101 Uses of Duct Tape
This site is about warts, a various serious, subject. We cover extensively how duct tape is a great tool to cut off the oxygene to a wart and thereby kill it over time.
We wanted to offer you some other great uses for duct tape! Mind you, some of these are surely in jest!
Duct tape may be the most versatile item you can have in your toolkit. It’s cheap, easy to use, and comes in a variety of colors, including the ever-popular steel gray. Keep some on hand at all times, because you never know when you might find yourself in a tight predicament that calls for the use of this sticky, all-purpose wonder-tool.
Here are some of its many uses:
- Our favorite reason is that we use it in our duct tape wart removal method as a natural wart remover
- Pirate-style eye patch
- Get your mother-in-law to finally be quiet.
- Make it into a stylish envelope
- Patch broken pottery
- Cover a table with duct tape for a washable, sturdy, semi-permanent covering
- Mend broken eyeglasses
- Keep messy wires wrapped together and organized
- Fold in half, sticky sides together, cut in thin strips and use it to knit or crochet fashionable sweaters and vests.
- Use it to replace torn bookbinding.
- Fasten a diaper closed when the Velcro tab gets torn off
- Put a straight line of duct tape down on your floor—practice walking on it without falling off, to improve your balance.
- Stick it to the bottom of your chairs so they won’t mark up the floor.
- Cover an old jacket with duct tape to make it waterproof.
- Use it to hold plastic cups in place in the dishwasher so they don’t flip upside down and fill with mucky water.
- Use a strip of duct tape to add length to your child’s pants or skirts when they grow taller.
- Use a strip to mark off boundaries and territories in the car to keep fighting siblings separated.
- Cover the outside of a paper shopping bag with duct tape to make it sturdy and reusable.
- Tin Man costume
- Wad into a ball for a cat toy
- Make into a collar for your dog
- Form it into letters to teach your child the alphabet
- Wrap it around a wad of rags for a puppy chew toy
- Tape your covers to the outside of your bed so your partner stops stealing them
- Hold wounds together
- Make it into chess pieces for a one-of-a-kind chess set
- Cover your wheels to make unique hubcaps
- Frame a picture with it
- Use it to keep your socks from falling down
- When learning a foreign language, use it to label objects around your house in the new language
- Make matching book covers for all your books
- Hold your cell phone to your ear when driving–who needs a Bluetooth?
- Wrap it around your finger to help you remember something
- Cover up missing teeth
- Seal a chip bag closed
- Send it to Washington so they can use it to fix the economy
- Make it into a checkbook cover
- Hold shoes together when they start to fall apart
- Mark off a hopscotch court in your driveway
- Use it to replace a broken zipper
- Use the sticky side to remove lint and pet hair from clothing
- Play horseshoes by attempting to toss the rolls onto an upright post from a distance
- Attach cucumber, tomato, and bean vines to garden stakes
- Have a contest with your friends to see who can make a roll of duct tape roll the farthest distance
- Attach your license plate to your car when the screws fall out
- Duct tape your shotgun or rifle to the back window of your pick-up truck—no need for an expensive gun rack
- Use it to reinforce the knees on little boys’ pants
- When you’re out hunting and don’t have a pick-up truck, duct tape the deer to the hood of your car to bring it home
- Hang your stockings at Christmas with duct tape
- Use it to remove warts, studies show it works!
- Patch tears in your tent
- Attach Christmas ornaments to your Christmas tree
- Duct tape your knuckles to protect them in a fistfight
- When captured by aliens, trade a roll of duct tape for your freedom
- Use it to keep your lunch sack closed
- Duct tape your refrigerator closed when you’re on a diet
- Make faces on milk containers
- Make a utility belt
- Use it instead of toilet paper to roll someone’s yard
- Give it out to trick or treaters on Halloween
- Fashion it into a welcome mat for your front door.
- Wrap it around a bunch of wildflowers for a bouquet.
- Watchband
- Pocket protector
- Suspenders
- Remove unwanted body hair-Rip!
- Use it as fish bait—the fish will be attracted to its shiny surface
- Give yourself a tummy tuck with duct tape
- Use a short strip, folded with sticky side together, for a bookmark
- Set the roll on the floor of your car for a convenient cup holder.
- Patch your child’s plastic swimming pool
- Make a shower curtain
- Duct tape your bedroom window so it will be dark if you need to sleep during the day
- Patch a vacuum cleaner hose
- Patch your canoe or kayak
- Hang balloons or streamers from a chandelier
- Hang photos and memos in your cubicle
- Duct tape plastic on your car to cover a broken window
- Use red duct tape to patch a broken taillight
- Use as a rope to escape out a window
- In a pinch, for toilet paper. Hint—use the non-sticky side
- Replace torn webbing in a lawn chair
- Make it into a race track for toy cars
- Patch bullet holes in your fighter jet
- Robot costume
- Patch a water hose
- Use as a blindfold
- A remedy for when your eyebrows grow together
- Use reflective duct tape as a mirror
- Patch your roof
- Keep a lid on the trash can
- Cut it into strips and weave baskets
- Use it to cover an old clipboard. Why? I have no idea, but people do it
- Save it to use as a currency if civilization falls
- Tape logs together to make a raft
- Makes a great straightjacket
- Bind loose papers together into a booklet
- Make an armband to protest your pet peeve
- use it for a headband—your hair will definitely stay in place
- Homemade wedding bands—make a matched set.
- And perhaps the most surprising use of all—use it to work on your ducts!
Whether using duct tape for home improvement, pet care, or artistic creation, everyone will have to agree that duct tape is excellent stuff to have on hand. In all seriousness, the only thing we are really qualified to mention is the use of duct tape in removing warts!
