So you DO understand

Post #203,389 by bepatient 4/14/05 4:20:31 PM Reply	So you DO understand duct tape sticks to slush. It IS the universal tool. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #203,391 by Another Scott 4/14/05 4:29:04 PM Reply	I'm sure she understands from her work. [link\|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/health/main525523.shtml\|Duct tape is useful in biology too]. Cheers, Scott.
Post #203,392 by Andrew Grygus 4/14/05 4:33:12 PM Reply	Also known out here as 'Grip tape' . . . . due to it's extensive use by "grips", the guys who set up, tear down and do the heavy lifting on motion picture sets, though they also use black as well as the common silver. There's one thing it isn't very good at. In comparative tests it proved less effective than practically any other tape for taping ducts, though the testers declared it just fine for most other uses. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #203,393 by ben_tilly 4/14/05 4:33:48 PM Reply	Do you have a link to that study? I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #203,395 by Andrew Grygus 4/14/05 4:37:30 PM Reply	Don't know if it's the same study, but . . . . . . you can [link\|http://ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape/\|start here]. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #203,396 by ben_tilly 4/14/05 4:49:33 PM Reply	Thanks. Forwarded. :-) I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #203,405 by FuManChu 4/14/05 6:57:12 PM Reply	Not usually the same You're talking about "gaff tape". It differs from ordinary duct tape by using a different adhesive (that doesn't degrade so quickly or messily), and it's always got a matte finish (no gloss) because it's got a cloth backing; this cuts light reflection on set. It's also missing any reinforcement (in the way of cross-strings woven into the mesh), so that it lays flat along its entire surface. That's important for putting any two taped surfaces against each other; for example, taped cables will often bind with hardware-store duct tape because of the uneven outer surface.

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