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Better Duct Tape Square

 Perhaps many people already do this.
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Often duct tape is used to make a double-sticky-sided square for hanging posters or whatnot. I have always seen people create on of these by making a small loop of duct tape with the sticky side facing out, flattening this loop and then folding it over once, edge to edge. There is a better way. Tear off an approximate square of duct tape and then fold each of the four corners back, just enough so they all overlap a little bit and stick together. It works better not having one side that sags. It is a smaller square but more material efficient than the other method.
—jscottpete, Jun 15 2005


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       You rock!
—reensure, Jun 15 2005
   

       I like to think I do, but this has nothing to do with that. You should have seen me on the dance floor last weekend. Thanx, though, [reensure].
—jscottpete, Jun 15 2005
   

       of course, when you make the loop in the original manner, you could position the join in the centre of the backing portion of your tacky square.   

       I have to bun this for the sheer quantumness.
—po, Jun 16 2005
   

       Thankyou [jscottpete], you have just made my life that little bit easier.
—wagster, Jun 16 2005
   

       Wow! A practical HB idea that costs less than $500M to implement and might actually work. What the hell were you thinking, [jsp]?
—UnaBubba, Jun 16 2005
   

       If you drop a lot of little things, like the holes in a hole punch machine, try this. Roll up a six inch strip of gaffer (=duct tape) into a long tube so that the sticky surface is on the outside, then slip it on to your index finger. Repeat nine times (after removing the first tube) and place one on each of your fingers. You will now have a full set of Gaffer FingLongers with which to collect the little things.
—wagster, Jun 16 2005
   

       thank goodness wag, I thought it was another one of those homemade self-relief items.
—po, Jun 16 2005
   

       I would not advise making one of those out of gaffer.
—wagster, Jun 16 2005
   

       [jscottpete], are you a secret origami expert? Sticky origami. Great idea!
—oldchina, Jun 17 2005
   

       Nice. I posted before double sided duct tape, now I own some. What UnaBubba said. +
—sartep, Jun 17 2005
   

       //like the holes in a hole punch machine// Sloppy thinking there [wags] - those are anti-holes. [+]
[po] //quantumness// ?
—AbsintheWithoutLeave, Jun 17 2005
   

       wagster, - while we're on the useful household tip thing, here's an off-topic one.   

       If you're ever accidentally flooded, say, from an overflowing basin or bath, grab the nearest dustpan+brush. Forget the brush, the dustpan is ideal for scooping water into receptacle - probably far quicker in the long run than running around trying to find a more apparently logical solution.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 17 2005
   

       Kind of like sticky origami ... [+]
—ixnaum, Oct 14 2005
   

       You had me at "Better Duct Tape". I consider myself a duct-tape warrior. Now you offer me an upgrade???? +
—21 Quest, Sep 20 2007
   


 

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