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Does anyone have some unique uses for peel and stick flashing? At my job, we have found that it works great for patching holes in a tarp. Wipe the area off with a towel first, and press it on really hard. It seals pretty well. Any others?
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You know that new guy that wont shut up, you can tape their mouth shut pretty good with it.
Edited 11/30/2006 10:45 am ET by xosder11
you fire the duct tape??
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The roll of duct tape is still king, but I'm teaching a class on proper window and door installation with the help of our local Vycor rep. Has anyone ever used duct tape to wrap a window? I don't know, I bet it would work in a pinch. Probably not too legit for warranty, though.
Duct tape would make a lousy window flashing.The adhesive will dry out and it will let loose within a year.
Used some of that Gorilla Brand Tape once to wrap a window. Last window on the job and out of regular sealing tape. Worked great, until we figured out that the window was 1" low. I was actually worried we were going to tear the nailing flanges off the window trying to take the tape off. Regular duck tape probably would work though.
It sucks as a weather proofing have tried foil tape too next day its peeling back off the wood.
Even peel and stick will peel off I am interested in some product that you can put on take a heat gun too and in 5 minutes there is a permanent solution.
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Are you kidding? Any ice and water shield type product becomes one with the substrate if you heat it up.Just try peeling up some on a roof in the summer.
I repaired a plastic kayak that was seriously fractured with torch down roofing. The manufacturer said the kayak was unrepairable, nothing would stick to the plastic.
I roughed up the surface, cleaned it well with alcohol and heated the boat until it was warm , then applied a very low melt temp. torch down product inside and out, used a heat gun for the heat source. Twelve yrs ago and the patch still is water proof.. look like he** but the kids don't mind.
don't know where you'd find it... but i had some military spec tape made by Raychem... the people who invented heat shrink tubing and the equipment to produce it...
the tape once applied and lapped or wrapped onto itself became one... some really impressive stuff.... i tried to test it's limits & never found em...
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the tape once applied and lapped or wrapped onto itself became one...
Is this the same stuff?
http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/department/sale/sale2/sale_viewall/42042.aspx?feature=Product_156
looks like it.... i had/have some samples from when we were a raychem distributor to the military... kinda saved it for when i really needed it... but that looks like the stuff...
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Back hair removal.
Waterproof your boots. Patch kids pool. Turn a cardboard box into a stealth jobsite ice chest on Friday afternoon.
Don't use it for birth control though -- removing it is hell.
Billy
I think the stealth cooler is the best so far!!! LMAO on the birth control idea!
Plumbers crack control.
Joe H
gorilla glue works for that too!
I was in the local Habitat Store (Asheville, NC) yesterday and they had rolls probably 6-7" x 6-7" for $5, wish I had grabbed a couple. Had Simpson hangers out the azz for next to giveaway price. Non Zmax but fine for interior applications. Got a boy or the 2x4 saddle repair plates 50 for $20. Got a big bix of the stair tread brackets for $20. Had some serious stuff for big beams.
Ok, here's an alternate use...
Soundproofing.
I haven't tried it in a building, but I am sure someone could figure out a way to make use of it for that purpose...
But I HAVE used it in vehicles.
Remove the door panels on the insides of the doors. Clean inside the door, and especially clean that outer shell. Then apply the membrane like wallpaper in there. (You only need to do the outer shell.)
Do the same on the firewall.
If you really have noise problems, do the floor and overhead as well. (Removing the headliner, carpet, etc, to get to bare metal, then replacing those things after the membrane is applied.)
I was absolutely amazed at what a difference it made, the first time I did it.
I am going to have to do the tailgate of my new truck, when the weather warms back up. (Do it just like the doors.)
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
I think that Luka is now in first place with his soundproofing idea!! Very Nice!!
i used a small piece as a bandaid once after cutting myself real good. had to wait several days before having the guts to try remove it.
I think you may actually have something there. I use the auto undercoat rubber emulsion stuff for soundproofing PVC stack. Makes it even better than cast iron. The roofing membrane isn't unlike the undercoat. Good one.
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That's a good idear. Ice/water shield around pvc drain for sound deadener.
Dang man, hope that works.
You only need to do the outer shell
So you stick the membrane on the outside of the truck? Must be a Washington thing.
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ROFLOLI actually had visions of that after I made that post.No... You stick the membrane to the -inside- of the outer door skin.=0)
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
They have a sound dedening material like that that they charge a fortune for that used to be called something like Dynamat that they would line the inside of your car with as you described during a high end car stereo install. Your idea is right on the money
Luka is absolutely right.Bought a new van couple of years ago, got that expensive stuff (like Dynamat) for sound, didn't have enough, used a roll of ice/water to finish off. Worked very well, and way, way cheaper.********************************************************
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I've always wondered if you could use it as soundproofing on PVC stacks. I have some leftover window flashing on a current job and I think I'll try it.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
It works.I'm thinking it will also work for a sound deadening wall. It would certainly absorb vibrations. Just line all the stud cavities.Also thinking that now that it is going to be getting used as a sound deadener in all these ways, the price may go up...
