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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ม.ค. 2019
- Duct tapes were first invented by a female factory worker during World War II. They were originally called 'duck' tape because it was made out of a cotton duck fabric and it repelled water like a duck's back.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: Duct tape can hold just about anything together. We use it for all sorts of repairs and even as a decorative addition to various arts and crafts. But what makes duct tape so strong and versatile? And is it duct tape or duck tape? The tape was originally called duck tape because of its water-resistant qualities. It repelled water like a duck's back, and it used to be made out of a cotton duck fabric without any adhesive layers. But cotton duck fabric doesn't actually come from ducks. This is what it looks like. It's a strong fabric made from cotton, where the threads make a crisscross pattern. Known for being a strong material, the fabric was used to protect power cables and electrical conductors from corrosion. But the adhesive duct tape we know and love today didn't appear until World War II. A factory worker who was packaging ammunition sealed each box with tape and wax to make them waterproof. When the worker, Vesta Stout, saw soldiers struggling to open the boxes, she came up with an idea to seal the boxes with a strong, cloth-based, waterproof tape. Stout wrote a letter to FDR about her solution and a few weeks later, received word from the War Production Board that Johnson and Johnson would be manufacturing the tape. The tape became a military sensation. It was durable and easy to apply and remove by hand. After the war ended, duct tape turned up in hardware stores ready to help Americans with household repairs, too. It quickly became a useful tool for wrapping air ducts, which led to its other name, duct tape.
Ashley Luke: Duct tape used to be kind of a one-and-done silver tape that was essentially used for repairs. Our adhesive is specifically formulated to stick to a whole variety of different surfaces, and then basically the waterproof backing on top of that then protects the adhesive once it's applied to a surface.
Narrator: There are three main components that go into making the tape. Rubber for the adhesive, cloth, and backing. The rubber comes from rubber trees and arrives at the factory in large bales. A machine mixes the raw rubber along with various sticky resins until it reaches the consistency of pizza dough. Then, the mixture is heated to over 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Now the adhesive is ready to be added to the cloth and the backing. The cloth, sometimes called the scrim, lies in between the sticky rubber layer and that ubiquitous silver backing. It's made from cotton and is a key part of the tape. The cloth is what gives the tape its tensile strength. It makes it easy to hand tear and keeps the tape stuck to a surface once it's laid down. Finally, there's the backing. The backing is made from polyethylene, the same plastic material used to make bags and shampoo bottles. Once the backing is ready, all of the materials are put together.
Ashley Luke: So there's basically two ways that the backing can be incorporated into the tape: either laminated or co-extrusion. The co-extrusion basically melds together the backing, the cloth, and then the adhesive. So it gives you a stronger tape that won't delaminate. It's gonna be really good in different weather applications.
Narrator: Once the layers are combined, the strength of the cloth and the plastic-like nature of the backing combine to give the tape the strength and durability we know and love. The tape comes out in one jumbo roll that weighs over a ton. Each giant roll can produce over 30,000 small rolls. To get it to a smaller size, the roll is sliced into strips. Then, the smaller tape strips are put into cores and rerolled. Finally, the tapes are placed in their final packaging, sent down the conveyor belt, and put into boxes for shipment. Since its debut, duct tape has exploded in popularity. Today, we use it to make flowers, bags, wallets, science projects, and various DIY crafts. Unlike your masking tapes, scotch tapes, painter's tape, and other single-use tapes, duct tape has a long history of being used for just about anything. By simply putting fabric and adhesive together, Vesta Stout may have created one of the most useful and strongest inventions we have today.
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Level 1 Duct Tape
Level 35 Flex Tape
That's how tape works
U again i saw u erlier dis day
next: nut tape
I hate you😐
Justin Y. Level 100 Flex Tape Clear
K!tten :3 clearly y’all don’t know about the world record thinnest tape
Voiceover sounds like a 6th grade final project
yeah, and the duck tape lady Ashley Luke has that annoying inflection at the end if the sentence that makes her sound so dumb.
@@Professional_TH-cam_Commenter what? You don't like every sentence ending in a rising inflection? Like every sentence is a question? It makes her sound so smart? She needs to carpet bomb her speech with 'like' more often though?
He is talking about her accent, I hate it 2.
