Sebastian Vettel’s million dollar McLaren race car had to count on lowly gaffers tape in order to take the pole in this years’ Belgian Grand Prix. Vettel collided with Pastor Maldonado of the Williams Team during one qualifying session and needed tape to bandage the front wing of his car in order to complete qualifying. […]
Recently released photos by automoblog.net of Ferrari’s new super car, the 599 apparently needs gaffers tape to hold the headlights in place. See pics of this amazing car 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.
British Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox’s tweet about having to watch a movie with subtitles enraged the hearing impaired community in England. The BBC personality was unhappy about having to watch the film “Bridesmaids” with subtitles and tweeted that if she had been wearing glasses, she could have just put black gaffers tape across the […]
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 […]
Owen Barrington, a lead dancer in the Riverdance company and a featured performer in the PBS special, Beyond Celtic, literally dances so hard his shoes disintegrate. Owen’s mother, Donna, provided these pictures (click here) of how Owen has to rebuild his shoes with gaffers tape in order to get through his rigorous performance schedule. Tapenews.com […]
We’ll, not actually blinded. More like blindfolded. Professional skeptic Lawrence Leung, in one part of his new six part series on ABC, rides around Las Vegas with a man who not only is blindfolded, but also has gaffers tape holding coins over his eyes to insure that he really is “blind”. Magician and mentalist Banachek […]
Want to get them talking about you at the health club? Try this to get a tan that definitely won’t go unnoticed. Create a pattern of gaffers tape applied to your skin (tiger stripes work nicely) and then spend a day at the beach. When you remove the tape, the pattern you created will be […]
Need a headboard for the guest room bed or kid’s room. Get creative with a roll of gaffers tape and some blank wall. Check this article to see just how it’s done. Now that you’re done designing, it’s time to take a nap
All that tape on NHL players hockey sticks apparently has more meaning than just a way to get a better grip on their weapon of choice. The Detroit Free Press reports that some players spend hours taping their sticks before a game.\ In addtion to helping the player grip the stick and the stick grip […]
Seems like Beyonce has turned to gaffers tape to prevent a wardrobe malfunction, ala Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl performance. The London Daily Mail suggests that Beyonce should have used a little more tape to hold her revealing jump suit in place during a recent Paris appearance. Apparently fashionistas have used adhesive-backed tape for years […]