The Engineering of Duct Tape
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- To understand how duct tape is engineered, Bill dissolves the tape in solvent to reveals its three components - plastic backing, adhesive, and cloth reinforcement. He explains the function of each part, highlighting that the adhesive is a viscoelastic substance - a substance that can act like a liquid or a solid and it can behave elastically. It is these behaviors underlying the characteristic behavior of duct tape: adhere when light pressure is applied, hold tight, then let go when peeled from a surface.
Video summary
00:00 Titles/Introduction
Bill explains that duct tape was invented in the 1940s to seal ammunition boxes, but now is used to temporarily fix many things.
00:21 Duct tape on Apollo 13
Bill notes that duct tape was used to repair a carbon dioxide filter on the Apollo 13 Moon mission in 1970. The improved filter was needed because an explosion destroyed part of the life support system.
00:35 The basic functions of tape
Tape is designed to do three things: a) adhere with light pressure, b) stay in place, yet c) be removable.
00:53 Components of duct tape
By dissolving duct tape in the solvent toluene, Bill separates duct tape into its three components: plastic backing, adhesive, and cloth reinforcement.
01:32 Properties of Tape Adhesive
Bill contrasts the adhesives used in tape with glue to highlight the unique properties needed for tape adhesive. He shows that Elmer’s glue, a typical household adhesive, dries by evaporating solvent until it becomes solid. He notes that this would not work for duct tape. Instead, tape’s adhesive never hardens because it must adhere when pressure is applied (rather than dry to adhere like Elmer’s glue), hold tight, then let go when the tape is peeled from a surface.
02:11 Tackifier
Bill explains that the stickiness of duct tape comes from a substance called a tackifier, which is a substance that is sticky like syrup. He demonstrates that a tackifier alone isn’t enough for tape: a tackifier can affix something lightweight, but fails with heavy loads. This is unlike duct tape, which can hold at least a 5 pound/2.3 kilogram weight.
02:46 Viscoelasticity
Bill notes that the adhesive for tape is a tackifier mixed with a viscoelastic substance. A viscoelastic substance is a substance that can be, depending on the rate at which it is deformed, liquid-like, solid-like, and which can exhibit elastic behavior. He demonstrates this with a familiar viscoelastic substance: Silly Putty. He shows Silly Putty flowing, fracturing, and bouncing - that is, behaving like a liquid, a solid, and exhibiting elastic behavior.
03:46 Close up of tape being applied
A close up of a piece of tape being applied to a glass surface illustrates how tape’s adhesive displays liquid-like and solid-like behavior. When applied it behaves like a liquid: light pressure causes the adhesive to flow and “wets” (i.e., spreads over) the surface, which allows it to stick to a surface. Once applies the adhesive behaves like a solid to support weight and keep the tape in place.
04:13 Cloth reinforcement
Bill mentions that the weight is held up by the cloth reinforcement. He examines close up the cloth reinforcement used in tape.
04:51 Close up of tape peeling
Bill shows that when tape peels off a surface it exhibits elastic behavior, although sometimes some of the tape’s adhesive can stick to the surface. This is cohesive failure. When this happens the adhesive is behaving like a solid.
06:22 Why gaffer’s tape doesn’t leave residue
Bill explains how gaffers tape and sticky notes peel off a surface without leaving residue.
07:07 Release coating
Bill describes the silicone-based release coating on tape’s plastic backing, which allows it to be formed into a useful roll. This adjusts how much tape sticks to itself. If it sticks too tightly, a user could not remove the tape from the roll; if too loose, then the tape would telescope - he demonstrates the latter with a defective roll of tape.
08:37 Tape adhesive developed by the engineering method
Bill explain briefly that while chemistry is important to synthesize the adhesives, their development is done by the engineering method. The engineering method is described in his book The Things We Make (isbn 978-1728215754 hardcover / 978-1728280455 paper).
09:36 Rolling ball test
Bill demonstrates the rolling ball test to quantify the stickiness of a tape’s adhesive. This is one of many empirical methods used by engineers to engineer tape.
10:15 Where duct tape should not be used
Bill ends this video with a caution: Duct tape - surprisingly! - should never be used on ducts.
10:33 End Credits - Věda a technologie
this feels like one of those really old 70s educational videos, perfectly scripted and produced to contain exactly the visual and information required to get a better understanding. no fluff, no bloat, just perfection.
I suppose it does: I grew up in the Carl Sagan and Jacob Bronowski days and suppose that type of educational television permeates my way of thinking. I know when I am working on a video that the aspect that really interests me is structure of the information flow.
@@engineerguyvideoAnd in turn your way of educating has inspired and influenced a good many of us younger folk to think critically about how we communicate ideas and knowledge. Maybe that feels like a small niche amongst younger folk nowadays, but it is still alive and well. Alec from the channel Technology Connections in particular has put his own spin on this kind of in depth, hands on edutainment that shows the spark of curiousity lives on even in the age of TikTok and mass misinformation.
Keep it up, Bill. You're a legend.
@@engineerguyvideo Somehow I feel like you'd make a mean turbo encabulator video... =)
@@jubuttib What a great April Fools day bit that would be.
You mean it was a thoughtfully made educational video rather than rubbish trotted out for the algorithm that is so common nowadays especially with the awful ai content.
He's alive!
Yay!
Fantastic! So good to see Bill back, hopefully there will be more videos in the near future. 🙂
This is the best day of my whole life
\o/ 😁
Yay!
Gonna tell my kids this is Technology Connections' father.
By the magic of having an offspring, we have the more frequent uploader one, right here
@@andrewj3177 - I thought you were going to say, 'By the magic of of having an offspring, we now have two channels."
Yes! The two channels perfectly complement each other!
That's a great observation.
I would say yes on that😂
What I love about Bill's videos is there is no fat. Its straight to fascinating, factual content. Really is one of the few channels i virtually stop what i am doing whenever a new video gets released!
Precisely one, perfectly executed joke, too! 😆
He made a few mistakes though.
My first video of his. I’ll say this much nothing he said was extra
Quite interesting
It’d be funny as an April fool’s joke for Bill to go, “Yo this is ya boi, engineerguy! Before I start, smash that like button and subscribe if you haven’t! And now, a word from our sponser…RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS!”
7:46 my whole life described perfectly: setting the balance between too tacky and not tacky enough
My favorite comment so far.
look at this guy over here with the perfect amount of tackiness.
This is my favourite kind of snarky humour: devastatingly relatable.
✔️@@OutbackCatgirl
Nonsense, you can never be too tacky. The plastic flamingoes in front of my trailer told me so.
Your videos are the main reason I chose to become an electrical engineer. The magnetron, quartz clock, atomic clock, transistor, accelerometer, CCD, and harmonic analyzer videos, really inspired 11 year old me to go down the path of engineering. I am now halfway through a degree in Electrical engineering, with a specialization in systems and controls. I am incredibly grateful for these videos, and all the potential engineers you’ve created.
What a wonderful things to hear ... I have been tried to develop one on signals (Shannon), but haven't got it work out yet.
@@engineerguyvideo Understanding the noisy channel coding theorem takes quite a bit of background. Explaining it well would be a feat of engineering in its own right, which I am sure you can manage :). I often try to explain the various topics I learn in school to my friends and family, but that particular theorem is where I fall flat. I would be delighted to watch that video.
@@engineerguyvideo honestly... great idea. I'd love to hear more about Shannon's theories in a much less rigorous, more usably coherent manner. I'm looking forward to this once you figure it out (does sound hard to explain concisely)
Coincidentally, this channel inspired me to cut open a diaper and have fun with hydrophilic gel!
(I became a new father right around the same time as Bill. That video was heartwarming AND super nerdy. Made by my kind of people)
@@engineerguyvideo "A Mathematical Theory of Communications" is one of the most important pieces of science in the 20th century. It permeates so many different fields, and led to so much of what we've come to take for granted today, technologically speaking.
"as we've just seen, controlling the stickiness of tape is of utmost importance"
You know you've created a valuable CZcams channel when you can say a sentence like that unironically and it becomes an aha moment for the whole audience. Well done
I remember back when I was in high school watching these videos in awe and thought they were excellent material. Fast-forward a few years later, I’m attending UIUC as an engineering student and I ran across you on one of the bus lines. Forever grateful for that conversation we had, and glad you’re making more videos again!
Makes me proud to be an engineer. We may not understand everything, but we find a way to make it work.
That's a point I try to make again and again and again ... you have nice, pithy way of putting it.
@@engineerguyvideoyoure a legend and have inspired more people than you realize 👍
@@engineerguyvideo I'd love your take on the inductive/deductive learning cycles and their influence on engineering. As I was taught, it's how the Wright brothers learned to control flight.
@Nickersont88 oddly I have been thinking of doing a video on what the wright brothers were think about when they created their airplane.
@@engineerguyvideo $10 says it was a bar bet that got out of hand.
Well I’m genuinely happy knowing this guy is still alive, for me this is one of the OG educators on the internet
I am also happy to be alive
@@engineerguyvideo lol
@@engineerguyvideo I am also happy you are alive
Thank you
Oh really? This is my first video. Interesting
this video is so thrilling, i cant explain it. Bill's presentation is similar to what we were watching in school on VHS tapes. Peak of educational presentation - no other youtuber compares.
Hey it's engineerguy! I bought your book what must have been a decade ago. It's a real pleasure to see you still releasing fresh videos.
I'm a grown man, but if you adopt me, I'd be happy to listen to every single story you have to tell.
I will share this with my kids ….
@@engineerguyvideoI sense that your children are not as enthralled with their father’s careful explanations as we all are. Such is the plight of fathers.
Highly recommend his book "Fatal Flight" if you haven't read it already, he narrates the audiobook himself. 4+ hours of him telling a fascinating story about Britain's last great airship
I don't require being adopted for that to be the case. 🙂
coolest dad ever!
As the old adage states, “if it shouldn’t move, use duct tape, if it should move, use WD40”
I think we know what the next companion video should be.
Awesome to see you back, always incredibly informative
A video on WD40 as a displacer, vs PTFE as a lubricant and so on would be amazing.
If you want some fun history, WD 40 was originally invented not as a lubricant but as a Water Displacer. It was the 40th attempt of a Water Displacer. WD 40.
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I prefer "If you can't fix it, duck it, and if you can't duck it, f*** it"
@@redoktopus3047 wow, thanks for sharing...it should be called World Developer considering its near infinite uses.
@@redoktopus3047 And it still is, you should not use WD40 as a lubricant (other than short term) because it evaporates (that is its point, remove water, then remove self)
This video is so high quality and well put it made me spend 11 minutes glued to the screen.
I'm a mechanical engineer turned dentist, and Holy crap this video is so far up my alley. Obvious why it's interesting to an engineer, but as a dentist there is so much engineering that goes into designing all the composite resins, acrylics, etc we use for fillings and cementing crowns, repairing dentures, etc etc. Great video!
That parting dad joke, or should I say, engineer joke, was the cherry on top. Quality content as always!
Came here to say that.. after years we almost see him smile :D
I seriously always thought it was used for ducting. Now I wonder where the name came from.
@@nomadMik Low temperature ducting. Notice the warning is against ducts that carry a *lot* of heat, which I presume would cause the adhesive to not work.
@@nomadMik I guess it should not be used in places where it would be subjected to heat, like the body of a vacuum motor, whereas taping a vacuum hose would be fine.
@@andrius0592 Importantly, don't use it on the supply ducts of say, your home furnace. The hot air heats the ducting enough to cause the adhesive to fail.
I graduated in Materials Engineering in the 80's and I can say that this single 10 minute video is worth about a semester of courses.
that was the 80's. in today's crazy world you have to complete 2 years' worth of nonsense just to get to this 10 minute video. 😀
@@ppmnox I can confirm. I am a materials engineering student in my third year as I type this.
Nonsense.
That can't possibly be true.
If you only took a 10 minute video's worth of information out of a semester of classes then that's concerning... Especially since you managed to graduate
What I love about this channel is that you learn so much about common things that seem so simple and sometimes irrelevant. It is a great illustration of how important attention to detail really is.
Your vids are the best. From high school to being an undergrad to almost 30 now, I'm glad you exist.
"don't use it on a duct" is very true. Once we tried to fix a temporary air bag duct as it eventually disintegrated in in use with duct tape and the tape held even less than the bag when air was pushed through with enough force. Constant motion from turbulent air just detached the tape and small dust particles in air made sure lost stickiness.
You have the literacy skill of a five year-old.
@@johnsmith1474 : I understand fully what he is saying. Perhaps its time for you to take a lesson in mannerism.
This video is simply fantastic! The quality of close-ups, insight and information is better than ever before. We missed you. Thanks for making these!
I really enjoyed adding macro to our work ...
I love your presentation style. I dont mind long videos so much but its refreshing to have information presented in a reasonable time frame and it probably take a bit of effort to prepare everything in advance
I went into the world of adhesives for a large project at work a couple years ago. The amount of engineering (and just general testing) in it is crazy. I mainly focused on epoxies and their adhesion to between dissimilar materials. It's crazy how many factors come into play - surface area, temperature, surface smoothness/roughness (laser ablation!), curing conditions.. the list goes on..
Indeed: It is amazing complex. It reminds me of how metallurgy used to be described: one third science, one third engineering, and one third black magic.
@@engineerguyvideoSo true! Science in its entirety was once outlawed and considered evil wizardry lol!
Is there a tape that actually IS weatherproof?
Thanks for adding the important note of NOT using it for ducts! Our builder used it to hold together the dryer vent pipes inside the wall and I found out years later because it ended up melting and the vent pipes separated. So the dryer was venting inside the wall for years! When I opened up the wall I found mold and years of lint!
Lucky to notice it before a fire
@@alistairblaire6001 Agreed!
It should have been foil tape.
There is special metallic tape for ducts...up to 350*C, and even other types of tape that can handle 500-600*C, for a chimney or something.
Price is also special XD
And here I was thinking the warning to not use it on ducts was to avoid liability if it were used to repair something that carries noxious fumes, and it failing and leaking resulted in death or injury.
I was so excited when I saw a new upload, welcome back!
The ending of this was comedy gold, its almost like they avoided saying "Duct" in the list.
Never seen a video by this man but holy crap I can hear him talk for hours. I love how calming and soothing his voice is and how knowledgeable he sounds. He does an amazing job at simplifying things for the average folk. Great content man amazing CZcams find :)
Thank you
I've been watching your videos for literally a decade now. I credit the interest in DIY and woodworking I now enjoy as hobbies to your content over the years, helping me appreciate the engineering behind our lives. Thank you Dr. Hammack.
You are welcome!
"Don't use duct tape on a duct"
Didn't know Bill could be so funny
Don't use it on a Duck.... They get mad.
@@bdsoftley4079 Incidentally, it's quite surprising the number of people who do mistakenly call it duck tape.
@@fredbloggs8072 duck tape is its real name, duct tape is the misnomer, duck or ducking is the name of the original cloth used to make duck tape
@@Cssfiend duck tape got its name because water rolls off the tape, like off a duck. The tape was developed to waterproof ammo boxes. The mother of a son fighting in the jungles of the Pacific theater wrote the President. For whatever reason he choose to take up the banner for her. By all accounts everyone loved the tape.
@@Cssfiend At 10:22 the roll he's using clearly says "Duct tape". No idea what the original name was, but duct is not a misnomer if it's on the product.
Love these videos so much. Taking the everyday and proceeding to do a deep dive on it magnifies my appreciation.
Thank you for a brilliant informative presentation with no mad music and no fast forwarding. I am enlightened.
I’ve rewatched the aluminum can video so many times, I’m glad you’re still doing this. These calm explanations give me such joy to listen to and watch. So once again, thank you very much.
I wish everything could be explained so concisely with such clear visuals.
Great stuff as per usual! Thank you much for taking the time to create this superbly written and filmed video.
I love your visual way of explaining a concept together with the top tier flow of the script!
I'm not an engineer, but find your videos exceedingly insightful and masterfully captivating. Glad to see a new video!
They are created with non-engineers in mind!
The man himself is back!!
I'm so thrilled that we finally have another installment in The Engineering Of series! As a casual science/tech enthusiast, your channel has easily been among my favorite sources of extremely informative and adeptly written videos. Your production feels right at home for someone like me who grew up watching the Science/Discovery/History channels, but you manage to create far more concise and information-dense content. I hope we can look forward to more from you in the not so distant future!
Nice to see you still alive. Your videos are the most comprehensive and understandable I have seen to date
I hope you were a teacher in a past life man, your explanations are so clear and concise!!
I am still currently a teacher!
@@engineerguyvideo glad to hear it and wish I was in one of your classes! Thanks for teaching the masses on CZcams!!
@@engineerguyvideo
So happy for your lucky students.
Your kind voice is a gift. Please keep giving.
Reincarnation is false
@@goblinoide
Brett never got the memo.
Have a great Tuesday!
Masterfully put together. And I’m not just talking about the duct tape.
Thank you.
he's talking about the fit 🥵🥶
This channel is such a gem. Your videos are always such a treat, you explain complex things so well and clearly that anyone can understand. A true joy to watch, thank you.
i can't get enough of your videos. they are simply perfect
I'm really glad to see a new upload, the production levels of your videos are not found easily now a days, educational and entertaining.
That's partly why it takes a while to make them ... plus I am naturally slow.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
I remember a few years ago in English classes at my University (I'm Polish) the teacher asked us to watch your video on injection molding- when I googled the title I shouted "The Engineering Guy! I love his videos!". You make me proud to be an engineer and I'm so glad I pursued this carrier. Thank you and keep them coming!
Thanks a lot for this presentation! The quality of this video is absolutely impressive! I am sure it takes a lot of time to prepare these videos. Well done!
So great to see you back. I love your videos and show them to my kids. They love physics and engineering and that is down in no small part to you. Thank you and we look forward to your next upload.
When he is needed most he grabs random objects from that drawer in the kitchen and dazzles us with their highly technical amazing mundaneness.
Thank you Bill! You are very much appreciated.
I was sure that you were going to mention that Duct Tape was originally referred to as Duck Tape, as duck is the name for the cloth layer used to reinforce the tape. This is why it's not meant to be used on actual ducts. It's just that cloth is no longer referred to as duck, so people called it duct, as it is something that they are more familiar with.
I believe that historically, the tape was invented by ducks and used to tape their eggs together so they didn't roll away. But after the ducks sold the rights to 3M, people started calling it "duct tape," because "duct" is the past tense of "duck."
I was surprised that he falsely claimed that it was invented in WWII
The History Guy did a great video about the history of Duct v Duck tape
Yeah it's definitely DUCK tape, and you know it's not DUCT tape because you specifically aren't supposed to use it in ducts!
How interesting! I do a bit of sewing and there is definitely still fabric out there called duck, but as you said it's not a general name for fabric anymore.
For those interested, it's a type of hard-wearing cotton fabric, like denim but thinner and floppier. You'd probably make something like kids' overalls out of it. Fairly easy to find. But most people wouldn't know about it since it's not widely used. The weave is much tighter than the loose weave on the fabric in the tape shown in the video!
I love this guys content. His passion and clarity is so refreshing. Like a cold glass of water on a hot day when you’re thirsty.
Always a pleasure tuning into these presentations you give.
You are truly leaving a legacy here. These are the kinds of videos that inspire children and shape their lives. Not a single unnecessary word!
Yeah, I'm tired of everyone welcoming me to the video, to the channel, leave a like, subscribe.... none of that. It's awesome.
This video has very strong "class, we're just watching a film today"-film-energy
And I love it
You manage to keep me glued to the screen much like that one really old black and white video about the axle differential
Love your way of presenting! Calm and slow yet engaging, very easy to follow.
Welcome back Bill. Great to see you
You're one of those channels that I don't realize I've been dearly missing until you post something after a long pause.
One of your best videos yet. Thanks to you and your team!
Fantastic! I love your videos - they’re always so informative and straight to the point, and this is no exception!
If you ever need help with the research or planning to make more videos, I’d love to help out; the world needs more videos like yours!
waiting for 1 year about a video on duct tape and its 100% worth it
We wait for years, but we are always glad when you post
This is so utterly captivating. I wish I could learn about everything there is in such a format.
perfect balance of information and brevity. great job!
What's next, PhotonicInduction? Love seeing a new video here!
Agreed!
Question, what's the name of your channel? lol
@@zackl3094 I have to admit, I was only aware of the Geerling Engineering channel until yesterday.
Are you guys gonna advertise Bitcoin scams or something?
@@BichaelStevens Agreed. Jeff is such a shill. His dad's channel is better.
@@BichaelStevens Was funnier the first time watching it..... No, not Bitcoin or a scam.
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⚠️ This is not a drill. I repeat: This is NOT a drill! *engineerguy* HAS, in fact, uploaded a new video! ⚠️
Not only that... but a video on possibly the most important human invention since the wheel!
This is NOT a drill, tell ur mom to GET on the dance floor @whatphoto
@@TonyRulelathe is far more important.
this is not a drill. this is duck tape
@@XxIcedecknightxXthis, too, is not a drill, though it can be used as one.
Thanks for all your videos. Very informational yet delivered in a very easy to understand manner. Looking forward to more! :D
I enjoy how serious the tone of this is
So glad you have returned to make us all more enlightened.
We missed you.
Most people take Duct Tape for granted and often make fun of people who use it with comments like "Held together with duct tape". It's amazing to see how much engineering went into the product and this explains why it works so well in so many applications. Thanks for making this video.
It's not important what anything is held together with, just that it stays together.
Thanks for posting as always. We need more quality educatorslike you.
i did NOT expect the magnification close up shots!
legit fascinating!
Engineer Guy uploads a Video: I have a good day.
I don't think I've ever clicked on a recommendation so quickly and with such glee!
Engineer Guy uploads a video about the most important invention in the history of "cobbling things together"... I have a most excellent day.
So happy to see this pop up on my feed. Made my day and my son is now rewatching all the older videos. Hope this is the (re)start of more to come.
So glad to see a video from you!! Your videos and explanations are top notch. Thank you soo much :)
Still one of the best CZcams channels ever!
Missed you bill
Wonderful to see you again Bill!
Adhesives are a fascinating topic that so many of us take for granted, and you broke it down beautifully as usual! ✨
It's good to see you back again! Another wonderful content. Priceless ❤
I'm so glad you're back!
I did not know 15 minutes ago, that i needed this information. Now i can't fathom how i lived 53 years without knowing.
I love your books! I've got three of them. Thanks for taking the time to still do these video sporadically.
I can't describe how much I enjoyed this video, watching your videos in my childhood is one of the main reasons I decided to study Mechanical engineering!
Welcome back EngineerGuy. Keep up the good work. Hoping to see more new videos in the future.
I missed you and these videos so much. It’s the ultimate comfort content for me. Glad to see you. Hope you’re doing good
I love how engineerguy takes the mundane and goes into such deep detail and history that it becomes profoundly interesting.
That was by far, the most interesting, informative and explanation of adhesive tape. And presented in a mesmeric fashion. Thank you.
Always the best videos. The quality of production is so good, like, a network should sign this team up
Perfect timing. I was just about to eat lunch. I know what will be my lunchtime entertainment today!
I can't overstate how glad I am to see a new EngineerGuy video! You have been missed!
Very nicely put together, very easy to understand.
This was a well spent 11min.
Thank you Bill
Haven't watched yet but had to come to the comments and say: so glad to see you posting! I'm going to savor every moment of this video.
Did he die or something
Glad to have you back, Bill
Nice to see another video from you. I have rewatched your videos many times. Thank you for your great work.
Literally one of the best videos I’ve seen on CZcams
Great, clearly explained video as always!
1 question is not answered: Why is it called Duct-Tape if it is not supposed to be used on Ducting 😅 I've always learned is was invented for use on air ducting.
I could not get a clear answers on this, other at the kind of urban legend level.
The original term was duck tape, named after the type of fabric used in the backing, duck. People switched to calling it duct tape, possibly because not many people know what duck fabric is.
It's named after a kind of fabric - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck
Of course, people have long since forgotten this meaning, and at some point, people felt that "duck tape" is a mispronunciation (or mistype) of "duct tape", which sounds more reasonable if you don't know what duck cloth is (helped by the fact that people did actually start using it on air ducts, and the marketing quickly switched to a shiny grey finish to look like a duct :D ). Which itself gets hilarious when people then go the other way, and even weirder, when a US company actually manages to call their "duct tape" product "Duck Tape" and register that as a trademark. Which is legal because the original common name has "fallen out of use". And now you can't call duck tape duck tape anymore, because now it's a brand product, not a common name.
@@figmentpez Thanks for the rabbit hole you just sent me down 😆. So, from what I read, it's one of two things: either the early versions made by J&J did use duck fabric, as you said (which I just learned was an actual thing), or it was because the soldiers in WW2 referred to it as "duck" tape because of how water rolled off it like a duck's hydrophobic feathers.
@@LuaanTi Funny that it comes from the dutch word "Doek" Which means Cloth. And it is indeed Cloth-tape. Which makes sense...
Coincidence is that i am dutch 😅
Good to see you back!
I'm SO glad you're back!!
I love these videos he explains things to such a level of understanding that scratch curiosity itches I never knew I had
10min of a man talking about duct tape....And its amazing.❤