2:03 the adhesaahf 2:06 surfaahs
@@CsykKrit Don't forget to add? Like, really bad vocal fry?
A lot of people say “oh duct tape can’t hold marriages together”. It can, my parents are tied up in the attic! Never been a stronger tape!!! 10/10
stop your parents from splitting up by taping them together
Hol' up
@@switzerland1394 bro it’s been two years wtf
@@benjaminsmith3080 sorry I'm late to the party. Anyways how are ya?
The narration sounds like an 8th grader's presentation project for Speech class.
She sounds like this is the 150th take
The voice over sounds like a high school research project lol
What’s flex tape?
Edit * how does it flex tape differ from duct tape in terms of durability and strength?
It's tape
Yes, but how does it differ from duct tape in terms of durability ?!
@@vtheteenagewitch you can saw anything in half and stick it back using flex tape
Basically flex tape is better.
Patch, bond, seal and repair with flex tape!
I once saw a red 2014 Toyota Corolla with its passenger door duct taped on...it was a magnificent sight.
Title: Why is Duct Tape so strong?
Me: **puts glasses on**
Title: Why is Flex Tape so strong
Me: weird *FLEX* but OK
that's how Mafia works
Hahahha
Duck tape doesn't even work anymore and I used the last of the roll I had fro 10 years ago. The new stuff is like masking tape
Use more duct tape.
@@epicool6527 I tried but I swear the only thing it sticks to is itself 😁
2:26 when she touches you just right
*insert flex tape comment*
Thats a lot of damage
Weird flex, but okay.
Phil Swift: You call that strong?
Tape for ducting is more commonly a metal foil backed tape, not the plastic backed we think of as duck tape, so as strange as it seems, i think 'duck tape' is more correct than 'duct tape'.
If its so popular, why hasnt it gone down in price? 7.99$ a role? Come on boiii
Arroyo Airsoft depends on where you buy it. Get gorilla, get a big price tag. Go generic, it’s under $5 a roll.
2:26 Cmon....
I *CAN'T* be the only one...
🤣🤣😂😂
Y'all need to stop hiring underquoted women to do these voice overs, they sound like 5th graders giving a project
Wow! That's awesome. I learn something good. Thank you....
Bonus points for the Les Stroud clips
Brilliant script reading it was so natural I could hardly tell
Flex tape is better.
one of the most important thing you've missed out...some people use duct tape to fix their car door!!
some genius pilots even used in fixing their plane wings...true story!!
0:01 what's that? No, I am not twelve. okay, bye
Vrooom finally someone else who saw it too 🤣🤣🤣
What?
They're making dick tape. A typo caused a manufacturing mistake.
*_Phil Swift would like to know your location !_*
Inside your house.
I've had the same duck tape covering holes in my dodge 2500 since purchase 6 years ago.
So how does it not stick to itself on the roll ? Yeah the backing but how ? What chemical keeps it from sticking to itself on the roll or any rolled adhesive for that matter?
Lord knows why I just watched a video about tape but gotta say I loved the video 😁✌️👍
Another name for Duct Tape is Gaff Tape (I cant spell) because Gaffers (the people who work the lights at movie shoots) (again, cant spell) used to use it to keep the lights secure. (Keyword: Used to)
The professional gaff tape I'm used to isn't the same as duck/duct tape - gaffers tape tends to be a matte fabric top (not plastic-coated) and the adhesive is intended to be removable with less risk of leaving sticky residue or damaging the surface. It's not so much about holding the lights up as it is wrangling cables (taping them to the floor to remove trip hazards, etc.). Black matte gaff tape "disappears" well without risking reflecting light the way shiny plastic-topped duck tape might, brightly-coloured gaff tape takes permanent-marker ink superbly well for labelling things.
*Duct tape, the spork, & the flesh light are the 3 most important items man ever created*
give it up to ducK and Decent dang brand of tape and to industrial maintaining Workers to.
Absolutely agree buddy. Duct tape is the best. I am such a nerd that I have a standard roll of tape, 3 inch tape and the impressive 7 inch wide tape... Every based covered
*_Flex Tape jokes incoming_*
_Bob McCoy __*_Lisa Guerrero would confront the flex tape_*
Duct Tape is like the force, it has a light side, a dark side, and it keeps everything together.
The vocal fry in this video is intense.
