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Posted: 5/24/2016 8:39:46 PM EDT
Lots of folks use tape. Most of use the clear type for sealing envelopes or such. Maybe there are best brands for such but all of them seem to work OK for me.
Then we come to industrial purposes, as in actually sealing ductwork and so forth. I'm sure some tapes are better than others for that purpose. I don't know which to recommend. But I actually have some on-hands experience with tape. I worked for many years at Electric Boat, and we used Nashua brand Green Tape by the mile. It was a tightly woven fabric, with plastic on the outside, and sticky on the inside. It would hold almost anything together, and even the industrial sandblaster guy had to go over it a few times to remove it. That's the guy in a positive pressure air suit inside an enclosed booth. If the nozzle hit bare skin, bones would be exposed within seconds. That sort of industrial sand blasting; Electric Boat is hard core. Bare metal makes for good welds. The same tape is called "100 MPH tape" by the Military. It's GOOD Stuff. Not worth wasting on lesser purposes, but when you need GOOD stuff, Nashua Tape has no peer. The usual tape seen in Harbor Freight and other stores is so completely inadequate as to beggar comparison. The "reinforcing threads" are about 1/8" apart, and made of some weak, thin material. I've seen such tape deteriorate simply from exposure to sunlight alone. Turns to dust, with a few "reinforcing' threads blowing in the wind. Pitiful, and totally inadequate. The REAL DEAL is basically a tightly-woven fabric--looks like cloth in good light-- and tougher than General Sherman in a bad mood. Sticks like a bad habit, even in the cold. Use the cheap crap as appropriate, but know that there is the real deal: Nashua Tape. There is no substitute, in my personal experience. IMHO, life is too short to use inferior materials. Doing so always comes back to bite. Anyone in the Mil, or who has worked at EB will back me up, I'm sure. So endeth the lesson. Thanks for reading. Disclaimer: no financial interest. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 9:03:08 PM EDT
[#1]
Link to THE model of Nashua tape described?
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Posted: 5/24/2016 9:41:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By danpass:
Link to THE model of Nashua tape described? I'll say this: the Home Depot HD OD tape currently sold has a visibly inferior thread pattern--and hence less strength. Not the same thing as real EB Green or true mil-spec 100 mph tape. You'll have to do some searching, my friend. I've given you some things to look for, and some things to avoid. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 9:43:37 PM EDT
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Yeah, the Home Depot result prompted my post lol.
"That can't be what he's talking about." 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 9:47:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By danpass:
Yeah, the Home Depot result prompted my post lol. "That can't be what he's talking about." You are correct, sir! |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 9:56:35 PM EDT
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Nashua makes excellent high quality tape. Some of the best available. Their Silver back dust tape is the stickiest I've ever used. It will not unstick from itself, gotta cut it off. USA made in Nashua New Hampshire! I've never used the green back type you speak of but I'm intrigued and will find me some.
Thanks for posting! |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:06:18 PM EDT
[#6]
Try some "gaffers" tape. Varying quality but good stuff. I think the real deal gaf tape is about $70 for same size roll of duck tape.
My recollection(probably wrong  ), Duck tape was a brand name, Duct tape was a mispronunciation of duck as real duct tape was a metallic tape for joints in HVAC ducts.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:27:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MRW]
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:32:33 PM EDT
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It holds up beyond 100MPH....used some on the exterior of an aircraft once, and the max cruising speed for that air frame is 223 knots
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UT, USA
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:35:32 PM EDT
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I've used the black color Nashua duck tape and can say it's incredibly sticky and very tough.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:38:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CROQ:
Try some "gaffers" tape. Varying quality but good stuff. I think the real deal gaf tape is about $70 for same size roll of duck tape. My recollection(probably wrong ), Duck tape was a brand name, Duct tape was a mispronunciation of duck as real duct tape was a metallic tape for joints in HVAC ducts.You are 0 for 3 gaffer tape is made to be able to remove without any marring or damage, thus it will have light to moderate stickiness. Duct tape is tape originally made for just that, ducts. Duck tape is a brand, with a name playing up a pun. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 10:59:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
You are 0 for 3 gaffer tape is made to be able to remove without any marring or damage, thus it will have light to moderate stickiness. Duct tape is tape originally made for just that, ducts. Duck tape is a brand, with a name playing up a pun. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CROQ:
Try some "gaffers" tape. Varying quality but good stuff. I think the real deal gaf tape is about $70 for same size roll of duck tape. My recollection(probably wrong ), Duck tape was a brand name, Duct tape was a mispronunciation of duck as real duct tape was a metallic tape for joints in HVAC ducts.You are 0 for 3 gaffer tape is made to be able to remove without any marring or damage, thus it will have light to moderate stickiness. Duct tape is tape originally made for just that, ducts. Duck tape is a brand, with a name playing up a pun. Well, shit. 
