We’ve plucked one other favourite from the greater than four,000 tales within the Journey Journal archive. You by no means know when you may be rescued by a roll of duct tape. – Ed.
No matter your selection of outside pleasure, nothing McGuyvers higher than duct tape. Everyone knows the silvery salvation is a must have for any journey. It’s a software, a connector, a patch, and, in a pinch, it’s a low-tech 3D printer.
To record the methods duct tape has saved our butts within the wilderness would take weeks. To aim an entire glossary of potential makes use of? A idiot’s errand! We ask right this moment not what duct tape can do, however is there something that duct tape can’t do?
For the reply, we went straight to the specialists: the great individuals behind Duck Model duct tape. And sure, to clear up any lingering confusion (to not point out an age-old campfire query in and of itself), the precise materials is known as duct tape, not duck tape. Nonetheless, Duck Tape is the formal identify of the Duck Model line, successfully making it Duck Tape duct tape. Bought it? Good.
Kate Lantz lives and breathes duct tape because the assistant class supervisor for ShurTech Manufacturers, the dad or mum firm of Duck Model. “We now have heard many unusual makes use of for duct tape. Whereas we will’t at all times endorse these makes use of, I’ve to confess that individuals are extraordinarily progressive of their makes use of of our merchandise,” she mentioned.
There was the unhappy, but finally triumphant, story of Burt the Turtle, who was hit by a automotive. A fast-thinking bystander saved the day by duct taping Burt’s cracked shell till he could possibly be handled by a vet. Lantz additionally shared the story of two kayakers who one way or the other broken a ship on the out leg of an out-and-back paddle. It won’t have been such a quagmire had these individuals not been 10 (!!) hours away from camp and in the midst of bear nation. Thanks, duct tape, for stopping sinking.
Lantz agrees that the record of what duct tape can do is sort of infinite. “[Though] there are a number of makes use of that we don’t suggest utilizing duct tape for,” she says. Resembling:
Duct tape shouldn’t be a perpetually resolution. Regardless of the untold variety of down jackets and equipment held collectively by carbon dateable duct tape, it’s formally supposed to be a brief repair till you might have entry to a everlasting resolution.
No duct tape on home windows. Although not precisely an outdoorsy use, duct tape shouldn’t be your go-to tape of selection on home windows to forestall breakage. “If the window does find yourself breaking with duct tape on it, it may possibly trigger bigger items of glass to enter the house,” explains Lantz.
Not all duct tapes are created equally. They could all be robust and sticky, however they’re formulated for various makes use of. So learn these labels. “There numerous utility grade duct tapes that received’t work nicely exterior,” Lantz mentioned. To counter this, Duck Model has “a specifically formulated UV-resistant materials that protects the adhesive from breaking down” of their Outside Duck Tape and T-REX Ferociously Robust Tape strains.
Within the cases when duct tape is representing greater than a style assertion or your dirtbag ID card, Lantz supplied simple tricks to maximize effectiveness. “It really works finest when utilized between 30-120 levels Fahrenheit, and on clear, dry surfaces.”
Given these parameters, it seems duct tape is restricted solely in its use for Antarctic window substitute. Past that, we should always all be good to stay it and go.
By the way in which – you understand you don’t have to purchase simply silver duct tape, proper? Go nuts.
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