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Post by texasbb on Jan 6, 2019 13:13:34 GMT -8
A good fight about duck tape v duct tape would be a nice little diversion. Slacker. Things will go better if you learn to carry your own weight around here.
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Post by franco on Jan 7, 2019 12:42:37 GMT -8
A couple of days ago I E Mailed the manufacturers of the Duck brand tapes. This is their reply : Dear Franco:
Thank you for e-mailing ShurTech Brands. We appreciate your interest in our products.
The first name for Duct Tape was DUCK Tape. During World War II the U.S. Military needed a waterproof tape to keep the moisture out of ammunition cases. So, they enlisted the Johnson and Johnson Permacel Division to manufacture the tape. Because it was waterproof, everyone referred to it as “duck” tape (like water off a duck’s back). Military personnel discovered that the tape was good for lots more than keeping out water. They used it for Jeep repair, fixing stuff on their guns, strapping equipment to their clothing... the list is endless. After the War, the housing industry was booming and someone discovered that the tape was great for joining the heating and air conditioning duct work. So, the color was changed from army green to the silvery color we are familiar with today and people started to refer to it as “duct tape".
When our company's founder, Jack Kahl, was looking for a logo and brand name, he decided to go back to the original name, Duck" as his brand and use the duck in his logo for the brand.
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 7, 2019 13:36:50 GMT -8
Another thumbs up for tenacious tape. Think every time I have used it is has been essentially permanent. I use black Gorilla tape at home. I think there is a denser cloth in the backing and definitely thicker, stickier glue than duct tape. I have never been a big fan of duct tape on the trail. Besides the getting old thing, I also find it tends to ooze sticky. I have always carried some moleskin but I am going to look at Leukotape. I carry a small lightweight awl kit and waxed unscented floss. Besides doing the floss thing, it can be used for sewing with the awl and lashing things. It's pretty strong. I can also be great for your whipping your shoelaces to stop them from fraying. Being waxed it pretty much doesn't rot.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 22, 2019 10:32:46 GMT -8
Good thread. Our tent took a beating from a kea and I need to do some major (if probably temporary) repairs. Sounds like Tenacious Tape is what I need—if they have it in NZ, and if I can figure out what it’s called here.
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Post by zeke on Mar 22, 2019 11:00:41 GMT -8
if they have it in NZ, and if I can figure out what it’s called here. Store is called Torpedo7, I think.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 22, 2019 11:02:33 GMT -8
if they have it in NZ, and if I can figure out what it’s called here. Store is called Torpedo7, I think. yes—I know where Torpedo 7 is! And they are distributors for Tenacious Tape? (I’m kind of guessing from your screen shot).
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Post by zeke on Mar 22, 2019 11:03:30 GMT -8
And they are distributors for Tenacious Tape? (I’m kind of guessing from your screen shot). Yes, they are. I looked them up from here.
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Post by desert dweller on Mar 22, 2019 11:20:17 GMT -8
This guy's tape comparison is pretty good. He is thorough and seems to cover most bases.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 22, 2019 12:21:47 GMT -8
Thanks zeke and desert dweller ! We’ll pick up a bunch of Tenacious Tape and start rebuilding our tent. Here’s a photo of some of our field repairs: The tear in the corner extends all the way underneath, unfortunately. That was the largest opening, and the kea was making good progress hauling one of our quilts out through it (no doubt also extending the tears as it did so). Here is the warning sign that we didn’t give adequate credit:
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Post by zeke on Mar 22, 2019 12:34:10 GMT -8
Well, at least the Kea has learned that quality down makes a good nest, but it is easier to haul it off inside the quilt, rather than tearing a hole in the quilt and carrying it off a little at a time. Saved you some quilt repair.
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Post by gabby on Mar 22, 2019 12:46:25 GMT -8
Our tent took a beating from a kea I had to read much further to understand, but my first sense was that your tent was destroyed by a South Korean automobile, and you simply misspelled the name. Sorry. (The "Dead Parrot Sketch" is still not embedded in my brain sufficiently...)** **So you needed parrot tape instead of duck tape...
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Post by franco on Mar 22, 2019 13:51:35 GMT -8
I have seen the kea in action. One of the smartest birds around and one that feels compelled to destroy things. A sample video of what they can do
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Post by franco on Mar 22, 2019 14:04:39 GMT -8
more kea..
I saw them over 30 years ago I suspect well before they started tagging them. They mostly walk about , probably just thinking about what to destroy next.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 22, 2019 14:45:32 GMT -8
franco, we wondrerd if the birds we saw at Arthur’s Pass and Homer tunnel might have been the same ones we watched in those places 23 years ago. Since they live about 25 years in the wild (assuming they don’t succumb to the far too many threats they face from cars, stoats, cats, lead ingestion, etc.), it’s just possible. But they all seem to like to tear things apart for the fun of it, or to see how they are made, or something. Damage to our tent could have been much worse. Even in 1981 when my husband was first here, there were birds that had learned to slide down tin roofs (just for the fun of the sliding), and then learned to do it on tents... slicing the tent open all the way.
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Post by talus on Mar 23, 2019 9:03:53 GMT -8
Crawford or anyone else - how well does tenacious tape work? Advantages & disadvantaged? Thanks. I repaired my Wife's inflatable sleeping pad with Tenacious Tape 3 years ago and it is still holding.
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