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Duct Tape life
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03/01/25 07:53 PM
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About 10 years ago, I was getting water under our little guest house. No busted pipes, but I found that the bathroom sink drain was no longer connected to the pipe to the septic. I had to fix it in a hurry, and I could see that it wasn’t going to be an easy fix. But, I had Gorilla Duct Tape, so I wrapped the gap with a thick band of Duct Tape. Wasn’t a pressure line of any sort, so I figured I’d be Ok for a while. And then I forgot all about it. I got about 10 years out of the Duct Tape fix. Yesterday I had to do the real fix, with real PVC. Fun times….yessir…
The bad news is that the Gorilla Duct Tape was really hard to remove. That’s some serious stuff.
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Re: Duct Tape life
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03/01/25 07:58 PM
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duffas
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Yes, much better than normal duct tape.
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Re: Duct Tape life
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03/01/25 08:01 PM
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Hit the duct tape with some solvent first. Maybe mineral spirits or even lighter fluid.
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Re: Duct Tape life
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03/01/25 11:03 PM
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Finally, I cut off the taped up end of pipe and redid that section. Wasn’t easy and I had to do it with only my right hand reaching under the house. The pipe cutter will cut up to 2” pipe, and I bought one that big by accident. A good accident.
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Re: Duct Tape life
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03/10/25 04:29 AM
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I use duct tape to the boots on my bird dogs. I used Gorilla brand ONCE... never again. I had to use scissors to get the boots off and then spent a couple of hours getting the glue off the rubber boots.
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