John Taylor writes:
>> What is duct tape? Is it the wide, thick cloth tape we call gaffer-tape?
The answer is either yes or maybe :-). Most people in the States would call it
by either name but usually use the term duct tape, but there is a difference.
I do portrait photography as a side business and use gaffer's tape. It looks
the
same as duct tape but is not quite as sticky - it (usually) does not leave a
residue on what it was sticking to. Gaffer's tape is also more expensive.
Duct tape, on the other hand, is sometimes used for sealing heating/cooling
ducts,
the favoured way of holding race cars together at the track (our old Formula
Vee
car was about 80% duct tape:-), and makes a sticky mess when (if?) you remove
it.
--pete
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