@wd5gnr What they leave out is that the original duck tape wasn’t intended to use for fastening ducts together and still isn’t used for that. Furthermore, “cotton duck” is most emphatically not the kind of fiber webbing used for reinforcement of duct (or gaffer’s) tape as it would make the tape too difficult to tear off. And Duck® brand tape also doesn’t use cotton duck (a kind of canvas) as its reinforcement layer either. It’s called Duck® because they thought that would be a cool name to use for their brand of quirky printed and brightly-colored rolls of duct tape.
duck tape wasn’t intended to use for fastening ducts together and still isn’t used for that.
It’s called Duck® because they thought that would be a cool name to use for their brand of quirky printed and brightly-colored rolls of duct tape.
king.
Duck Tape®
The term “duck tape” today refers to a specific brand of duct tape. Duck Brand® duct tape takes its name from the original name of duct tape. This name came from two factors. First, the tape was originally made from an army green cotton duck fabric. And second, the water-resistant properties of the tape were said to repel water like the back of a duck.
@tweezak gaffer’s tape is a fairly different product, with fabric on one side and a much gentler and friendlier adhesive on the other such that it can be applied and removed cleanly on nearly any surface (provided it’s not super hot or left on more than a week or so) but still holds with not too much less force than duct tape. It’s named for gaffers (film and TV electricians, lighting people, and so forth) and widely used in the entertainment industry in various colors and widths. A set or stage without a few rolls is almost certainly staffed not merely by amateurs but newbies who have yet to learn about it. It’s also several times the price of almost any duct tape when purchasing from any reputable brand or seller because it’s more expensive to make. Beware the cheap stuff - the adhesive is not the right kind in any roll I’ve seen, and it’s also usually harder to tear. You will have problems putting it on and getting it off, and probably have to clean up the adhesive residue.
@jsfs@tweezak IBEW members know the correct gaffers and it holds wiring down nicely to avoid trippers from tripping. I used it on new hw flooring to keep down cardboard pathways for dirty footed construction workers damaging the new floor. It held well and protected for weeks with no goo-gone necessary.
It originated as “duct ape”, but sloppy pronunciation has caused people to get confused and think it’s a kind of tape. Gorilla Glue and Gorilla Tape were even made as a pun on that.
Duct apes are intended to protect air ducts and stuff from spies and intruders. They don’t show up in movies or TV very much because it’s usually the protagonists that are trying to sneak in, and a properly constructed/defended lair would end the show early.
You might also remember Trunk Monkey, a short-lived sister product.
I read a while ago, and am too hurried to look it up this morning, that during WWII it was developed and called “duck tape.” Of course, I for got the reasn. Sionce it was not used to tape ducks, people heard the name and thought it was “duct” tape, which is what I call it. More information will be happily received. TIA.
It was originally “duck tape”. It was invented using adhesive on strips of duck cloth (a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric that is more tightly woven than regular canvas). People thought they were mishearing the pronunciation and thought the tape was for air ducts and started incorrectly pronouncing it as “duct tape”. Ask any HVAC person and they will tell you that it is some of the worst tape to use for air ducts.
Regardless of what it’s called, I (perhaps naively) used some of it to seal the seams of my clothes dryer’s exhaust duct almost 30 years ago and it’s still holding fine.
My mom, an avid watcher of true crime shows; would not let my dad store duck (or duct tape) in the house because that is what home invaders tied people up with when they robbed houses.
I assured her that they were not going to bust into the house and demand the tape.
Yes it is.
@yakkoTDI obviously
Read this: https://hackaday.com/tag/duct-tape/
@wd5gnr What they leave out is that the original duck tape wasn’t intended to use for fastening ducts together and still isn’t used for that. Furthermore, “cotton duck” is most emphatically not the kind of fiber webbing used for reinforcement of duct (or gaffer’s) tape as it would make the tape too difficult to tear off. And Duck® brand tape also doesn’t use cotton duck (a kind of canvas) as its reinforcement layer either. It’s called Duck® because they thought that would be a cool name to use for their brand of quirky printed and brightly-colored rolls of duct tape.
@wd5gnr @werehatrack
king.
Duck Tape®
The term “duck tape” today refers to a specific brand of duct tape. Duck Brand® duct tape takes its name from the original name of duct tape. This name came from two factors. First, the tape was originally made from an army green cotton duck fabric. And second, the water-resistant properties of the tape were said to repel water like the back of a duck.
so which is it???
@chienfou @wd5gnr @werehatrack yakkoTDI got it right in the first reply
MacGyver called it duct tape, so that must be correct.
@heartny Well I’ll be ducked. Learn something new every day.
If your opinion is unhinged use this tape to fix that.
/showme a duck tape hinge and a duct tape hinge
@mediocrebot apparently ducks are tartans
/showme a duck in a tartan
/showme a duct in a tartan
DuctTape is the product category, DuckTape is a brand of duct tape.
Like tissue and Kleenex.
@pfd314 Kleenex is terrible for HVAC repair
It’s obviously dock tape, for piers.
@jouest Not touching that one.
It’s Arkansas chrome
@2many2no I thought that was bright-aluminum Rustoleum…
This is a Totally Quacked up topic!
/showme a Duck using duct tape to fix stuff
@mediocrebot This is totally Quacked Up!
I thought it was gaffer tape.
I’m not sure what that means it’s for
@tweezak gaffer’s tape is a fairly different product, with fabric on one side and a much gentler and friendlier adhesive on the other such that it can be applied and removed cleanly on nearly any surface (provided it’s not super hot or left on more than a week or so) but still holds with not too much less force than duct tape. It’s named for gaffers (film and TV electricians, lighting people, and so forth) and widely used in the entertainment industry in various colors and widths. A set or stage without a few rolls is almost certainly staffed not merely by amateurs but newbies who have yet to learn about it. It’s also several times the price of almost any duct tape when purchasing from any reputable brand or seller because it’s more expensive to make. Beware the cheap stuff - the adhesive is not the right kind in any roll I’ve seen, and it’s also usually harder to tear. You will have problems putting it on and getting it off, and probably have to clean up the adhesive residue.
@jsfs @tweezak IBEW members know the correct gaffers and it holds wiring down nicely to avoid trippers from tripping. I used it on new hw flooring to keep down cardboard pathways for dirty footed construction workers damaging the new floor. It held well and protected for weeks with no goo-gone necessary.
It’s duct tape (written), but pronounced duck tape.
@rebekah_k it’s pronounced duktape
@jouest @rebekah_
Duk-ta-peh?
Don’t forget Gorilla Tape, which is stronger than duct tape so it can be used for taping gorillas.
Its duct tapes for ducts and its Alien tape for Zeta Reticulans.
/showme a dancing alien gray.
@luseruser He’s so cute!
Thought it was “Duke tape” because John Wayne used it to make sure he didn’t slide out of the saddle while crossing one of the Rios.
It originated as “duct ape”, but sloppy pronunciation has caused people to get confused and think it’s a kind of tape. Gorilla Glue and Gorilla Tape were even made as a pun on that.
Duct apes are intended to protect air ducts and stuff from spies and intruders. They don’t show up in movies or TV very much because it’s usually the protagonists that are trying to sneak in, and a properly constructed/defended lair would end the show early.
You might also remember Trunk Monkey, a short-lived sister product.
/showme duct ape
/showme duct residing ape
Both, but not the same stuff.
Like Kleenex and tissue, Band-Aid and adhesive bandage
That whole math thing about sets and sub-sets…
I read a while ago, and am too hurried to look it up this morning, that during WWII it was developed and called “duck tape.” Of course, I for got the reasn. Sionce it was not used to tape ducks, people heard the name and thought it was “duct” tape, which is what I call it. More information will be happily received. TIA.
@andyw probably to repair the WWII duck boats amphibious crafts like used in Beantown.
/showme a WWII amphibious DUKW boat
@luseruser See Cerridwyn below.
It was originally “duck tape”. It was invented using adhesive on strips of duck cloth (a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric that is more tightly woven than regular canvas). People thought they were mishearing the pronunciation and thought the tape was for air ducts and started incorrectly pronouncing it as “duct tape”. Ask any HVAC person and they will tell you that it is some of the worst tape to use for air ducts.
@sbbish metal tape for duct work unless it’s that flex duct. You can tape it with almost anything and it still won’t hold
Why not both?
It’s for attaching ‘ducks’ to ‘ducts’… why you would want to is lost to the passage of time…
@user87929506 Damn. I’ve been using it wrong all these years. I’ve been attaching ducts to ducks with it.
https://www.duckbrand.com/
Duck tape… duh…
Stop killing Ducks to make tape!
@eddhernandez
Regardless of what it’s called, I (perhaps naively) used some of it to seal the seams of my clothes dryer’s exhaust duct almost 30 years ago and it’s still holding fine.
@macromeh it will outlast the duct.
It’s both.
https://www.duckbrand.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/duct-tape-can-muffle-the-sound
@narfcake how much would it take to wrap around the U.S. Capitol Building?
@narfcake @pmarin Kickstarter project?
Living near Oregon there were college-team-specific tapes. When I first saw one that way it was for Oregon Ducks so assumed it was a play on “duct.”
@pmarin I enjoyed The Mighty Ducts
Duct Tape Forever https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0286915/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
My mom, an avid watcher of true crime shows; would not let my dad store duck (or duct tape) in the house because that is what home invaders tied people up with when they robbed houses.
I assured her that they were not going to bust into the house and demand the tape.
@ironcheftoni bring your own abduction tape? in this economy??
@ironcheftoni @jouest
AbDUCKtion tape
My denomination tried to have its own adhesive, but it was next to impossible to market Catholic sects tapes.