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
That gives me an idea -- Stick it to the bed of a truck before you put in a drop-in liner. It should solve the abrasion/rust issue.
-- J.S.
Perfect.Chuck Miller at Taunton told me this morning that a "tip" was printed one time, to use it on the bottom of a stainless steel sink, (underneath, naturally.), to deaden the sound there.
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
Youre right about the door sound. I put some in the doors of my 51' Ford and its been hangin in there for 15+ years. The only drawback though is it adds more weight to the very heavy doors. For the roof and floor I used the foil faced plastic roll, which works good for both sound and heat.
I used about half a roll of the stuff to cover up all the repairs I did in the cab of my POS Jeep J-10. Quieted down the road noise a good deal too.
I simply wasnt thinking with that truck.. The rust damage was so bad I epoxied a cafeteria tray into the driver side foot well so I would not put my foot through the floor.
Sounds like the time I went off roading in my buick century when I was in high school. the floor boards were all popped up from the boulders I ran over. I had to go out the next morning and bang the floor back down with a sledgehammer and a block of wood before my dad found out. Mysteriosly, the transmission and the oil pan had sprung leaks after that. Hmmm.
I wish I had it that easy! My mechanic on at least 3 seperate occasions, popped the hood and started pounding away with a BFH untill he got it started. The thing vacuumed cash out of my pocket!
JEEP Just Empty Every Pocket!
My Dad had an old diesel Mercedes (circa 1964) that moved with him to Florida in the mid 80's. I drove it when I visited, and you could watch the road between your feet. Creepy. But the engine on that thing was amazing - ran like a champ long after the body was rust held together by more rust.
it passes inspection like that?
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Honestly this truck should have been condemenned and used for an anchor. It passed inspection, and did not spew fluids. It had bizarre electrical issues ( my mechanic routinely beat on things under the hood with a ball been hammer)
I covered the lunch tray with peel-n-stick then a cheep carpet so the inspectors never noticed. They didnt get upset with the airhorns (as in from a boat) bolted to the hood either. When my wife got pregnant with my little guy, I realized I needed something safe and got my toyota. It was about the same time the truck started burning 1 quart of oil every 150 miles. I had a 2 stroke! I probably am going to give the toyota to my 4 year old when he starts to drive in 14 years.
Yah, one reasom Toyotas are becoming the most common name plate on the road is the voluntary attrition by other autos.
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We use it under ordinary doug fir plates instead of pt. It's rated for underground use so we use it to waterproof foundations. It can be used to protect wood of all kinds from contact with moist items: under the bottom of stair stringers on concrete, attaching wood nailing blocks to concrete, etc.
It can be rolled up, sticky side out, and placed under an exterior door threshold that is on flat concrete as a water dam of sorts (same concrete plane on both sides). If it's rolled large enough to be slighly under compression it seals better.
When applying exterior brackets or fixtures that are screwed into the exterior surface, a piece (with release paper intact) can be added under the bracket and carfully cut flush or slightly less than flush. Then remove the release paper and install. The ice and water seals the screw penetrations. If the ice and water is slightly undersize, the slight gap created is better to hold caulking as well.
We use strips behind wood siding corner trim and buttt joints if warranted.
We've wrapped the inside of a large concrete planter to keep water evaporation from leaving mineral stains on the exterior.
What can't it do!?
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
We also use it to make a sealing "flange" for brick molded doors...way better than the old caulk seal. Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
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A weapon in the war with ACQ?
Funny you should ask...
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At the moment, my kitchen floor is patched with peel&stick...it's acting as trim around the windows, sealing the silver bubble wrap which is my temporary wall surface (did you know you can paint it?)
Because it will be a while before I can finish the kitchen, I also stapled white sheets on the ceiling. Keeps the dust off the table, & makes the space bearable until it gets done.
...emergency securing of a copper downspout attached to copper gutter lining that came free from it's solder and was causing a lot of damage from the wooden gutter underneath. Wish I saw this a few years ago, would have saved me alot of headache and $$Slapped a piece on over spout then cut the circle out. By the way the Pella foil faced tape is BY FAR the most stickiest, easy-to-form, and best I have found (compared to vycor, strips of ICW and the crap shiny stuff at the dumpot. Expensive but I highly recommend. I believe only available at Pella Stores, not lowes or Pella vendors.
Closing in a shattered car window. Any window, just not the windshield.
Hard to see through, ain't it?;)
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I used it to insulate the basement sump drain tube. The outdoor flexible section was solidifying in the wisconsin winter. That wrap stuff helped dull the winters cold and allow a non freezing drainage.
I know a fellow with a new Corvette convertible which leaked. He stuck a piece in where the leak was to solve the problem. Kind of tacky on a $70,000 car.
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