Matte Duct Tape is a fabric based, adhesive material generally utilized for sealing joints in sheet metal ductwork. This cloth tape, a vital product in tool sets, has polyethylene resin finishings on one side and a rubber based sticking material on the other side. Duct tape is nickname 'the supreme material' due to the fact that of its high holding power and adaptability.
Duct Tape & Black Duct Tape stemmed in 1942, throughout World War II. Permacel, a previous department of Johnson and Johnson Company, created the tape as a waterproof material to seal ammunition cases. The tape, initially made from cotton duck, was also utilized to repair various military devices consisting of guns, airplanes, and jeeps. After the war, the color of the tape changed from its original olive green to silver and the product was discovered very helpful in the real estate industry. As an outcome, the need of this adhesive material increased good deal and it was made available to the general public under the name duct tape.
Before the last item is provided, duct tape goes through a major of procedures, that include adhesive compounding, adhesive application, coating, respooling and slitting, and product packaging. Once the production procedures are over, the duct tape is checked for quality based on the instructions of the American Society for Testing and Materials.
Roll Duct Tape is offered in a range of colors, of which the most common are silver and black. This malleable and soft product generally has a width of 1.88 inches. Duct tape is available in numerous grades, which differ in the tensile strengths. The application differs as the grade differs. Industrial grade tapes are categorized into utility, general function, and superior grades. There are specialty here grades, that include nuclear tape for reactors and a '200-mile-an-hour' tape for racecars.