[78-L] Vitrolac: the spelling that would not die!

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Wot? You never watch "Myth Busters"?
Two guys with movie special effects experience go after urban myths. But 
mostly they blow up things in a big way. Ever watch a cement truck 
disappear? They did it.
Anyhow, the built a small sailboat - including the sail - out of nothing 
but duct tape and took a little spin on San Francisco Bay. It floated 
right nice and it didn't even sink.
Mal

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On 2/14/2011 3:58 PM, DanKj wrote:
>   It does not work (for long) on metal ductwork - it will dry-up and fall off; heat makes it brittle enough to be crumbled.
> The fact that it isn't fire-proof and produces toxic fumes when burnt doesn't make 'duct tape' popular with building
> inspectors. I did use it to seal the foil-faced insulation board I installed OVER some ducts, but that doesn't get warm, so
> it's fine.   Great for temporary ghetto-repairs of automobile rust-holes, too. I once thought that if I wrapped enough of it
> on a brake hose, I could get a very used van home to be repaired ... umm, no. It was time for Mr.Tow Truck.  haha
>
>
>   Where's Red Green when we need him?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vitrolac: the spelling that would not die!
>
>
>> The site cites a reason for it's having been called duck tape, which makes
>> sense to me..(a) it kept things dry, like a duck, and (b) it was made with
>> cotton duck. But this could still be revisionist history.
>>
>> Funniest use of duct tape is in "Analyze This" when the mafia car Crystal hits
>> pops its trunk and the hoods quickly try and seal up the victim they've stowed
>> inside.
>>
>> dl