#97778 - 06/18/07 04:53 PM
a new alternative to duck tape?
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Old Hand
Registered: 04/16/03
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Gorilla Tape is purported to be a stronger alternative to duck tape. I've only seen the website, not the product itself, but I will keep an eye out for it. Looks promising.
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#97875 - 06/19/07 11:00 PM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
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Registered: 04/16/03
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Picked some up at Wal-Mart last night. It seems to live up to it's billing: very thick, definitely a strong adhesive. Had no trouble tearing it by hand. I suspect, though, that if wrapped onto a pencil & stored in real-world conditions it may become impossible to unwrap, especially if kept in hot places like a car trunk. We'll see.
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#97971 - 06/20/07 08:06 PM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
[Re: Glock-A-Roo]
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Journeyman
Registered: 04/25/07
Posts: 62
Loc: Southern California
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Unwrapping duct tape is hard enough ... would be nice is somebody made smaller rolls of the stuff for kit use. I hate re-rolling it to have some in my kit and keeping the last part of an almost used up roll is quite bulky. There has to be a better way. Did find some short sesction of duct tape with peel off backing made by Coughlan's...but haven't tried it out yet to for grip strength compared to the other stuff I've used. But it packs easier and maybe 6 feet or so is plenty ? After all ... theat whole.."more is better"..mantra has its limitations.
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#97984 - 06/20/07 11:14 PM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
[Re: JIM]
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Registered: 06/17/07
Posts: 110
Loc: Toronto area, Ontario, Canada
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Gorilla tape is great, depends what you're doing though.
My favorite duct tape "substitute" is 3M Extreme Application packing tape. Transparent and lots of glass fibres in it. You won't be tearing this by hand. Kinda expensive compared to duct tape. Not nearly as messy as duct tape to deal with because it doesn't stretch and rip, though that doesn't matter in a survival situation...guaranteed useful stuff. Not meant for the same apps as Gorilla tape.
Quality duct tape is much easier to deal with than cheap stuff, as far as re-rolling, never mind in actual use. They're not all the same. Duck brand has to be one of the worst to work with IME, I only use it at all for the colors.
If you don't have any saved non-stick backing, try using a junk credit card (I get them sent in the mail all the time) to roll on. That is if thickness matters for your roll. I have my small kit duct tape wound on one, pretty easy to get off too compared to a small squishy roll, each layer is about 7".
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#98002 - 06/21/07 01:53 AM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
[Re: JIM]
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Journeyman
Registered: 04/25/07
Posts: 62
Loc: Southern California
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Thanks for the link to the Adventure Medical site with the small roll of duct tape. That's cool. And I really like the idea of re-using the backing for labels ... I go thru pages of the stuff at work ...saving the sheets to apply to duct tape is definitely something I'm gonna give a try.
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#98093 - 06/21/07 05:46 PM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
[Re: cajun_kw]
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Journeyman
Registered: 06/19/06
Posts: 93
Loc: Central Ohio
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I have used wax paper to wind duct tape on. Just cut a 6" long rectangle the width of the tape and start winding. Six feet is a fairly thin rectangular pad. I have not gotton to the bottom of the wind yet, so I am not 100% sure if the tape will peel back off of the wax paper after long term storage.
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#98296 - 06/24/07 04:50 AM
Re: a new alternative to duck tape?
[Re: kevingg]
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Enthusiast
Registered: 01/08/04
Posts: 351
Loc: Centre Hall Pa
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Duct tape is the standard for repairing everything. It is made by many manufacturers. Some good, some better, some top of the line and some not worth the shelf space they take up. One of the worst is Duck tape. They chose the name because it sounds like duct tape to trade off the name recognition. Because it is so cheap it is sold in most Mart type stores to the average homeowner.
Duct tape as its name implies is used in the HVAC industry to seal joints on heating and ventilation ductwork. Where it is ment to last for the life of a building. Duck just can't match that performance.
I haven't tried the Gorilla brand. But have for years relied on the Nashua brand. I ran across it in the navy. You probably won't find it in your local mart, hardware or even home repair center. The only place you can get it is a store that caters to the professional HVAC installers. Along with other top brand. But to get premium quality expect to pay top dollar.
Good quality tape will last in storage fairly well. Remember it is ment to last on heating ducts for years of cycles.
For a small packet I use common household wax paper. And have never had problems. I use a strip about 6 inches long an just a little wider than the tape. This makes a packet about the same dementions of money and the number of layers determines how thick. About 1 foot per full wrap. 5 or 6 feet makes a package that fits nicely in a wallet. Yes I carry a second wallet dedicated to emergency gear. I have had such packets of the Nashua brand that have lasted several years of being sat on for several years. Until it was needed for something and had to be replaced.
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