Jim Berg - The Jumbo Duct Tape Book

by Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys

Workman Publishing New York

Copyright 2000 by Tim Nyberg Creative, Incorporated

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproducedmechanically,electronically, or by any other means, including photocopyingwithout written permission of the publisher.

Text: Jim Berg, Tim Nyberg, and Tony Dierckins
Design and illustrations: Tim Nyberg
Photography: Tim Nyberg and Erik Saulitis

eISBN 9780761169024

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Wed like to thank Duct Tape Pros around the world (you know who you are) for your support and for all the ideas weve pilfered for this book. Thanks to our families and friends who have always been there with their love, ideas, proofreading, constructive criticism, and lots of strong coffee. Thanks to the media, which constantly give us valuable time and space to evangelize The Gospel of Duct Tape. And a special thanks to Door County, Wisconsins, electric company without the power failure of Christmas 1993, none of these duct tape books would exist. To Workman Publishing, which had the benevolent foresight to realize that the world needed to know more about duct tape. And, to Manco, a Henkel Group Company, which keeps our garages filled to the rafters with Duck brand duct tape.

Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys

To those of you who are new to duct tape, you are about to discover a whole new world on a roll. We hope you had the foresight to go out and pick up a roll of duct tape before you started reading so that you can tape along with us. We know that youll find this book fascinating. In fact, if you stop right now and duct tape your hands to the front and back covers, youll find this book hard to put down. To Duct Tape Pros who have been with us since 1994, we have accumulated even more new duct tape hints but have included some of the best from our previous books and calendars. This is truly one incredible book!

Many of the tips in this book are obtained from visitors to our Web site: www.ducttapeguys.com . We invite you to stop by and see what weve been up to, to share your own unique applications of duct tape with the world, and to see the duct taped fetal pig, Frankenswine (not to be missed).

Like our other books, The Jumbo Duct Tape Book contains humor. Please dont try any of the hints in this book that are blatantly stupid, potentially injurious, disrespectful to human or animal life, or outright dangerous. Some of the hints are real, usable ideas (we arent distinguishing which ones). You may want to try some of these or you may not. Whatever the case, youre doing so at your own risk. Other hints are merely for your entertainment (that is, of course, assuming you find extreme stupidity entertaining).

Naturally, all real brand names mentioned in this book are the registered trademarks of their respective owners. Just because they are mentioned here doesnt mean that their companies endorse what we are suggesting.

For best results, we recommend carrying Duck brand duct tape with you at all times. For worst results, always carry a soldering iron and a tube of processed cheese.

Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys

This is the rule that can get you through life. If it aint stuck and its supposed to be, duct tape it.

On your next trip to Mexico, bring a case of duct tape. Anyone will gladly give you at least a months room and board and your own private Spanish lessons for your kind gift of duct tape.

Note: Dont drink the water unless you first boil it with a piece of duct tape to catch all the bacteria.

When repairing anything, place the temporarily removed screws, bolts, nuts, and washers on a strip of duct tape so you dont lose them.

Hey, Jim. Maybe this idea could also help you not lose your marbles!

Storm damage to trees and bushes can often be repaired with duct tape. Duct tape the damaged branch back into place and it will regraft itself. While it secures the limb in place, duct tape also keeps bugs and infection out of the wound.

Of course, if you cover your trees entirely with duct tape from the start, they will be virtually indestructible to begin with.

To protect yourself from the heat and any stray lava splashes, make sure you are covered with at least 10 layers of duct tape. A shield of sticky-side-out duct tape held in front of you will attract all that volcanic ash, allowing you to breathe freely as you flee town.

Turn any ordinary wooden guitar into a steel guitar by covering it entirely in duct tape. And what are you going to use for your guitar strap? Duh!

(See Jims steel guitar on .)

Do you want to hang your tools on a pegboard, but their handles dont have holes? Just make them a duct tape loop or create a little duct tape tab with a hole punched into it.

Dry the surface of your loose tooth (so the duct tape sticks). Attach one end of a 12-foot strip of duct tape to the tooth and the other end to the back of a drag-racing vehicle. When the light turns green, your tooth (and quite possibly the whole side of your head) will be removed.

If youre like most guys, you get lost a lot. Duct tape can help! Simply leave a trail of little duct tape squares to help you find your way home again.

Or, duct tape a YOU ARE HERE sign to your chest so you always know where you are.