pillow case on my body pillow. 2. repair jeans snagged at the knee by a Chihuahua. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/2 "2000-07-30T16:21:44Z")
1. Tape a knife to a pipe and go weeding in my garden with a glaive 2. patch my backpack ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/3 "2000-07-30T16:22:15Z")
I love to play with duct tape. I think this is why there’s never any bought for this household anymore. Oh well. I can amuse myself with other things in the meantime… ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/4 "2000-07-30T16:23:07Z")
1. Hi OpalCat! You can’t have a two point list—You could get killed!!! I used duct tape on my fiance, I love to hear him scream! ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/5 "2000-07-30T16:34:37Z")
… in college, one of my professors suggested that my rough draft could be improved by cutting it apart and rearranging the paragraphs – sorta like an old fashioned word processor. Yeah, all I had in the house was duct tape. I got an A on the final draft. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/6 "2000-07-30T16:35:53Z")
Grrrr! I guess that italics don’t work in subject lines. Hey, and where did my cool, new sig go? ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/7 "2000-07-30T16:50:42Z")
1. Clean the dog hair off the throw rug Sorry that’s it. It’s a short list. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/8 "2000-07-30T16:54:06Z")
Hold the bumper on my car during a road trip… so it didn’t drag on the ground. 🙂 -Lsura ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/9 "2000-07-30T17:30:57Z")
1. fix a duct (really) 2. secure a paint roller onto a roller-pole 3. clean lint off my pimp suit 4. tweak a painting so it hangs level ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/10 "2000-07-30T17:32:31Z")
Repair my kendo kote. Covers holes in the leather beautifully, and wrapped around the seam of one glove, keeps the straw-like inner stuffing from falling out. I’ve stitched leather patches on them in the past, but duct tape works almost as well and is a lot easier… ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/11 "2000-07-30T17:35:50Z")
1. Hold a suitcase shut. 2. Tape a kids mouth shut. The two have no relation I swear! ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/12 "2000-07-30T17:48:08Z")
Ok Whammo, now I’m curious. What was this perversion? I want to see if I’ve heard of a more perverted one… ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/13 "2000-07-30T17:51:31Z")
I, too, just used duct tape yesterday to wrap a duffel/suitcase so it wouldn’t explode on the trip. My kids seem to have made out like bandits while they were here and went back with 3 more bags than they came with. **Reavealing Geekiness:** Once, in high school, I used duct tape as part of a costume I made for a fantasy movie some friends and I made. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/14 "2000-07-30T18:03:45Z")
Golly, **Jois,** how big is your chihuahua, anyway? Kinda like hearing somebody say, “repair jeans snagged at the knee by a really huge mosquito”. On the first night of our trek to the Pacific Northwest, we discovered that the two-piece bunk mattress in the trailer wouldn’t stay put. It kept sliding out from under La Principessa, who, being of royal blood, insisted she could never sleep on it that way, and some other lesser mortal would have to trade bunks with her. Since it was exactly the size of a 10-year-old girl (which is why she was assigned to it), this created a problem. The Better Half stuck the two mattresses together with duct tape and we continued our journey. ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/15 "2000-07-30T18:05:43Z")
Once again, I re-covered my footstool with it. Must be 10 or 11 layers by now. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/16 "2000-07-30T18:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTA \* > \*\*1. fix a duct (really) \*\* About a year ago I heard on the radio about a study that determined that taping ducts was just about the only thing duct tape wasn’t good for. It sounds suspiciously like a UL to me, though. I’ll try to find out. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/17 "2000-07-30T18:20:22Z")
What do you kno. It’s true, according to the [Seattle Times](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/html98/duct_082898.html). I don’t think I’ve used duct tape this week at all, but in the past I’ve used it to patch a leather jacket ripped by a dog. It’s still holding up after 5 years; the dog is now falling apart, though. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/18 "2000-07-30T18:28:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by RTA \* > > \*\*1. fix a duct (really) \*\* > > About a year ago I heard on the radio about a study that determined that taping ducts was just about the only thing duct tape wasn’t good for. It sounds suspiciously like a UL to me, though. I’ll try to find out. \*\* Well, it’s just about as good as anything else, but you have to make sure the ducts are extra clean and fit together well to make sure it holds and seals efficiently. You can also put a bead of caulk(or something like it) before you tape it for the extra seal. As an aside, interstitial spaces can be really scary. I remodeled my mom’s bathroom last summer and found some _really_ interesting stuff in between the ceiling and the upstairs floor! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/19 "2000-07-30T22:46:20Z")
Sigh…everyone knows it’s _duck_ tape. Morons. “If you can’t duck it, fuck it.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448/20 "2000-07-30T22:52:36Z")
Because paint dries. Stars, they don’t go away so quickly… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-i-used-duct-tape-to/27448.md?page=2)