| Duct tape is perhaps the most versatile tool | | | | For example, if you double it, duct tape can |
| found in homes today. This popular tape was | | | | pull a car up to 2,000 pounds out of a |
| first made in 1942 for the military by | | | | ditch.Duct tape has evolved into something |
| Johnson and Johnson. The first purpose of | | | | more than a utility item in the past several |
| duct tape was to keep ammunition cases free | | | | years. People have begun to discover its |
| of moisture during WWII, and because of its | | | | other uses. Duct tape has become a shining |
| water proof properties it was referred to as | | | | star in the crafting world. The strength and |
| "duck tape."The tapes popularity increased as | | | | flexibility, variety of color choices and |
| military personnel started to discover that | | | | wide availability of colored duct tape lends |
| it was useful to fix aircraft, guns, even | | | | itself well to crafts such as duct tape |
| jeeps when more conventional tools were not | | | | wallets, roses, hats, duct tape purses even |
| available. When the war was over, duct tape | | | | prom dresses. These items tend to go beyond |
| found a new, permanent place in American | | | | your average craft and enter the realm of |
| society when it was utilized in by the | | | | art, the pictures that have been taken of |
| building industry to attach heating and | | | | these items, are amazing, although surely |
| cooling ductwork.Duct tape soon evolved into | | | | they do not do the duct tape art justice. If |
| a rainbow of shrink wrapped rolls stacked on | | | | you are interested, a quick search online |
| store shelves. Consumers took notice and | | | | will yield well written instructions to |
| soon colored duct tape was a big seller, | | | | complete these projects and more.In case the |
| making this one of the mostly common | | | | normal uses of duct tape and the crafting |
| household tools. The tape now is found in | | | | possibilities are not enough, duct tape is |
| colors such as the traditional grey, red, | | | | also known to help cure common warts. In |
| blue, day glow, pink and even camo for | | | | fact, in a study, the patients treated with |
| hunters.A little known fact regarding duct | | | | duct tape for their warts had an 85% cure |
| tape is that, even though you can rip it with | | | | rate, while the people treated with the |
| just your fingers, it is amazingly strong. | | | | traditional method had a 60% cure rate. |