And that's why I'm here. To bring up the wrong information so it can be corrected in depth. My work today is done.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 1:16:09 AM EDT
[#12]
How does Gorilla Tape compare?
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Posted: 5/25/2016 5:13:17 AM EDT
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Nashua, NH. for the win !
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Posted: 5/25/2016 7:01:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wagonwheel1:
Nashua, NH. for the win ! Isn't Nashua tape made in Franklin Ky now? |
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Posted: 5/25/2016 9:59:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DasRonin:
How does Gorilla Tape compare? I can tell you from experience that, while its extremely strong, the adhesive gets gummy and slimy in sunlight and the tape walks. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 12:50:43 PM EDT
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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 2:43:57 PM EDT
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I wished someone would solve this.
I have a roll of real deal .mil 100mph tape. Made in 1989, it still works like day one. I've never, ever, ever found anything that compares to this stuff, gorilla tape included. Buyer beware though, I've been in armories where their tape wasn't the good stuff. Green, but not the real deal. Cheaper duct tape, the adhesive migrates off of the substrate, more so in hot and humid climates, and especially in sunlight. Gaffers' tape is like the motion picture tape equivalent of velcro... lol |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 2:48:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: INI]
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My roll is TYCO Polyken, and has a separate decal on the inside.
231 ASTM D 5486 TYCO ADHESIVES TYPE IV 08/02 http://catalog.berryplastics.com/products/adhesiv/duct-tape/adhesiv54231 |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 3:01:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/25/2016 7:06:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wagonwheel1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By williewvr:
Isn't Nashua tape made in Franklin Ky now? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By williewvr:
Originally Posted By wagonwheel1:
Nashua, NH. for the win ! Isn't Nashua tape made in Franklin Ky now? Could be. Nothing lasts forever. Nashua Corp.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2016 10:53:14 PM EDT
[#21]
I have the Gorilla Tape, which tape on the market is BETTER ?
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Posted: 5/25/2016 11:44:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeepinbanditrider:
Nashua 398 This stuff the real deal? Cause at that price I'm about to buy a few rolls. From his description, yes. At my old job in the industrial cleaning field we used Nashua 398 tape, sticky and strong as hell. Heat was really the only thing that did it in but that didn't happen until you were around 300ish degrees. |
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Posted: 5/26/2016 12:13:12 AM EDT
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Yep.
I get gaffer tape from my brother in LA. It is usually $20-40 a roll. It is removable. There are a lot of different types of duct tape and Nashua makes a bunch of different ones. Foil, mastic, and more normal looking but very sticky are just some of the types. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
You are 0 for 3 gaffer tape is made to be able to remove without any marring or damage, thus it will have light to moderate stickiness. Duct tape is tape originally made for just that, ducts. Duck tape is a brand, with a name playing up a pun. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CROQ:
Try some "gaffers" tape. Varying quality but good stuff. I think the real deal gaf tape is about $70 for same size roll of duck tape. My recollection(probably wrong ), Duck tape was a brand name, Duct tape was a mispronunciation of duck as real duct tape was a metallic tape for joints in HVAC ducts.You are 0 for 3 gaffer tape is made to be able to remove without any marring or damage, thus it will have light to moderate stickiness. Duct tape is tape originally made for just that, ducts. Duck tape is a brand, with a name playing up a pun. |
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MA, USA
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Posted: 5/26/2016 12:49:51 AM EDT
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Oh... the good ol' mil issue green 100 mile an hour tape. Best stuff I've ever used. But, from experience let me just say this: when it's too cold for this tape, it's just too damned cold!!!
