Title: duct-tape-msg
Subject: Sources for unusual duct tape.
Author: Edited by Mark Harris
Last saved by: Mark S. Harris
Keywords: duct tape, colors, source, SCA, combat, armor, fix

duct-tape-msg – 4/18/19

Sources for unusual colors of duct tape. Lifetime of tape.

NOTE: See also the files: SCAweapons-msg, marshalling-msg, rattan-msg, shields-msg, Shield-Balanc-art, tournaments-msg, b-battles-art, melee-tactics-art.

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Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
From: shafer at ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Subject: Re: purple duct tape?Where!
Organization: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards CA
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:11:20 GMT

On 18 Jun 1996 23:48:48 -0400, jeffebear1 at aol.com (JeffEBear1) said:

J> My dad in law saw some purple ducttape at an rock show and didn't get me
J> any!
J> I make ducttape roses and have made silver grey, green gray , red, and
J> white ones but I have never seen purple yet. Can anyone help me find some?

Look in the ads in Stock Car Racing or any other magazine aimed at
folks racing cars--there are a number of suppliers who offer as many
as twelve stock colors, mostly in bright colors.  The colors may be
identified by the drivers whose car they match, so you may have to
watch a little NASCAR racing.

I know there's purple tape; I watched them mending a fender with it a
couple of races ago.

They will also make custom colors for you, but you'll end up with a
lot of tape.
--
Mary Shafer               NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
SR-71 Flying Qualities Lead Engineer     Of course I don't speak for NASA 
shafer at ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov                               DoD #362 KotFR   
URL http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/People/Shafer/mary.html

From: moondrgn at bga.com (Chris and Elisabeth Zakes)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: purple duct tape?Where!
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 06:44:45 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications Internet customer posting

jeffebear1 at aol.com (JeffEBear1) wrote:

>My dad in law saw some purple ducttape at an rock show and didn't get me
>any!
>I make ducttape roses and have made silver grey, green gray , red, and
>white ones but I have never seen purple yet. Can anyone help me find some?
>thanx Morigianna

Try a safety supply store, or catalog; or an industrial supply
catalog. I've seen black & yellow checked tape advertised, I'd bet
they have purple, too.

        -Tivar Moondragon

C and E Zakes
Tivar Moondragon (Patience and Persistence)
and Aethelyan of Moondragon (Decadence is its own reward)
moondrgn at bga.com

From: "Michael S. McCollum" <eadric at visi.net>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: purple duct tape?Where!
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:18:06 -0400
Organization: COMNAVHOMESECGRU

I think your best bet to find colored tape would be to check any staging 
or theater supply companies in your area. I used to be in the the biz and 
we kept cases of gaffers' tape (like duct tape only better) in multiple 
colors on hand. The tape comes in a broad spectrum of colors to lock down 
carpeting, cables, various bits of staging, etc. wihout being visually 
obtrusive. In addition, you can obtain it in much broader widths than 
duct tape. I still have a few rolls in my colors in 6-inch widths.
The tape I have the most fun with is a 6 inch wide roll of silver 
(chrome) mylar tape. Looks sorta like stainless steel flashing tape, but 
it's mylar based, very thin, and very safe to use. Fun to use on rattan 
weapons for demos, etc.. Really grabs your attention from across the 
field, as it makes the rattan look like steel.
                            
                                       Eadric

Date: 28 Jun 1996 13:24:10 EDT
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
From: Gypsy.Dancer at com (Gypsy Dancer)
Organization: Excaliber-Your Starship Through Cyberspace
Subject: Re: purple duct tape?Where!

SH>On 18 Jun 1996 23:48:48 -0400, jeffebear1 at aol.com (JeffEBear1) said:

SH>J> My dad in law saw some purple ducttape at an rock show and didn't get me
SH>J> any!
SH>J> I make ducttape roses and have made silver grey, green gray , red, and
SH>J> white ones but I have never seen purple yet. Can anyone help me find some

SH>Look in the ads in Stock Car Racing or any other magazine aimed at
SH>folks racing cars--there are a number of suppliers who offer as many
SH>as twelve stock colors, mostly in bright colors.  The colors may be
SH>identified by the drivers whose car they match, so you may have to
SH>watch a little NASCAR racing.

        My husband says that there is a company entitled ISC
Racer Tape that's listed in many of the racing car magazines that sells
different colored duct tape---check it out!

                      Leila al Raqs Caravan

From: 'dana <jordana at spss.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Ducktape
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 15:16:49 -0600
Organization: SPSS Inc

Well, to add to the ducktape conversation, I just found this web 
page that some of my fellow ducktapeians might like to vist....

        http://intranet.ca/~mdeabreu/ducttape.html

'dana
chastity

Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:07:30 -0400
From: Cynthia Virtue <cvirtue at thibault.org>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Don't run over the king's deer?

