Duct Tape Masking is a fabric based, adhesive material mainly used for sealing joints in sheet metal ductwork. This fabric tape, an indispensable item in tool packages, has polyethylene resin finishes on one side and a rubber based sticking product on the other side. Duct tape is nickname 'the ultimate product' since of its high holding power and flexibility.
Duct Tape & Duct Tape Shoes came from 1942, throughout World War II. Permacel, a former division of Johnson and Johnson Company, developed the tape as a water resistant material to seal ammo cases. The tape, initially made from cotton duck, was also used to repair numerous military devices including guns, aircrafts, and jeeps. After the war, the color of the tape changed from its initial olive green to silver and the product was discovered extremely beneficial in the real estate market. As a result, the demand of this adhesive material increased good deal and it was provided to the general public under the name duct tape.
Before the final item is made available, duct tape undergoes a major of processes, which include adhesive compounding, adhesive application, finish, respooling and slitting, and packaging. Once the production processes are over, the duct tape is looked for quality based on the directions of the American Society for Testing and Materials.
Waterproof Duct Tape is available in a range of colors, of which the most typical website are silver and black. This flexible and soft material usually has a width of 1.88 inches. Duct tape is available in different grades, which vary in the tensile strengths. The application differs as the grade varies. Commercial grade tapes are categorized into utility, general purpose, and superior grades. There are specialized grades, which include nuclear tape for reactors and a '200-mile-an-hour' tape for racecars.