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:49:53 AM EDT
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I have a big roll of Nashua 100 mph tape. I have an animal carrier that was given to me years ago and broke shortly afterward, it's been held together for probably 10 years of heavy use with that tape. Latest use is to hold together a cracked plate glass window till I get a new pane. I have a spool of Nashua 550 parachute cord I bought maybe 20 years ago too, it makes the common stuff found in all the hardware and sporting goods stores look like cheap shit.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 6:22:52 AM EDT
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All the brainpower at ARCOM and we can't even find a source for this mythical tape?
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:51:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MN2ndAMND:
Nashua makes excellent high quality tape. Some of the best available. Their Silver back dust tape is the stickiest I've ever used. It will not unstick from itself, gotta cut it off. USA made in Nashua New Hampshire! I've never used the green back type you speak of but I'm intrigued and will find me some. Thanks for posting! I actually found a roll of this stuff in the middle of the road one day when walking across the street. I have used it for a lot of stuff and after reading this post looked at the inside. Sure enough it was Nashua brand silver tape. Almost like someone took very sturdy tin foil, and applied super glue to one side of it
It really is the stickiest tape I have ever used. As far as duct tape goes, I am a big fan of Black Gorilla tape |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:05:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
All the brainpower at ARCOM and we can't even find a source for this mythical tape? I have been searching for the last few days, and the best I can come up with is that all of the strength and stickiness tests I have seen place 3m as the original manufacturer of 100mph tape, and most people saying it is 3m 6969 tape. That tape has ranked worse on the few strength and stickiness tests I have seen so far, behind Nashua 357, permacel 672, T-Rex tape, and gorilla tape, which won all of the tests that I found. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/27/2016 8:53:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
[#29]
I believe Covalence Adhesives in Franklin NY makes Nashua's tape.
I think I need to find a duct tape wallet turorial and make one in 100mph tape now.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:27:10 PM EDT
[#30]
I met a flight engineer for a Navy P3.
That fucker was nuts and had this crazy metal 100000 mile per hour tape that they used to hold that old bird together. Fuck that noise, aviators are crazy. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:41:59 PM EDT
[#31]
Used to work there too. EB Green is good stuff
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Posted: 5/28/2016 3:56:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: raf]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
All the brainpower at ARCOM and we can't even find a source for this mythical tape? A few sources of the tape have been linked above. Any of the linked versions of the mil-spec tape will be roughly equivalent. One might be a tinch better than another, and I'd want to see a reasonably good comparison test in order to settle on one or the other as THE best. Any of the Nashua or similar tapes that are mil-spec will probably do, and be miles ahead of almost anything else. So, you see, the brainpower that is Arfcom has come up with at least three solutions, by my counting. And not to my surprise. I will toggle this thread to non-archive status, which means that a simple search will find it, even if it sinks to the bottom of this forum. I think it's valuable enough to justify doing so. |
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Posted: 5/30/2016 12:41:05 AM EDT
[#33]
Well looks like I'll give a roll a try from that Amazon link.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/30/2016 5:10:29 PM EDT
[#34]
My roll has no nsn or manufacturer markings and just says something like "FOR 2 INCH X 60 YARD USE" and "MADE IN USA" but it's OD green USGI 100 mph tape.
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Posted: 5/30/2016 5:57:33 PM EDT
[#35]
When buying Nashua tape offered on amazon, and linked here, pay close attention to the (scrolled-down) tape specs.. Some Nashua tapes are better than others.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 12:09:00 PM EDT
[#36]
Reading the reviews here, makes it sound like Rothco is the real deal, and Nashua sucks
http://www.amazon.com/Rothco-8233-Duct-Tape/dp/B018MSHGTY |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 12:37:50 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35mm_Shooter:
Reading the reviews here, makes it sound like Rothco is the real deal, and Nashua sucks http://www.amazon.com/Rothco-8233-Duct-Tape/dp/B018MSHGTY Stop the Presses! Worthwhile Rothco Product Discovered! Seriously, though, this would be the first Rothco product that wasn't junk, IMHO. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 12:37:55 PM EDT
[#38]
On aircraft we use "Speed Tape" by 3M.
