I am putting together a PSK and have decieded to replace the traditional silver duct tape with bright pink Duck brand tape for the added benifit of visibility. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best tape to use in a PSK?

Good thinking! I use bright orange duct tape that I get at my local Wally World. Holds good and the "Duck" brand or whatever it's called comes in all kinds of different colors - orange, pink, green, yellow, etc., and I believe in camo as well, if you want your repairs and taping to be "hidden"...

The only kind of tape I'd NOT recommend is the gas station/dollar store variety. In my experience I find that it has inferior sticking power and problems if you want to pull it back off.

Whichever one YOU see the most need for.

Sue

Welcome to the forum, as far as the best duct tape IMO is probably Gorrila tape, but I have never seen it in any color but the silver/gey color. But 3-M make good tape too and they make it in lots of color.

Welcome to the fire. I am a recovering Duct tape junky. I would recomend Duck brand duct tape becasue in my expirience they have every color imaginable and is really high quality. May I point you to This link?

An option if you want colorful is racing tape. It comes in different styles ranging from packing type to duct tape styles and in many crazy colors and patterns.

It's mainly used for putting racing car and motorcycle bodywork back together quickly after a minor crash to save the race or quickly get ready for the next one so it's pretty tough stuff.

best tape is Electric Boat Company tape..if you find any
i'll take a roll...i think someone on this site awhile back
raved about it--some was left on a sub when it left drydock
and when it got back months later it was still stuck on--
but in real life those mini rolls from REI seems to be
very sticky--i gave some to a canoe buddy to fix a leaky
boot after his "big box" store brand came off and the REI
tape lasted the rest of the trip--five days..

I carry a flat roll of mil spec "100mph tape" od green is the only color I have seen it in however.

"...have decided to replace the traditional silver duct tape with bright pink...for the added benefit of visibility."

I don't see any significant advantage for high-visibility duct tape in your PSK. The primary reasons to have it — improvised repairs, first aid uses, construction of shelter or improvised weapon etc. — usually don't benefit from high visibility. And in my experience, duct tape in non-standard colors hasn't had adhesion properties as good as what I normally buy (maybe I just wasn't buying the right brand in the bright-color stuff).

If you're thinking of it as a secondary signaling device, consider that the ETS Pocket Survival Pak includes 26-in.x 2-in. of duct tape; assume your kit has three times that, or 6-1/2 ft. That's slightly over one sq. ft. of tape. Not enough to be a meaningful signaling device or marker.

If your thinking is indeed signaling-related, get some Day-Glo surveyor's tape. Since it's thin, narrow and light, you can repack your own roll of several yards without adding a lot of bulk or weight to your PSK. And for duct tape, buy the best duct tape you can find, even if it means subdued colors.

Gaffer tape is equally as good as duct tape without the sticky residue. Here is a good item to add to your kit:
http://www.survivalandoutdoorsafety.com/tape.htm

+1 on the gorilla glue tape. The misses surprised me by bringing home a roll from Walley World along with a bottle of gorilla glue. Just when I think I have the best woman in the world, she goes and surprises me even more
By the way, it also comes in black in addition to the silver/grey.

-Bill Liptak

+1 on gaffer's tape. A top brand name for it is "PermaCel". It is available in a version whose adhesive is engineered to work at low temperatures.

Who said the tape and glue is for you to use. It might just be for use on you.

You wake up duct taped to the bed. Then it is just a quick squirt up each nostril and a long squeeze into the mouth. The glue foams and hardens in contact with moisture ... four minutes later, after a bit of a restrained thrash, your paying a visit to the great beyond.

Then it is some quick work with the butcher knife and hacksaw, after the shower curtains she bought has been laid down of course, and into the heavy duty garbage bags you go. They are then sealed with the Gorilla tape. Then a 3AM visit to that nearby construction site where the slab pour is scheduled for tomorrow morning for a quick burial.

The form boards and stakes are up and everything is ready to go so the pour crew isn't likely to look too closely or dig down. It is a 6AM pour and they have seven more to complete before sunset. They will be slinging mud to fast to notice the disturbance in the builder's sand where you were lovingly interred in your black plastic sacks. A nice 6" pour of fiber reinforced concrete and your ready to ride into eternity under a mini-mall.

Nothing like good quality duct tape and PU glue to make a job easier. Sweet dreams Bill. Sweet dreams.

Thanks for all the great suggestions and advice. I appreciate all the responses.

You are a disturbed, albeit funny, man....

Man... I like your style Art!

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Thanks MoBOB and monkey.

I think it's healthy to remember that all humans are a bit dangerous. Even those we love and think we know. Nobody is entirely predictable or defenseless. Pay attention and people will often surprise you.

I think humor is a survival skill that deserves cultivation. In my experience people who can laugh at themselves don't stay down. I hope nobody was offended.

That and quality materials, duct tape and glue in this case, make any job easier. Norm Abrams, Bob the survival guy and Hannibal Lector can all agree on that.

From Bill's wife...
Art_in_FL, who are you and where did you learn about my plans to knock off Bill? Who's your informant?!


*laughs* I really got them because I knew he would bug the bejesus out of me until he got some, so I beat him to it.