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