Not to mention the up speak!
Duck Tape is magic and should be worshiped
Amazing Tape ...
Do one for fencing blades
duck tape can’t hold my heart together... learned that the hard way.
In Brazil we use to know it as Silver Tape.
This is interesting! 💙
Sha&Shan DIY I hv seen u on wengie's channel as well as how to slime(wengie's slime channel)
if only duck tape can hold my life together
Would hemp cloth duck tape be stronger?
Sounds classier with the British accent of how it’s made
"Why is Duct Tape so Strong?"
Flex Tape: *_Hold my adhesive_*
This should be called why is flex tape so strong
mark my words this video is gonna have millions of views!!!
Neng ndesoku jeneng'e lakban. Mboh kuwi sing bening opo sing ireng yo jeneng'e lakban.
War production board:
Dear Vesta Stout
It's a good idea. We'll take it from here. Thanks.
Red Green should have done the narration for this. Handy mans secret weapon.
Interesting
Wow that was so interesting
This kind of video is why I sub.
We should pave our roads with those giant rolls
that's cool, I had never heard of the inventor
"Easy to hand tear" ARE YOU F'IN KIDDIN' ME?!!
Gotta love that tape
My duct tape uses:
Holds binders together
Making patterns for cosplay
Prop building
Purses
Wallet
Holding a geode together
Hold car mirrors together
Quick repair
0:01 *insert "That's a penis" meme*
Dang... the things I would do for a roll that size in the thub nail.
I'm sorry Y'all but the girl from the Duck Company's voice pissed me off so hecking much. The way she said surface killed me, no hate just commenting
0:02 except for my relationships...
Its like the plumbus advertise
Is it better than flex tape tho
Why tf did I just spend 4minutes watching this
Awesome!
Learn something new everyday. Apparently I didnt pay close attention in school to know rubber can come from trees. I was blown when she said the rubber comes from rubber trees lol.
1:52 didn't know Cher became a manager at Duck.
It's 2am and I'm watching videos about duck tape.... I should reconsider my life choices...
Duck tape: cover waterproof
Flex Tape: Everything waterproof
0:33
What did the man say?
But can it hold my relationship together? 😂
2:13 *LEGIT DIDN'T KNOW RUBBER CAME FROM RUBBER TREES* 😂
I must have that giant roll. I'll take three. Thank you. 😁
The story of Duct Tapes invention would make a great Drunk History episode.
And still my country does not have duct tapes or duck tapes
Edit: we use cello tape
2:25
Are you thinking what im thinking?😂
Duct tape: strong
Flex tape: *hold my beer*
I can HEAR the tape in this video just from watching it and it’s making my skin crawl lol
Silence is golden Duct tape is silver
(or any other color nowadays)
*Seems like almost every house has a duck tape*
Silence is gold
Duct Tape is silver.
Ah... late at night... the time when a speck of dust becomes interesting....
I am learning how duct tape is made while I procrastinate everything else in life...
help
THE DUCT WALKS UP TO THE LEMONADE STAND
They used duct tape to lift that huge roll of duct tape up
very cool
What about flex tape?
Her name is Vesta Stoudt not Vesta Stout. Now I know it might have just been an error but still, the name is quite important in a vid like this.
*It even works underwater*
was the guy painting using duct tape for taping
A duct tape cannot hold our relationship
Not recommended for using a parachute because if you were watching Mythbusters Junior you can die from it if you make a parachute out of this in the first few seasons they actually stated that the original purpose for this tape was actually sealing single up an ammo box
Top 10 duo
I was about about to comment something with Flex Tape...
Justin Y. beat me to it...
And this kids is why you don’t go to school:
Even if you try,
You’ll always fail.
*Flex Tape: Hold my beer*
NoW tHAts AlOt oF DaMAgE
0:13 what makes it so strong?
Proceeds to rip it in half
where are all my macgyver's we know this is the essential tool LOL
-Duct- Tape, Duck Tape It's Made out of Ducks
We already have a show for how thigns are made
No War = No Duct Tape
How is flex tape made?!
I thought it’s called duck tape because when you unravel it,it makes a duck sound
Level 1 duck tape
Level 2 Gorilla tape
Level 3 trex tape
Level 4 Hurricane tape
Level 5 max flex tape