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Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by jtbo » 10 Feb 2009 04:38 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5GnBvpFnzA

Old Red surely knows how to extend possible uses of duct tape :lol:

Got puncture in your plumbing? No problem, just wrap duct tape around and seal it with instant gasket from Plastic Padding :mrgreen:
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Disclaimer: That quick fix is meant just to hold liquid stuff inside hose, when engine is cold and not running, I will repair it properly quite soon :wink:
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Re: Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by volvosneverdie » 13 Feb 2009 10:47 am

Surely the greatest automotive maintainance accessory ever devised dude.

Its great for building rear wings:

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Great for body graphics. Seen here as racing stripes:

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And also, as windscreen seal/radiator mounts! :

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Re: Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by nvdw » 13 Feb 2009 11:53 pm

Some guy's signature on some forum somewhere read: "If it can't be solved by duct tape, it's a female problem" :lol:

Teh Google found me this gem of a website: http://www.ducttapeguys.com/new_intro/index.html

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Re: Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by MJ » 14 Feb 2009 12:04 am

If it moves and it shouldn't - Duck tape
If it doesn't move and it should - WD-40

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There's a car I used to see out and about that had a number 1 on both front doors, made from strips of Duck tape. Made to smile every time I saw it.
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Re: Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by jtbo » 14 Feb 2009 12:34 am

Sad confession to be made, I had a Nissan, oh wait, that is not it, but this Nissan had nasty rust mark on door and car was silver colour, spotless in any other way, of course I duct taped it :lol:

Another handyman's (that is not too handy ;) ) tip, if your houses door seal is bad, duct tape the door shut, no more cold wind blowing inside :D Oh, but exiting house is going to require some work, it is amazing how tight duct tape glues in, had to jump against door several times with full speed to get it open :oops: :mrgreen:
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Re: Duct tape, greatest invention?

Post by nvdw » 14 Feb 2009 12:42 am

I just remembered I used duct tape on the very first occasion I actually did some work involving a repair on a car. It was almost two years ago, I just bought my 340 and because it was producing the usual neglected-maintenance-1.4-traffic-light-shake, I opened up the hood and noticed that the stupid plastic defroster pipe had been killed. Duct tape didn't help that much obviously (I discovered some more niggles over the past months), but hey, it was a start.

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