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25 Survival Uses For Duct Tape
The Daily Sheeple ^ | 4/2/13

Posted on 04/02/2013 7:08:27 PM PDT by Kartographer

1. Repairing a cracked water bottle or a pierced hydration bladder. A little strip of DT is the next best thing to a bandage for an ailing water vessel. Just dry the surface before you try to tape your patch in place, most forms of duct tape don’t stick to wet surfaces.

2. Survival arrow fletching. Tear off a few 5-inch pieces, and a long edge of one piece to the arrow shaft, fold the tape lengthwise, and stick the other long edge of that piece to the arrow. Repeat this process one or two more times; trim the vanes to shape with your knife; and you will have a serviceable arrow fletching. 3. Butterfly bandage strips. Cut two small strips of DT, and add a smaller strip across their centers (sticky side to sticky side) to create a makeshift butterfly suture. 4. Make cordage. Twist one or several lengths of duct tape into a cord or rope.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ducttape; preparedness; preppers
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To: Kartographer

I have a duct tape wallet. The chicks dig it. Until they find out it’s empty.


21 posted on 04/02/2013 7:42:37 PM PDT by bramps (Sarah Palin got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney got in 2012)
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To: Kartographer

At my daughter’s wedding, the Best Man rented a tux and the pants legs were too long, so we hemmed them with duct tape.


22 posted on 04/02/2013 7:51:50 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: JRandomFreeper; ansel12
I could say the same thing about at least one ex-wife.

Ummm... Which part? The residue, the delay, or the worsening?

Or is it a three-fer?

23 posted on 04/02/2013 7:52:09 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz
Yes.

/johnny

24 posted on 04/02/2013 7:53:43 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Yes.

;-)

25 posted on 04/02/2013 7:58:38 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I just had a sick vision of taping someone’s head like a turban, that would hurt on removal.


26 posted on 04/02/2013 7:59:09 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Kartographer; blam; The Duke; ChocChipCookie; Marcella; JRandomFreeper; yorkiemom; ...
USES FOR DUCT TAPE:

The Spouse:

The Pet:

The Obnoxious Teenage Daughter:

THE ASPIRING SUPER-HERO:

Emergency bandages:


27 posted on 04/02/2013 8:00:48 PM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Kartographer

Duct Tape is OK, but EB Green is meaner than cat ****!!


28 posted on 04/02/2013 8:12:29 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Kartographer

I used it to fix rain coats temporarily. That’s about all it’s good for.


29 posted on 04/02/2013 8:31:21 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: Kartographer

30 posted on 04/02/2013 8:34:50 PM PDT by Route395
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To: Kartographer

31 posted on 04/02/2013 8:38:35 PM PDT by Route395
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To: ansel12

The sticky residue cleans off quickly and easily with a spray of WD40. The solvent nature of that product softens and dissolves glues, like the labels attached to glass jars which you want to reuse.


32 posted on 04/02/2013 8:47:44 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Kartographer

I used it to get a deflated truck tire back on a rim at 2AM. Pushed tire in to seal along inner rim, used duct tape to temporarily close the gap between tire and outer rim. Add air from *big* commercial compressor (able to deliver a lot of air fast) and viola...


33 posted on 04/02/2013 8:51:08 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Ladysmith

200 mph tape!


34 posted on 04/02/2013 8:52:16 PM PDT by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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To: MHGinTN

Hey! Great idea!.....I admit I’m a duck tape user. Works great positioning pictures you’re hanging. Also putting together a temporary kitty shelter.....and the list goes on.

Thanks for hint!


35 posted on 04/02/2013 8:55:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: muir_redwoods

Gorilla tape is pricey, but it is what duct tape wanted to be when it grew up!


36 posted on 04/02/2013 8:55:57 PM PDT by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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To: muir_redwoods

Holy carp! GMTA!
I posted before I read your comment.


37 posted on 04/02/2013 8:57:38 PM PDT by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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To: Kartographer

Just never use it on an actual duct....


38 posted on 04/02/2013 8:58:35 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: caww

Anything for you, m’Lady. Finished the move yet?


39 posted on 04/02/2013 9:00:26 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN

I prefer ‘De-solv-it’ for household use, although I am not a fan of WD-40, I do use it for cleaning things around the truck when I am out and about, including my hands sometimes.


40 posted on 04/02/2013 9:04:06 PM PDT by ansel12 (The lefts most effective quote-I'm libertarian on social issues, but conservative on economics.)
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