Bill wrote:
> But seriously folks, us'ns with boys who make models, place a strip of duct 
> tape on glass, then outline a number with plastic-writing pen, then cut 
> along the line with an XACTO knife, then pull the strip, leaving the 
> number, then inserting the XACTO under one corner of the number and slowly 
> lift off.

This weekend, I saw at a craft store scissors sold for cutting through 
tapes and other gummy papers; they said they would not stick to the 
adhesive.

cv

From: William Willett & Robin Lindsey <moiranliam at earthlink.net>
Date: December 22, 2004 7:08:29 AM CST
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Ansteorra] Duct tape

I found colored duct tape at Wal Mart in the "tape" section.  They had 
red, blue, purple, yellow, black, but I don't remember seeing green.

Moira

From: michael young <uther42 at hotmail.com>
Date: December 22, 2004 11:30:03 AM CST
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Duct tape

I saw pink at a Home Depot this week.  Wal-Mart also has brown.

Uther

From: Alex Doyle <garbaholic at sbcglobal.net>
Date: December 22, 2004 11:42:11 AM CST
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Duct tape

Check out your local Michael's, I saw a stand with pink, purple,
yellow, blue, two shades of green, silver and most importantly red and
black...

alex

From: Bob Dewart <gilli at hot.rr.com>
Date: December 22, 2004 4:47:52 PM CST
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Duct tape

> I found colored duct tape at Wal Mart in the "tape" section.  They had red,
> blue, purple, yellow, black, but I don't remember seeing green.
>
> Moira

Yeap, they have Green.  Just take a look at the butt cans the next time
you're here.

Gilli

Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:10:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Ansteorra] History of Duct tape
To: ansteorra <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>

Check it out: 
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/dthistory.html

Hillary

From: Roberta Lauderdale <bertlaud at COMCAST.NET>
Date: November 3, 2010 2:08:04 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] duct tape shelf life

Alban,

I'm still using duct tape that's been around ten years or more.

Every once in a while a roll will go gummy and uncooperative, but I think that's mostly been caused by overexposure to summer heat in the trunk of a car or some such thing.

You can give your extras away without guarantee and let the users decide if it's functional enough for their purposes.

Hertha

At 01:55 PM 11/3/2010, Ted Eisenstein wrote:
I've been cleaning up and cleaning out my studio/storage space, and
came across several rolls of the Duct Tape of Many Colors I used
to sell at Pennsic. The youngest is at least five years old; some is
a year or three older.

What's the shelf life of duct tape? I know the fabric part's damn near
indestructible, but how well does the glue hold up? How usable
is a six-year-old roll?

It will all get dumped into the trash if it isn't, but Lord knows if it's usable it should go to a good home(s).

Alban

From: Mark Schuldenfrei <mark at SCHULDY.ORG>
Date: November 3, 2010 2:16:29 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] duct tape shelf life

On 11/3/2010 3:08 PM, Roberta Lauderdale wrote:
>I'm still using duct tape that's been around ten years or more.

A friend of mine is the CFO of a company that makes
duct tape, and other custom adhesive materials. [1]

The backing can vary widely, depending upon the maker, and
the purpose, and the formula used.

Alban: tear some off, and see if it is still sticky, and
if the tape handles properly.  Likely it will.

	Tibor

[1] Yes, they will make custom colors and patterns. But
I suspect only in very very large quantities.

From: Steven Boyd <andrixos at EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: November 3, 2010 2:28:39 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] duct tape shelf life

The biggest threat that a roll of duct tape in an SCA 
environment is to get left out in the rain.

That robs it of 70 to 90 percent of its utility.

Being exposed to massive temperature variations is an issue, 
but perhaps reduces its usefulness by 10-15%.

Absent those two factors, the depradations of age are minimal.
(And don't we wih thatwere true for us?)

My name is Andrixos.
I am a ductapeoholic.

From: David Backlin <edrei at SMYTHKEPE.ORG>
Date: November 6, 2010 4:40:43 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] more colored duct tape

Duck Tape also has a flaming pattern and zebra pattern
 
http://www.duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tape/color-duck-tapes/duck-tape-patterns.aspx

From: "Janice R. Gaulke" <SouthWindHall at AOL.COM>
Date: November 6, 2010 3:07:09 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: [CALONTIR] colored duct tape

In a message dated 11/5/2010 7:53:21 PM Central Standard Time, baine at WINDSTREAM.NET writes:
Don't know about shelf life, but I was at Michael's today in Springfield and
found two bins of duct tape - one of leopard print and one of tie dyed duct
tape (made by DuckTape brand). Anyone got any ideas on what to do with it?
^_^

Baine
Definitely offer the tie-dyed duct tape to fighters entering on the "Over 30 - Age & Treachery" side of a battle.  Leopard print should be given to Sir Ix.
 
Jenna
 
(It's kinda fun to consider that the generation of the battle cry "Don't trust anyone over 30!" is now twice that age...)
 
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