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15 Ways to Fix Everything With Duct Tape
Popular Mechanics ^ | 9/25/14 | Brett Martin

Posted on 10/09/2023 12:11:46 PM PDT by DallasBiff

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To: DallasBiff

On a windy trash day it keeps my trash container lid down and trash from blowing down the street. When it is tipped upside it loses its grip from the weight of the trash.

Gun stuff. I’ve taped flashlights to my rifles and shotguns before. I’ve taped paracord to the bottom of my mags for quick pouch pullouts. Saves silly money for those kind of things.


21 posted on 10/09/2023 1:23:03 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: DallasBiff
Is there anything it can't do?

Yes. It's actually horrible for duct work. Ironic.

22 posted on 10/09/2023 1:37:15 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: 1Old Pro
Not so fast, sometimes a good crack from a hammer gets a starter going.

Years ago when I drove a '69 Spitfire, I had a starter going out. I carried a hammer in my car for those moments when I wasn't on a hill to push start it. I could actually reach the ignition with one hand while stretching to tap the starter with the other. Tiny little cars, those Spitfires.

23 posted on 10/09/2023 1:40:24 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Bounced2X

Spare the tape spoil the job.


24 posted on 10/09/2023 2:12:15 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Larry Lucido

You left out the hammer.

You need to continue the flowchart past both the WD-40 and the duct tape. After each, ask “Did it work?” If yes, then “No Problem.” If no, then you add the picture of a hammer.


25 posted on 10/09/2023 2:12:38 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy ( Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ansel12
Some of the uses listed ignore how gross and sticky duct tape becomes when using it for something like a lawn chair or on your sleeping bag and time and heat turn it into a disastrous repair attempt.

Easily solved (at least temporarily) with the application of another layer of duct tape.

26 posted on 10/09/2023 2:14:12 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy ( Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ansel12

The folks we bought our home from wrapped all the chains in the pasture with duct tape. They were such a mess from disintegrated tape, we had to replace all the chains, lol.


27 posted on 10/09/2023 2:17:45 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Lol!


28 posted on 10/09/2023 3:03:21 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 votes my ass.)
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To: Vaduz
Spare the tape spoil the job.

I've said that more than once. :O)

29 posted on 10/09/2023 5:58:21 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: DallasBiff

Geezer gaffe eliminator...


      

30 posted on 10/09/2023 6:07:49 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: DallasBiff

Read later.


31 posted on 10/10/2023 1:50:18 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: DallasBiff

How about glues. I have been using high viscosity E6000 (the construction cartridge size) on the bottom of my athletic shoes, to extend their life, where I get maximum wear on them.. Same company makes the well known shoe goo, so I figure they are the same.

Gorilla makes a very thick and weather resistant duct tape that I use. Very sticky. https://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Weather-Waterproof-Temperature-Resistant/dp/B07GRJ8L55


32 posted on 10/10/2023 2:22:44 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: Bounced2X

Same here


33 posted on 10/10/2023 7:20:45 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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