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IME this sort of tape varies lots in how sticky it is. The
not-very-sticky type is no use for me eg Jewsons own brand so I'm looking at the Screwfix catalogue Has anyone used 14470 unbranded? There are three types of Duck tape. IME this is a good brand of properly sticky tape but which one to choose? 24428 Duck cloth tape 84740 Duck power tape Hey wow I must think up a use for 58451 fluorescent orange Anna -- ~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England |""""| ~ Lime plaster repair and conservation / ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc |____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642 |
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Huge wrote:
On 2007-01-02, Anna Kettle wrote: IME this sort of tape varies lots in how sticky it is. The not-very-sticky type is no use for me eg Jewsons own brand so I'm looking at the Screwfix catalogue Has anyone used 14470 unbranded? Hmmm. I use duct tape to hold the numbers on the side of my race car; http://www.borough19motorclub.co.uk/img281.jpg There are three types of Duck tape. IME this is a good brand of properly sticky tape but which one to choose? 24428 Duck cloth tape 84740 Duck power tape Can't help there, sorry, except the latter says it's waterproof. The SF own brand certainly isn't (as I found when trying to patch my inflatable swimming pool this summer.) Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : http://img.photojerk.com/jcFlEWzJ.JPG David |
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On 2 Jan 2007 16:31:16 GMT, Huge wrote:
I won't be buying any more of the unbranded. Duck tape it is. Would you not be better off with carpet tape (double sided fibre reinforced)? That's what I've used to stick things to the side of cars before. |
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Anna Kettle wrote: IME this sort of tape varies lots in how sticky it is. The not-very-sticky type is no use for me eg Jewsons own brand so I'm looking at the Screwfix catalogue Has anyone used 14470 unbranded? There are three types of Duck tape. IME this is a good brand of properly sticky tape but which one to choose? 24428 Duck cloth tape 84740 Duck power tape Hey wow I must think up a use for 58451 fluorescent orange I use TLC Gaffa tape for most jobs - very sticky. |
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Osprey wrote: Anna Kettle wrote: IME this sort of tape varies lots in how sticky it is. The not-very-sticky type is no use for me eg Jewsons own brand so I'm looking at the Screwfix catalogue Has anyone used 14470 unbranded? There are three types of Duck tape. IME this is a good brand of properly sticky tape but which one to choose? 24428 Duck cloth tape 84740 Duck power tape Hey wow I must think up a use for 58451 fluorescent orange I use TLC Gaffa tape for most jobs - very sticky. If you're using it to wrap around something like to insulate wires then self-amalgamating tape is the best. (but it's absolutely no use for sticking flat on a surface). AL |
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Huge wrote:
Hmmm. I use duct tape to hold the numbers on the side of my race car; http://www.borough19motorclub.co.uk/img281.jpg Drooooool....... Best I ever managed was a couple of MkII Escort grass-track cars, but I'll never forget the visceral joy of racing. |
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Lobster wrote:
Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : http://img.photojerk.com/jcFlEWzJ.JPG Nice looking girl Dave. -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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In message , Lobster
writes Huge wrote: On 2007-01-02, Anna Kettle wrote: IME this sort of tape varies lots in how sticky it is. The not-very-sticky type is no use for me eg Jewsons own brand so I'm looking at the Screwfix catalogue Has anyone used 14470 unbranded? Hmmm. I use duct tape to hold the numbers on the side of my race car; http://www.borough19motorclub.co.uk/img281.jpg There are three types of Duck tape. IME this is a good brand of properly sticky tape but which one to choose? 24428 Duck cloth tape 84740 Duck power tape Can't help there, sorry, except the latter says it's waterproof. The SF own brand certainly isn't (as I found when trying to patch my inflatable swimming pool this summer.) Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : http://img.photojerk.com/jcFlEWzJ.JPG Apollo 13 used it to hold on to life for a few long days, sorry ... no photos -- geoff |
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On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:47:19 GMT, Lobster wrote:
Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : I hate to tell you, but your daughter looks like a buoy. |
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Steve Firth wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:47:19 GMT, Lobster wrote: Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : I hate to tell you, but your daughter looks like a buoy. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! Brilliant - wish I'd thought of that! -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:47:01 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:
ROFLMAO Thank you. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Lobster saying something like: Daughter uses 12334 (think that's SF own brand?) to hold various bits on her sailing dinghy and they seem to stay put OK, as you can see (she's on the far left ;-) : http://img.photojerk.com/jcFlEWzJ.JPG Is that the one that's sinking? -- Dave |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Steve Firth saying something like: I hate to tell you, but your daughter looks like a buoy. On a related note, does anybody else get irritated by the Hollywood habit of pronouncing the 'u' in buoy? Actully, the 'o' gets dropped and it comes out like 'buey', like Buick without the end. -- Dave |
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In message , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Steve Firth saying something like: I hate to tell you, but your daughter looks like a buoy. On a related note, does anybody else get irritated by the Hollywood habit of pronouncing the 'u' in buoy? Actully, the 'o' gets dropped and it comes out like 'buey', like Buick without the end. I get annoyed by their pronunciation of route as "rowt" instead of "root" -- geoff |
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raden wrote:
I get annoyed by their pronunciation of route as "rowt" instead of "root" Maybe it's to avoid offence to those that take the meaning of root to have ladies and gentlemen relations under the consent of the king or such malarkey ... But the yanks do pronounce "Route 66" correctly ;-) -- Adrian C |
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Adrian C wrote:
raden wrote: But the yanks do pronounce "Route 66" correctly ;-) They do, don't they? Why the hell is that? On a slightly separate note I read somewhere recently that the language/accent spoken by the Pilgrim Fathers (ie native Brits) was much closer to what the Americans speak nowadays than to modern-day British English. I don't know whether that's true, or more to the point, who smuggled a tape recorder aboard the Mayflower... David |
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