Seems like everybody’s hurricane preparedness kit recommendations call for duct tape as the everything-preparedness-fix all. Turns out there actually is a tape called “Hurricane Tape”, and it’s not duct tape at all. It uses a tightly woven polyethylene fabric to give it strength and an acrylic rather than natural rubber adhesive which is said to […]
Great stop action film from Duck brand duct tape Click here to view Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
Now, before you call PETA on me, the least you could do is read the article. The Bangor (ME) Daily Post has a “how to article” entitled “Make Toys Cats Will Love”. Try this one for your kitty. The toy is called “feathers on a stick”. Here’s how to make it. “First, assemble the materials […]
The Daily Herald in Provo Utah shared this story about the annual Duct Tape Boat Regatta at Salem Pond. The race is a summer highlight in the community and this year’s race was no exception. You can see the winners in the Daily Herald. Look for the losers on the bottom of the pond! […]
Verizon workers are on strike and 45,000 employees who work in their “wired” division (telephones, cable tv, etc.) are walking the picket line. This story in Reuters caught our eye and put a human face on Verizon management’s postion that company executives are capable of stepping in and replacing field workers.. Click here to read […]
Kids start their own tv show. Duct tape is the star. Watch them at work here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
Lovely ode to duct tape from Louisiana humorist Chuck Boutwell. Click here to read his essay in Houma Today. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
WACH (the Winfield Arts & Humanities Council) has elevated learning how to make things with duct tape to class status. One of their summer offerings is a duct tape class for children, where the kids learn to use duct tape to make useful and wearable items. WACH even calls the kids “students”. Here’s the story […]
Eric Klein, a Hoboken, NJ artist, creates art with patterns and shpaes by covering large surfaces with duct tape. You can see some of his work by clicking here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
We were drawn to a recent headline in the Washington Post about swiftwater resuce training that used a picture of equipment hanging from the belt of a participant. The caption said, “gaffers tape” but the image clearly showed a roll of duct tape. If you are involved in any sort of rescue training, you really […]