Duck Tape or Duct Tape, Which is Right?
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alfaitalia
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Both is correct.....not one or the other. Duck tape is a brand of duct tape........
Sorry RC! That's called speed tape, it's a sticky back aluminum tape used in aviation. That's why he's using it on an airplane! Totally different kind of tape!
Triplegreen500
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Incorrect.Actually it is also know as Gaffers Tape. Used it numerous times when I was in a Band. But it is more commonly know as DUCT Tape...cr8crshr/Bill
Gaffers tape is a TOTALLY different product.
Gaff tape is ALL cloth, and has a non-heat-sensitive adhesive that won't melt or snot up your cables and gear. I go through miles of it a year with my concert company. Easy-on, stays put, and easy-off when done.
DUCT tape is rubberized/coated cloth, with a malleable rubberized adhesive that is designed to self-level as an airtight seal - and as such, it will leave piles of snot behind when/if you try to remove it. (unti it gets old and dries out, and turns to dust - as noted previously in the thread).
DUCK tape, is simply a brand name (like Mopar, or Toyota, or Motorola) for a DUCT tape product, playing off the most common mispronunciation of the product's actual name ("duct").
Gorilla tape is more like roofing tape - crazy-thick, hard to mold to uneven surfaces, and personally I don't like it much at all. Their glue? Great stuff! Tape? Not so much.
themechanic
Oklahoma is OK
That must be the famous 1000 mph tape I heard about.
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