16 non-standard ways to use duct tape

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Scotch tape is used to make sculptures, beach slippers and wallets. But these are ideas for killing time or for entertainment. The life hacker has collected only useful ways of non-trivial use of adhesive tape.

1. Clean the keyboard

Annoyed by nasty crumbs under the keys that can't be pulled out? Scotch tape will help you. Fold the adhesive tape, sticky side out, and slide over the thin gaps between the keys and the keyboard case. The debris will stick and the keyboard will be clean.

2. Clean your clothes

Sticky cleaning rollers run out at the most inopportune moment. But there is a wide tape, which is no worse.

3. Collect the broken glass

If you accidentally (or on purpose) break a plate or glass, small crumbs will remain on the floor or on the table. Tape them up so they won't hurt your heels.

4. Draw arrows

How many tricks have been invented to draw straight arrows, ranging from using a spoon to special stencils. Keep it simple. Stick the tape on the eyelid and calmly fill in the eyeliner from the edge of the eyelid to the tape. Then remove the tape. You will get arrows with perfectly straight edges.

5. Make a pattern on your nails

Adhesive tape stencil can be used not only on eyelids, but also on nails to create patterns of varying complexity.

6. Collect the mercury

When a mercury thermometer breaks, the mercury scatters across the floor in hundreds of tiny beads. And all of them must be carefully collected for disposal so as not to breathe poisonous vapors. Scotch tape does this job well.

7. Wrap the laces

If the laces are frayed at the ends or the fasteners have fallen off, wrap them with duct tape. This will make the laces look neater and easier to lace up.

8. Cover the calluses

A temporary measure that will save feet in new shoes, if there is no plaster at hand, but there is scotch tape. Just protect the areas that the shoes chafe with.

9. Remove any traces of glue

You removed the sticker from the item, but the glue remains. Take the scotch tape, press it with the sticky surface to the glue and tear it off abruptly. The glue will stick to the tape.

10. Protect the plastic card

If you have a card with a magnetic tape, and you often use it, then there is a risk of damaging this very tape. Gently cover it with tape so that there are no bubbles and wrinkles. The tape will be protected and the devices will read it.

11. Make an elven ear

Halloween is not coming soon, but you just have time to practice to get a real elf costume. Take a thin, clear tape, secure the end to the back of your ear, and gently wrap the tape to sharpen the tip of your ear. Then you can disguise the tape with foundation and powder so that no one doubts who the real Galadriel is.

12. Make a cache

Use duct tape to tape the valuables to the inside of your bed or countertop. But in a place where it will not be noticeable and where the cache is difficult to get.

13. Use duct tape instead of bandage

In case of injuries, scotch tape will serve as a temporary replacement for a bandage, especially if you need to apply a splint and tie an arm or leg to a stick.

14. Clean up the wires

Fold the wires that run from your desk to the outlet in one bundle and wrap the duct tape around them. Now, instead of a dozen tangled cords, you have one.

15. Protect your bag or pocket

If you need to put something with sharp corners in your bag or pocket (for example, a screwdriver), and the case or bag was not at hand, loosely wrap the dangerous object with duct tape. This will prevent the lining of your bag or jacket from tearing.

16. Remove the stuck ring

When you can't remove the ring from a swollen finger and the soap doesn't work, try scotch tape. Take a thin and long (about 30 cm) strip of duct tape, fold it in half lengthwise, with the sticky side inward, so that you get a long and smooth strip. Pass one end of this strip under the ring so that it protrudes 2–3 cm. Wrap the long part of the tape tightly around your finger, grasping the joint. Then, gently pull on the short end of the tape behind the ring. The ring will gradually move along the tape, and the finger will be free from the wrapped tape. Usually thread is recommended instead of duct tape, but smooth duct tape is no worse.