On previous rv hit a tree limb and shattered the frig cover. Was over a thousand miles from home. Stopped at rest stop and taped with duct tape. By the time we got to campground that afternoon, shroud was loose again. Went to Ace and got Gorilla tape. Taped the shroud. When we returned home it was still in place. Could not get a cover immediately because of strike at plant. Stayed on two more years and was still in place when traded the camper.
Just recently had a tire failure that got the floor under the heater. Taped it up with Gorilla tap. Did not get wet on the way home.
down home wrote: In the Army we had stainless steel tape for the aircraft. I found some one time afterwards, in an aviation surplus store. Won't bend too sharply but won't come off too easy either. The duck/duct tape I have in the tool box is over twenty years old. I haven't had to use it, I think, yet. Probably needs replacing.
I've got some Aluminum tape I got from work. Has an expiration date on it where we can't use it any more at work and we have to throw it out. Not on my watch! I've used it to tape metal siding together at campgrounds for people that had an accident and needed to get home or to a repair shop. I've used it to make a solar oven to make biscuits (tape the inside of a cardboard box with it and paint the outside black and put it over your baking sheet with the buscuits on them for a few hours on a sunny day).
Not to side track the post but Gorilla tape beats duct tape badly and if installed on a clean surface is pretty much permanant unless you pull it off which is no easy task. Love the stuff.
In the Army we had stainless steel tape for the aircraft. I found some one time afterwards, in an aviation surplus store. Won't bend too sharply but won't come off too easy either. The duck/duct tape I have in the tool box is over twenty years old. I haven't had to use it, I think, yet. Probably needs replacing.
We backed into a tree and damaged a rear corner. We had just left home for a 3 month trip. Used Gorilla Duck Tape to tape the corner. Held the entire month. When we took it in to be prepared, we were told not to leave that tape on too long or it will discolor the finish. It protected the corner which would have been exposed to water for the 3 months. Dry as a bone when it was taken off.
Gorilla Tape! Gorilla Tape! Gorilla Tape! Why can't we get RVers to change from Duct tape to Gorilla Tape???
Taped a short suspicious roof seam. Every year it looked good so why remove it? Gorilla tape doesn't understand that the sun beats down on it every day. Still OK 4 years later! Duct tape maybe a few months of life.
2009 Holiday Rambler 42' Scepter with ISL 400 Cummins 750 Watts Solar Morningstar MPPT 60 Controller 2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
I have a 1956 Ajo camper I hunt out of sometimes. It developed a leak in the roof seam. I read that Gorilla Tape was water proof so I tried it. It's been there 4 years and still no leak.
Truck tonneau cover, it held and has lasted when duct tape did not. Made me a believer.
INBellbuoy, wife of 36 yrs, 19 yr old son, & Scruffy the Goldendoodle, 2007 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab, 2005 Lund 1800 Explorer w/ 90 hp Yamaha & Minn Kota I-Pilot Link , 2006 Host Yukon W/ Tent 80W solar panel
The drivers side power window motor broke on a trip to Colorado. Window then would not stay up. We had to tape and re-tape with duct tape as we drove to our destination. Kept falling.
Found Gorilla duct tape on way home. Taped it back up once and it held till we arrived at home. Now we don't leave home without it!
Marilyn w/ Joe, 2016 Class C Sunseeker 2430 SF, often pulling a Ranger bass boat. Traveling with Trigger Smudge & Gizmo are waiting at the Rainbow Bridge
