Adhesive backed Velcro is a great product for a long term solution when you need to stick two things together and then remove them, over and over. The problem with adhesive backed Velcro is that is is designed for a long term, “semi permanent” solution, so it does not remove easily or cleanly. You can […]
British fashion designer Christopher Kane’s pink silk dress has been named by style blogger Susanna Lau as “dress of the year”. His design features random strips of black gaffers tape affixed to the dress to give bold details to an otherwise light and bright garment. See the dress and read more about the selection by […]
The Herald-Review (Illinois) recently ran an article taken from a program note for a performance at the local community college, Richmond Community College. The item in the program linked the cost of a ticket to specific costs incurred for putting on a show. Included were these insights: Small makeup kit 1 1/2 ticket Gallon of […]
High end bike whell manufacturer HED makes a carbon fiber wheel that costs over $2000. Their “Big Deal” wheel weighs only 450 grams. In order to prevent the inner spoke nipples from causing the wheel to leak, the rim is lined with gaffers tape before the tire is mounted. If you got a spare $2000 […]
Among the many items German composer and performer Hauschka puts into his piano to get new sounds is gaffers tape. Playing something called “prepared piano”, he puts chains, hammers, ping pong balls and all sorts of other items to create new sounds. When he puts gaffers tape into the piano, he stands the roll on […]
Using gaffers tape to block holes and turbulence causing seams, a test driver was able to achieve 68.5 miles per gallon, 50 percent higher than the EPA specifications for the Mitsubishi Mirage that he was driving. You can read about the mileage challenge at the Popular Mechanics web site.
In order to demonstrate what he considers the ridiculousness of tight rope walking as a profession, comedian Bill Cosby, on The Tonight Show, demonstrated how it is done by walking a line of gaffers tape stuck on the stage. Humorous, yes. Death defying, not exactly.
We regularly come across a photo tip which recommends that photographers cover the logos of their camera equipment with gaffers tape, in hopes of making them less desirable to thieves. While we understand that this might give you a little piece of mind, particularly if you are shooting in an urban environment, the truth is […]
The online British version of Wired Magazine is recommending that anyone who is worried that the web cam on their computer or mobile device may be spying on them can just cover the lens with gaffers tape. The report says that the NSA has a plug in called CAPTTIVATEDAUDIENCE that will hijack the recording capabilities […]
Sony has acknowledged that there are light leak problems with its high end digital camera, the A7. They have admitted the problem and have said that there is a fix in the works. Until their engineers come up with a solution, it look like a little gaffers tape where the lens meets the camera body […]