In Praise of Duct Tape or Duck Tape

[brockrwood]

In praise of "duct tape" or "duck tape". Rip it. Stick it. Done.

The credit for this universally loved tape goes to:

Vesta Stoudt, a female inventor who came up with the idea during World War II and invented her own version of it; and,

Johnny Denoye and Bill Gross, workers at Johnson & Johnson, who took Vesta Stoudt's idea and produced the kind of fabric-based, silver-gray backed tape we know and love today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_...DPzgpTspnnrJy8Y7BI197PG5HAtsXl5Ozt_ZM#History
Salute!

I am not sure whether to call it "duct" tape or "duck" tape. I think "duck" is more accurate, as the tape was originally made by putting adhesive onto a strip of cotton "duck" fabric.

Whatever you call it, the uses for this tape know no bounds. I even use it in model rockets. I put it on kevlar shock cords right where the shock cord exits the body tube, to keep the knife-like kevlar cord from "zippering" the body tube.

 

[Funkworks]

Among the few "tools" having the honor of being used on the Moon (for extending a buggy's fender).



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

 

[Hobie1dog]

It was likely used on air conditioning duct work to seal the seams first.

 

[James Duffy]

Both “duck” and “duct” are correct. Utility tape based on canvas duck fabric was used extensively during WWII. Following the war, central heat and air units were installed in many US homes, and the installers found that duck tape was great for installing ducts. I actually researched and wrote a post here on the subject a couple of years ago: https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/revisiting-the-estes-maxi-brute-v-2.140236/page-7#post-1992888