Comments on: Survival Survey: How many ways can your duct tape tape?

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:49:10 +0000

This is a subject near and dear to my heart!
Duct-Tape can be used for almost anything! I've made wallets, messenger bags and laptop sleeves out of it for people. My Wife needed a new dressmakers form for herself, so we used the idea mentioned above and made one custom sized to her out of Duct Tape. I've repaired cars, firearms, clothing, used it to hold on gauze/dressings in First Aid situations, used it to fix camp chairs (those folding collapsible ones), strollers, and emergency shelters out in the woods, repaired holes in tents, tarps, and ground sheets, to seal up drafts in windows, and one particularly hot summer (my biggest project) made a free standing sun awning/Gazebo out of 4 rolls of Duct Tape, and some lumber we had around.

The uses are truly only limited by what you can figure out to do with it!

By: rharvey72

rharvey72 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:09:40 +0000

I know this post is from a while back, but if there are any other new users to your site, I am certain they are reading everything you have on your site, so it will still get read, and maybe be useful to someone.

My friend uses it in her Kindergarten classroom to mark where the kids will sit on the floor for story time.

My daughter has used it to repair a horse blanket (I had resewn it one too many times and refused to do it again, she prefered to tape rather than sew ).

My DH has used it to tape a papertowel onto his hand when he cut it while working outside, he was obviously too busy to stop and come in to get properly bandaged.

I recently used some to close a box of Borax that I didn't want spilling in the laundry room should it get turned over.

We always keep several rolls of duct tape, a few spools of wax string (another can't live without item) and lots of zipties around the house…I know they would all come in handy in any emergency or survival situation.

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:12:43 +0000

Now that's a novel idea! Who would have thought??

By: LizLong

LizLong — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:11:14 +0000

There's one use for duct tape that almost no one thinks of. It was actually recommended to me when I bought my first home: taping a duct. No joke – you can use duct tape to tape a duct! You could also try it on a duck, but it would probably object.

Depending on the color (and there is a rainbow of it out there), you can also use it to cover reflective surfaces including chrome if you need to hide something, or you can tape reflective orange / silver / whatever on your clothing or anything else you want to be able to find.

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:54:43 +0000

Have you seen the new trend in duct tape fashion design? I kid you not! http://octanecreative.com/ducttape/fashion/index….

By: KYLadybug

KYLadybug — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:36:40 +0000

I know this is an old post but it made me laugh – we have a saying in our house "It ain't broke – it just needs a little duct tape." (Bad grammar and all – we are from KY )

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:28:54 +0000

Well, I've been educating myself on the many, many uses of this miraculous product! I guess it's one thing you can never have too much of!

By: Preparedness Pro

Preparedness Pro — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:56:27 +0000

Oh my gosh, duct tape kept my bumper on my car when I was in my 20s, until I could afford a new car. The stuff is amazing. We have a ton of it!

preparednesspro.com

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:53:52 +0000

Ding, ding, ding!! I think we have a winner in the Most Creative category! Using duct tape to make a dress bodice would never have occurred to me, ever. LOL

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:31:54 +0000

My roommate's car got side-swiped by a city bus and it broke her right-side mirror off the car; she duct-taped it temporarily until she could afford to get it fixed — it held for a few months! My personal favorite use of duct tape is making perfectly-fitted bodice patterns: you put on a t-shirt that you don't mind being cut up, then wrap duct tape around it until the entire torso is covered. Then cut it off carefully, and use it as a pattern for making fitted tops or corsets or dress bodices!