My house runneth over with remote controls. Everything from the home entertainment center to the ceiling fans now have remotes, and every time I turn around, it seems that there is another one. Lifehacker’s Mcgyver Challenge, a contest for do it yourselfers, recently featured an entry that was a remote control holster fashioned from duct […]
Cambridge University students celebrated the completion of exams with a cardboard boat race on the River Cam. Some of the cardboard and gaffers tape vessels made the river crossing. Others were not quite so lucky. You can see a slide show here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send […]
Artist Adam Wozniak sheared off his shoulder length hair and used gaffers tape to fashion a paintbrush. Then Wozniak used the brush to fashion an art work that combined painting and performance art. You can see the results and read the rest of the story here.
Boat US, a popular web site and publication for boaters has started calling duct tape a “damage avoidance tool”. Maybe that’s why their online companion store, West Marine, sells a roll of duct tape for $23.99! Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and […]
Reno, Nevada police warned motorists to be aware of auto repair scammers who pretend to repair a car, but actually just cover up damage with duct tape. Here’s the story of a recent arrest of two Nevada men. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape […]
Kathy Antoniotti, who writes a crafts colum for the Akron, Ohio Beacon Journal recommends that anyone planning to attend the annual duct tape festival in Avon, OH this summer should consider making themselves a pair of duct tape flip flops to wear to the festivities. See a picture here. Get your own crafting supplies here. […]
Lots of public facilities require that any tape used in their buildings be gaffers tape, since it can be removed from floors and walls without damaging finishes or leaving sticky residue. This use, in a Melbourne, Australia hospital, is definitely not approved. Apparently gaffers tape was used to cover up the detector in smoke alarms […]
I follow a lot of photography tip blogs, and this posting caught my eye: “Make Your Camera Look Like A Heap of Trash”. The writer traveled with an expensive camera and recommended covering up the logos with gaffers tape and generally “trashing” the equipment with randomly applied duct tape and carton sealing tape to make […]
The Galway Independent reports that European car manufacturers are getting less than accurate mileage ratings on new cars with a trick that uses gaffers tape. By selectively covering gaps between body panels and reducing the size of air intakes, they are able to temporarily improve the cars aerodynamics and thus improve fuel economy. Don’t expect […]
Well, in this case we’re using a less known definition of fix-meaning that something is stuck. You can use duct tape to help open a jar with a stuck lid. Watch this Lifehacker video and then grab some duct tape and give it a try. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit […]