Uses for Packing Tape

@Rohvannyn (3098)
United States
November 5, 2015 11:06pm CST
Everybody knows about duct tape (or duck tape) but packing tape is great too. Here's some great ways to use clear packing tape! As lamination for cards and small pieces of paper. Looks surprisingly good! As protection for addresses on packages. Repair for tattered paperbacks. As a way to exfoliate dry skin. As a way to remove fine spines or stickers from the skin. You can remove cat hair with it. You can wrap pill bottles with it so the ink doesn't spear on the RX number. I suppose you could probably wrap packages with it... Do you have any good uses for clear packing tape?
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Nov 15
This is an interesting topic. If you have watched the TV show called MythBusters, then you will know the duck tape also has other cool usages. Such as you can even use the duck tape to make a boat, bridge and so on. Isn't that cool?
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Rohvannyn Shaw
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
6 Nov 15
Oh yes, indeed - whole books have been written about it. I don't watch TV but I've heard of that episode. That's why I thought it would be fun to talk about the more unsung hero.
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Joanie
@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
6 Nov 15
In addition to packaging for hipping, I use it to remove fuzz from clothing
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Robert
@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
28 Nov 15
Did you post this on Bubblews? I have read this very same article before and remember commenting on it.
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Rohvannyn Shaw
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
28 Nov 15
I posted a longer, more detailed version of it on Bubblews.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Nov 15
Packing tape brings a grin to my daughter. At one time she found it a fantastic idea to wrap herself in the stuff.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Nov 15
Exfoliate dry skin? And remove all the hair on my body at the same time?
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Rohvannyn Shaw
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Oh, that could be a problem! Well, it could wax instead then.
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E Peel
@JustEmm (148)
• United States
6 Nov 15
My favorite packing tape is called EZstart and it never sticks to the roll! I use tape for many things you mentioned, and for mantra's I write and post near my sink so the ink does not run.
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