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this stuff is hardcore. i've used it before with silkscreening. you tape the frame of your screen so water can't destroy it... it worked really well, it definitely kept all the water out of mine.

RE: Regular Duct Tape is meant for smooth surfaces.... like ducts.

Actually, I heard on This Old House that duct tape should never be used on ducts. I checked wikipedia and it says there that "The name 'duct tape' came from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts, a purpose for which it, ironically, has been deemed ineffective." and "...research was conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division. Their major conclusion was that one should not use duct tape to seal ducts"

my husband used this to patch a crack in the intake on his car. He had used duct tape before but the adhesive of it couldn't hold up the the extreme temps. The gorilla tape seems to be taking it like a champ.

I have completely switched over to gorilla duct tape. It is so much thicker and stickier than any other tape. It is definitely worth the extra money. I keep a roll of Gorilla duct tape in my car for emergencies, but it is also perfect for everyday use all around the house. In response to the post above duct tape is terrible on ducts. Use a silver Aluminum foil tape for ducts.

Yes, I will now keep a roll in the car for whatever. I gorilla glued and g. taped an auto side view mirror back to the car that had been ripped off its (duct-taped) moorings. This stuff worked great so far! And the black color matches the black of the car so it doesn't look so so terrible.

I'm a believer.

I used some of this last year; my boyfriend bought it for our big move, and I was really impressed by how heavy-duty it is!

My coworkers have used it a lot and seems to think highly of it. They also discovered that New Mexico ants love the stuff and will swarm all over it.

meh. i used it to secure a screen to an iron door (burglar bars). it worked ... not so good. more hype than heavy duty as far as i'm concerned.

From Wikipedia.

Duct tape (sometimes called duck tape) is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and transparent tapes have recently become available. With a standard width of 1 7⁄8 inches (48 mm), duct tape was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a water resistant sealing tape for ammunition cases.[1][2] Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to add strength. It was also used to repair military equipment quickly, including jeeps, firearms, and aircraft because of these properties. In Canadian military circles, this variant is known as "gun-tape", typically olive-green, and also known for its resistance to oils and greases. Duct tape is also called "Riggers Tape", "100-MPH tape", or "Hurricane Tape" in the military [3] - a name that comes from the use of a specific variety of duct-tape that was supposed to hold up to 100mph winds. Another version attributes this to the fact that soldiers often refer to something that exceeds expectations as "High Speed."

In the post-war period, the housing industry boomed and people started using duct tape for many other purposes. The name "duct tape" came from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts, a purpose for which it, ironically, has been deemed ineffective. Its strength, low cost, and remarkable versatility make it a household staple throughout North America and Europe for temporary repairs and general-purpose use.

Gorilla tape sticks great to itself, but the few times I've used it (mainly to repair tears in foam chair armrests), it wouldn't stick to the surface I was trying to repair. I had to wrap it all the way around and stick it to itself before it would really adhere. Maybe I just haven't been putting it to the right use, but I was really disappointed. I only bought it because fabric gaffer tape is so hard to find.