It's basically super heavy aluminum foil with adhesive backing. If you burnish it down well on a clean dry surface it will hold up to jet cruise speeds for quite awhile. |
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CT, USA
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Posted: 6/6/2016 9:46:02 PM EDT
[#39]
Folks would take so many rolls of it that the tool crib would wind a small 2" roll for you using a large drill/bit.
The tradition when you ever got a hold of a roll was to use half, then flatten it and tuck it in your waistband at the end of the day. Life in the yard. |
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Posted: 7/16/2016 8:46:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: danpass]
[#40]
Any definitive answer on this?
Is it Nashua 398? 357? Polyken 231? I can tell you it is NOT 3M Extreme Hold Duct Tape 
This was merely sunlight: (Gorilla performed in a similar manner though it tears far more cleanly than this 3M.)  3M Extreme (2835) duct tape just from sunlight by Dan Passaro, on Flickr
Frogg Toggs poncho set up as a tarp
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LA, USA
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Posted: 7/16/2016 10:35:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KitBuilder]
[#41]
I checked NSNs and specs and stuff...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-ROLL-Military-Olive-Drab-Duct-Tape-Waterproof-3-In-x-60-yd-7510-00-890-9874-/152166037696 is the real deal. This is made of high tensile strength, rubber adhesive backed, polyethylene coated cloth. It conforms to ASTM D5486 Type IV Class 1, aka D5486M - 06(2012), which replaced Federal Specification PPP-T-60E as of 1/28/1995, which replaced PPP-T-60D 11/06/1986. PPP-T-60D was standardized 9/28/1976, so I didn't go back any further. ASTM D5486 also superseded COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION A-A-1586: TAPE, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE (WATERPROOF) which was published in 1982. Yes, Polyken 231 meets mil-spec for NSN 7510-00-890-9874. https://www.amazon.com/Polyken-Premium-Military-Grade-Duct/dp/B003ZFE6WU http://roycopackaging.com/mil-spec-tapes/astm-d5486-ty-4-cl-1/ (Notice they reference the old PPP-T-60 spec with Type IV, Class 1): https://www.edcosupply.com/products-services/tape I don't get any hits on those specs when Googling Nashua. |
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Posted: 7/17/2016 12:06:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/17/2016 12:33:46 AM EDT
[#43]
The Box of Truth: Duc(k)t Tape Edition
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LA, USA
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Posted: 7/17/2016 1:54:58 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stoner63a: The Box of Truth: Duc(k)t Tape Edition  http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-duct-tape/ Based on my findings, I'm going with the Polyken 231 as the definitive 100 MPH tape in OD. |
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Posted: 7/18/2016 9:52:00 PM EDT
[#45]
I bought the Nashua 398 on Amazon for $4
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Posted: 5/7/2017 6:03:42 PM EDT
[#46]
Bump, any new details?
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2017 6:54:48 PM EDT
[#47]
I have never seen the green stuff, but we had some red, what was known as High Pressure Tape on board ship.
That shit was the strongest, stickiest tape I have ever seen. Pretty sure you could have patched a torpedo hole with it and get the ship back into the fight. |
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Posted: 5/7/2017 7:04:10 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wagonwheel1:
Nashua, NH. for the win !
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Posted: 5/8/2017 8:08:18 AM EDT
[#49]
Where has this thread been all my life??? I've used miles of duct tape at work. That crap from Ace Hardware that I've been using is just that, crap. Weak and won't stick long. If it does stick the adhesive turns to powder in no time.
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Posted: 5/9/2017 2:38:50 PM EDT
[#50]
EB Green...now that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time. Pops was in the Navy and used to bring that stuff home from time to time. It put all other tapes to shame. I remember getting some of the glue on my fingers as a kid; took some serious scrubbing to get it off! Now, I'm on the search for it!
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