Who Invented ‘Duct’ Tape, or is it ‘Duck’ Tape? - Find out in this episode

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2024

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  • @William-n1b
    @William-n1b 28 днів тому +19

    I wonder if Mrs Stoudt was ever compensated for her idea. J&J probably got the patent rights.

  • @henningvisser1108
    @henningvisser1108 17 днів тому +4

    You just do not go hiking in the mountains without duck/duct tape. Ideal for fixing loose soles on your hiking boots. Don't forget the cable ties as well.

  • @TexasEngineer
    @TexasEngineer 28 днів тому +16

    HVAC does not typically use or like Duck Tape because it does not last and it hates sunlight. HVAC uses an aluminum foil or Hardcast to join ducts. They sometimes use a black high grade cloth tape for noncritical joints. Your common Duck Tape does not work well in a hot attic, outside or longer than a few years.

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому +1

      @TexasEngineer "HVAC does not typically use or like Duck Tape because it "
      Wow. You are in HVAC. You work with ducts all the time. And you STILL don't know that it's DUCTTTTT tape.

    • @TexasEngineer
      @TexasEngineer 11 днів тому

      @@Migglesworth If you watch the video, you would have learned the original name was DUCK TAPE. Why? It was water proof, like a…DUCK. It was not invented for AC ducts. The darn stuff does not like attic heat or UV. I use a black cloth version or a metal tape or a real sticky stuff with metal backing made by Hardcast.

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 10 днів тому +1

      @@TexasEngineer Oh, good night. WATCH IT AGAIN!!

    • @paulkurilecz4209
      @paulkurilecz4209 День тому

      Don't forget the flammability requirements of HVAC duct tape. I also prefer the foil tape over that of the cloth type duct tapes.

    • @paulkurilecz4209
      @paulkurilecz4209 День тому

      @@Migglesworth "Duck Tape" = trademarked name.

  • @bobkoski3964
    @bobkoski3964 28 днів тому +5

    When I was in the Navy, we called it Ordnance Tape, and was camo green. It was used to secure the arming wires on bombs, loaded on carrier aircraft.

    • @JanDoedel-n7j
      @JanDoedel-n7j 27 днів тому

      In the Royal Netherlands Navy it's called "McGyver tape".

  • @robertharker
    @robertharker 27 днів тому +11

    Duck tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side and binds the universe together.

    • @dareisnogod5711
      @dareisnogod5711 18 днів тому +1

      👎🐒👎🐒Are you an insomniac? Do you stay up at night "thinking" up comments like this?

  • @romad357
    @romad357 8 днів тому

    In the military, it is sometimes called "500 mile" or "1000 mile" tape for its ability to withstand very high winds.

  • @JIm-w1b
    @JIm-w1b 2 дні тому +1

    When I was about 6 years old, my dad humorously told me that duck tape was used in zoos to tape duck's bills shut, so they wouldn't eat too much and get fat. At the time, I believed him

  • @bobjimenez4464
    @bobjimenez4464 4 дні тому

    She should have named it Stoudt Tape because she earned the notoriety.

  • @Otacatapetl
    @Otacatapetl 19 днів тому +2

    Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs. I've always said "duck tape" was wrong. I've learnt something so I'm happy.

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому

      Nice to see someone who is willing to learn. 👍👍

  • @allongshanks940
    @allongshanks940 23 дні тому +3

    Duck tape, AKA pusser's tape, in the UK "Pusser" is Royal Navy slang for a purser, a ship's supply officer, now called a Logistics Officer. Or Gaffa tape, why? The precise origin of the name is unknown, one hypothesis is that it is named for the gaffer (chief lighting technician) on a film crew. When cables are taped down on a stage or other surface, either to prevent tripping hazards or conceal them from view of the audience or camera, they are said to be gaffed or gaffered.
    Gaffer tape was invented in 1959 by Ross Lowell, director, cinematographer, and founder of Lowel-Light. Lowell reworked Johnson & Johnson's Permacel duct tape product by combining the Permacel adhesive with a silver fabric backing to create gaffer tape which could hold a flat metal plate to a window.
    if you can fix it with Gaffa tape, it can't be fixed

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 4 дні тому

      Gaffer tape is 10X Better. It is what Adam Savage uses and he hates duct tape

  • @BdManus
    @BdManus 12 годин тому

    J&J recognized Mrs Stoudt as the inventor but she was never compensated. She had a brilliant idea, it changed her working life but didn't enrich her pockets.

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 27 днів тому +2

    Duct tape... if it's all you have. You'll survive and get by.

  • @steveb6103
    @steveb6103 27 днів тому +2

    Red Green has entered the chat.

  • @scottgreer1951
    @scottgreer1951 28 днів тому +7

    It doesn't work on ductwork. Dries out and comes loose.

  • @user-pz2lt7ox1r
    @user-pz2lt7ox1r 5 днів тому

    Serial Killer Credo: "Duct tape is silver, but silence is golden."

  • @J.A.Smith2397
    @J.A.Smith2397 18 днів тому

    Just found this guy not long ago n so far so great

  • @truthbetold9824
    @truthbetold9824 28 днів тому

    Great Video,Very Informative! Good Job!

  • @philcook9967
    @philcook9967 28 днів тому +6

    Excellent video, but please lose the music, it is unnecessary! Thanks - Phil

  • @simongee8928
    @simongee8928 27 днів тому +4

    I always understood it was also called Duck Tape because the cloth used was called cotton duck, a well known water resistant strong canvas much used for soft luggage.
    I still refer to the tape as Duck Tape regardless of other explanations or variations - ! 😅

    • @dareisnogod5711
      @dareisnogod5711 18 днів тому +1

      👎👎👎 I, I don't care.

