Duct Tape

Preparation, Preparedness & Prevention Disaster Preparation & Planning
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Duct tape is the prep item of the week for me. While living on Sint Maarten, we went through multiple hurricanes; including Lenny which stalled over the island for two days. Crazy stories for another thread. During Lenny, we had a window blow out. Wind approx 150mph, heavy rain, had to get window secured. Used heavy duty trash bags to cover the window area and then layered duct tape. From window casing out, where trash bag ended, had about a two foot wide “strip” of duct tape all around the window. Trash bags held, no leakage, helped that window was on side of house and not in direct wind.

Living in NOLA while wife in Residency, here comes Katrina; she wasn’t allowed to leave so I stayed at the house while she stayed in hospital. Multiple broken windows that duct tape helped secure.

Katrina aftermath: I cannot count the number of times I used duct tape. Had a nail go almost all way through foot while walking in 3 ft. of water. Part of neighbors fence was blown into our yard where it was quickly submerged. Drank some beer and jammed a Q-tip soaked in bleach into hole. Put on bandage and covered in duct tape. No infection and the bandage stayed in place.:smiley:

Grill blown across street. Used duct tape to put back together and managed to actually use for about a week. Et cetera, et cetera.

Stock some duct tape. Also, trash bags(heavy duty) came in handy as fuck as well.

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I love duct tape. I keep a big roll in my kit at work, just in case.

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duct tape is the fix all and a must have in any mans kit :smiley:

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Duct tape saved Apollo 13, literally. If it can do that, it’s a must have item for all men. :cool:

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Duck tape is like the Force…:secret:

Light on one side
Dark on the other
It holds the Universe together

And if you ball it up it looks like the Death Star…:jester:

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I think the best duct tape I have ever used and store in my kits is Gorilla tape. It sticks to anything and holds well in the wet and cold.

http://www.gorillaglue.com/tapes.aspx

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I like 100mph tape but it isn’t quite as multi-talented as duct.

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Thanks for sharing your stories of hurricane window fixing. :smiley:

You need to start a thread some time about your experiances during Lenny.

As for duct tape. . .

  1. If it’s stuck and it’s not supposed to be, WD40. If it’s not stuck and it’s supposed to be, Duct Tape.

  2. Duct Tape Haiku: “Duct Tape is a tool, for it fixes sandals gold; beaches here I come.” ~ Shaun Holloway

  3. Duct tape is like the Force; it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

  4. “Once trust is broken, not even Duct Tape can fix it.” ~ Shaun Holloway

  5. “If a woman’s mind were made of Duct Tape, I would at least have a slight chance of understanding her.” ~ Shaun Holloway

  6. A person is rich in proportion to the number of things he or she has Duct Taped.

  7. Some people see broken things as ‘trash;’ I see broken things and say ‘get the Duct Tape.’

  8. Most people Duct Tape where the problem is. I Duct Tape where the problem will be.

  9. The mind once expanded with the knowledge of Duct Tape never returns to its original size.

  10. The true Leader always has Duct Tape.

  11. Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good Duct Tape is barely enough.

  12. Anything worth doing is worth doing with Duct Tape.

  13. To err is human. To repair with Duct Tape, divine.

  14. It ain’t broke; it just lacks Duct Tape.

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Agreed. They also make this tape in 1" thick rolls that are perfect for BOB’s and can usually found in the “impulse buy isle racks” at the checkout of stores like Menards.

Side note; Gorilla glue is also extremely handy…

I also still like military spec 100/90mph tape. It can be bought in tan and two different shades of OD green IIRC.

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Silence is golden, Duct Tape is silver.

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Yup. Duct tape, super glue of some sorts, some JB Weld and para-cord and I’m good for just about anything.