Comments on: Duct tape bandages

By: BubbleDragon

BubbleDragon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That liquid bandage stuff worked really well when my dog got a thorn in her ear and would simply shake any clot loose the minute we stopped holding her head still. The pharmacist at the counter also mentioned, er, super glue is pretty much the same stuff, if you’re in a real pinch.

By: IamInnocent

IamInnocent — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a museum of the Duct Tape ?

Can we visit the biggest duct tape ball in the world somewhere ?

Do construction workers bring duct tape to the Port-o-Let, in case that there is no paper ?

By: Junior

Junior — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I â™¥ Nexcare.

Been using their Duct Tape bandages for the last few years (not every day, mind you – but close); and their comfort strips have been my favorite for much longer than that.

I haven’t drank the 3M kool-aid – they just really do make a great bloodstopper.

By: Faelynn

Faelynn — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My husband saw these on vacation when he needed a bandaid and couldn’t resist! They worked well for him, but we put one on my 5 year old’s back when he had a nasty little scrape and oh my goodness it was very very hard to get off his sensitive little kid skin. Even with soaking it left red marks on his skin that lasted a few days. :(

By: pm

pm — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

For a moment there, I read “Duct tape bondage”, but I must have been thinking about something else, ahahah.

By: Baldhead

Baldhead — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I work concerts and staging. Do these come in black?

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Up Next: The Duct Tape Home Circumcision Kit!

By: LeviticusMky

LeviticusMky — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

These things are pure fantastic. Perhaps not so great on children, as the above commenter found out, but that downside is exactly the best thing about them, they STICK.

By: The Lizardman

The Lizardman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I typically use gaff tape on tour. My tour photos often include random bits of whatever color gaff was readily available holding together the wounds of the previous nights show and/or post show revelry.

By: cha0tic

cha0tic — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Where I work:

Gaffer Tape or PVC Tape + paper towel or Loo Roll = Roadie Plaster

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If it’s moving, and it’s not supposed to, use Duct-tape.

Corollary: “If you cant duck it, …. it”

By: grimc

grimc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@#20

I’m actually undergoing duct tape therapy for a plantar wart right now. I’ve heard it takes months, though, and I’m only a few weeks in.

In general I prefer gaffer tape. Does almost everything duct tape can without the adhesive residue.

By: valdis

valdis — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@#12: “Duct tape feminine hygiene products… THAT would be impressive.”

I just picked up my Wilderness First Aid certification a few weekends ago, and using a maxi-pad and duct tape to control severe bleeding was mentioned – that fiber stuff is *designed* to soak up blood, you can restock damn near anyplace (though you hope you don’t have to), and it costs about 5% of what the stuff the EMT’s carry in the ambulances.

Yes, I know, it’s not *sterile* like the professional product – on the other hand, it’s pretty damned close to sterile, you’re not sterile, the victim isn’t sterile, and it’s 6 hour’s walk (or more) to the nearest road. Balance off a *very* slight chance of infection that can be treated once the victim gets to civilization against the victim *making* it back to civilization….

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.freakingnews.com/Duct-Tape-Condoms-Pictures-24876.asp

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To all of you who work in offices: this is not a new thing in job site first-aid. Maybe the bandage part is new, but people have been duct-taping wounds and getting back to work since the invention of duct-tape. I’ve done it for at least 15 years now.

By: Waterlilygirl

Waterlilygirl — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Those are so hardcore!

By: demidan

demidan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Duck take is the building bloc of the SCA. From our rattan “swords” to our armor bites, duck tape covers all!

By: macegr

macegr — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve used duct tape to seal up my wounds for as long as I can remember, the greatest advantage that you can get it wet and not end up with a soggy gauze pad like real Band-Aids. However that is also a disadvantage if you leave it on more than a day…the covered area gets clammy. But if these duct tape bandages have holes punched in them like normal Band-Aids, then the original advantage is gone…what we need are Gore Tex bandages. I think they exist, but not on the mass market.

By: TJ S

TJ S — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@4:
Isn’t the whole point of bandages to avoid gore?
*ducks and runs away*

By: wolfwitch

wolfwitch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As has already been said- Duct Tape/Duck Tape has been a staple of construction-site first aid for decades.

These 3M bandages came out a couple of years ago. They attempt to look like the silver tape we all know and love, but fall far short of being as durable.

By: coleasdf

coleasdf — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They most definitely exist. They’ve had them at the ace hardware where I’m from for a couple of years. I have an unopened box in my trunk. Shopped photos are usually clearly stated here.

By: jimmy kirby

jimmy kirby — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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By: Thinkerer

Thinkerer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Duct-tape + paper towel = bandage.
Duct-tape + any rigid material = splint.
Duct-tape + duct tape = compression bandage.
Duct-tape + ice bag = contusion relief.
Duct-tape + bare skin = blister/abrasion prevention.
Duct-tape + $2 million = MRI scanner.

By: TJ S

TJ S — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Only two tools are necessary for any repair: Duct-tape and WD-40.

If it’s moving, and it’s not supposed to, use Duct-tape.

If it’s not moving, and it’s supposed to, use WD-40.

By: Micah

Micah — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Nothing butches up your wounds like an official duct tape band-aid.”

Except for actual duct tape.

By: Jerril

Jerril — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#8:
Duct-tape + paper towel = bandage

I applaud your injenuity, but I’d want to use something STERILE. I suggest, instead:

Duct-tape + gauze = bandage

By: Axx

Axx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Now, Duct tape feminine hygiene products… THAT would be impressive.

By: SC_Wolf

SC_Wolf — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Someone should tell Aaron Williams. His Dungeons & Dragons themed comic Nodwick features a cleric who needs duct tape as the material component of her healing spells.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dexter likes it, so it’s gotta be good.

By: Brad S.

Brad S. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To be honest, duct tape doesn’t make the best bandage if you have a wound that’s doing any bleeding. It doesn’t breathe, it doesn’t expand well. If you had a bleeding wound, just use your imagination on what would happen if you wrapped it up for a few hours and didn’t allow room for breathing or for absorption. At least these have a gauze pad to take up some of the fluid. A much better alternative is a product Band-Aid makes for blisters, which seems to heal cuts and splinter wounds at insane speeds and also adheres really, really well.

Another 3M Nexcare product is indispensable for anyone working with wood on a regular basis who experiences cracked skin on their fingers – a nail polish-like substance that dries instantly as a bandage over the cracked skin. It’s saved my life more times than I can recall.