"Ron(UK)" wrote in
:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
"HeyBub" hath wroth:

Experts here at alt.home.repair are ready to deal with your worries.
We unaimously recommend:

Duct tape.

Duct tape is so very 20th century. In the 19th century, the
universal repair solutions were baling wire (used for hay bales) and
chewing gum. Victorian machinery was held together by farm tools.
Duct tape was suitable for most 20th century repairs because the
devices were large enough to handle the tape. It's still useful
today on the Space Station:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/5598
"They also decided to rig a thermal barrier out of a surplus
reference book and all-purpose gray tape."
but not on small things.

This is the 21st century, where things are getting smaller and
smaller, while Duct tape has remained unchanged since the invention
of ummm... ducting. More important, many devices are being designed
with little concern for repairs or even disassembly. About all one
can do with duct tape today is embalm the device.

I don't know what will become the 21st century equivalent of Duct
tape. My vote is for Superglue, epoxy, and urethane glue and goo. I
had some hope for ty-wraps replacing baling wire, but even ty-wraps
are being replaced by glue and goo. Much home construction and a
growing number of products are already assembled with adhesives.

For the 21st century, it's adhesives, not Duct tape.



Polymorph (mouldable plastic resin) is a rather wonderful invention.
Loads of uses in the workshop.

Ron(UK)


Google seems to say that it is called Friendly Plastic here in the
states. Anybody ever get any? Where?