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому

      "I still refer to the tape as Duck Tape regardless of other explanations or variations - !
      "
      That's called being *_stubbornly_* stupid.

    • @simongee8928
      @simongee8928 11 днів тому +1

      B​@@Migglesworth Nope, that's being technically correct. Misname something and you may well end up with the wrong item. 🙄

  • @GothGuy885
    @GothGuy885 6 днів тому

    I learned something in this video that I did not know. I always thought when people called
    it Duck tape, that they were pronouncing it wrong.but found out that there is a reason why!
    "THE MORE YOU KNOW" 🌈

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 25 днів тому

    In 2010 (2009?), my band was one of the acts entertaining at the International Duck Tape Festival in Avon, Ohio. One of the highlights of my wacky professional music career. lol
    Duck Tape people are a great audience.

  • @ecofriend93
    @ecofriend93 14 днів тому

    How about the history or the Leatherman or Swiss Army Knife?

  • @paulkurilecz4209
    @paulkurilecz4209 20 днів тому +2

    Actually, there are two items that looks similar, but they are not. One is duct tape, and it is used to join and seal air ducting. It meets various requirements such as flammability and adhesive temperature limits. Then there is adhesive cloth tape. It looks the same and costs about 1/3 less than duct tape.

  • @lylehoanshelt179
    @lylehoanshelt179 6 днів тому

    Can you do a episode on 550 Paracord?

    • @historyofsimplethings
      @historyofsimplethings  6 днів тому

      We'll note this on our list. Thank you :)

    • @historyofsimplethings
      @historyofsimplethings  3 дні тому

      Hi! We made an episode about this :) You can check the video premiere here. Thank you! ua-cam.com/video/i8dTGcIGBTg/v-deo.html

  • @williamgardner2739
    @williamgardner2739 17 днів тому

    Could it be used for leaking fuel pipes or fuel tanks?

    • @stevea2909
      @stevea2909 13 днів тому

      nope

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому

      Sure!
      Sure, if you want to die. It doesn't seal ANY pipes or tanks very well, and any fuel will dissolve the adhesive very quickly.

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 4 дні тому

      no. the adhesive would dissolve in fuel

  • @terenceiutzi4003
    @terenceiutzi4003 28 днів тому +2

    It is duck tape! It was developed during WWI to patch the air boats. Tape made from canvas Duck. Long before ducts were invented!

    • @mbrownie22
      @mbrownie22 26 днів тому

      WWll

    • @terenceiutzi4003
      @terenceiutzi4003 26 днів тому

      @mbrownie22 funny when Iwas a child 70 years ago, friends of my grandfather told us grandchildren about them being given gum and ducktape when they boarded the airboats during WWI incase the planes were shot up!

    • @stevea2909
      @stevea2909 13 днів тому +1

      Romans used ducts

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому

      "It is duck tape! It was developed during WWI to patch the air boats. Tape made from canvas Duck. Long before ducts were invented!"
      That's called being stubbornly stupid.

  • @danstotland6386
    @danstotland6386 14 днів тому +1

    was duct tape ever patented?

  • @MitchRuth
    @MitchRuth 21 день тому +1

    Rome wasn’t built in a day, but that’s because they didn’t have duct tape yet…

  • @mckutzy
    @mckutzy 28 днів тому +1

    Who invented the snap ring, how its made...
    Another suggestion..

  • @donwest5387
    @donwest5387 15 днів тому

    "duct tape"

  • @leannevandekew1996
    @leannevandekew1996 28 днів тому +4

    It's Duck Tape.
    Duck is a thick cotton cloth.

    • @kaasmeester5903
      @kaasmeester5903 24 дні тому

      Correct, the tape is named after the cloth used to make it, called “duck” or “doek”. The latter is the Dutch word for fabric or tarp, pronounced “dook”, which is where the name comes from.

    • @andrewcourt5156
      @andrewcourt5156 24 дні тому

      Yes.. I aways understood that “duck” was a type of light weight canvas material.. the sort of stuff used for say a painters drop cloth or a machinery / car cover

    • @atvheads
      @atvheads 22 дні тому

      Well, so much for AI.

    • @Migglesworth
      @Migglesworth 11 днів тому

      That's called being *_stubbornly_* stupid.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 4 дні тому

    Duct tape is the WORST thing for ducts. Aluminum foil tape is what is used.

  • @lancecozad5704
    @lancecozad5704 22 дні тому +1

    Duck tape is a brand name. Duck brand duct tape. Dumbest business idea ever, picking such a name.

  • @calliecalay2101
    @calliecalay2101 4 дні тому

    Gorilla tape is much better. Much more adhesive and lasts longer.

  • @williamjonas4013
    @williamjonas4013 8 днів тому

    IT IS DUCT TAPE USED FOR TAPING THE SEEMS IN DUCTWORK

  • @dareisnogod5711
    @dareisnogod5711 18 днів тому +1

    👎👎👎 I don't like having to do the editing for you. This should have been 3 min. long.

  • @Ash_Ketchum_Pikachu
    @Ash_Ketchum_Pikachu 28 днів тому

    How is (TUMS) made. Who invented TUMS?

    • @historyofsimplethings
      @historyofsimplethings  28 днів тому

      Thank you! We will cover this in our next video and acknowledge you for your suggestion! :)

    • @historyofsimplethings
      @historyofsimplethings  27 днів тому

      Hi! We covered your topic suggestion for our next video. You can check the video premiere here :) ua-cam.com/video/TENFVh-2Tuo/v-deo.html

  • @michaelripley4528
    @michaelripley4528 21 день тому +1

    Gaffer tape - Used on film sets - By the Gaffer - The dude fixing cords and wires so nobody trips in Them🤷🏼‍♂️
    Joe Biden needs a Gaffer!!!