4 Great Tips for Gaffer Tape Emergencies!

[@kornskydiver]

I cannot believe I'm watching a video about tape....lol. Love this dude

[@Jonahjpg]

Thanks for the tips! I want to take the time to say thanks for ALL the good tips over the years. I'm a big fan of yours. I hope someday I can turn photography into more than just a hobby.

[@FFVoyager]

Nice one! I've been doing the wrapping duct tape round spanners in my motorcycle tool kit for ages and it has got me (and some mates) out of trouble over the years. I love the pencil+keyring trick, never seen it before and will be doing that one!

[@VOXIUMTRADING]

Really great ideas, never thought of these. Thanks for sharing! Learnt something very handy today, cheers :)

[@BluntyTV]

You'll be doing this the rest of your life, I guarantee it. So goddamn handy.

[@TrippyStack]

Thanks for the tips, Blunty! I used to always just sorta flatten out the roll which works decently, but I'll be sure to use that pencil trick from now on!

[@qball37]

Haha, Blunty I am 1 month into a 7 month around the world trip, my one MUST on the packing list (other than my camera gear) was Gaffa Tape! I have used it a lot already to make a float for my GoPro, repair my bag and also made a few other little things. Keep up the great videos!

[@DILDOlover]

Brilliant ideas, thanks :) This is also the first of your videos KZbin has pushed to me in ages...

[@curri189]

Great ideas man! The equipment manager at my school needs to know these.

[@EricElsewhere]

I usually wrap the lighter colours of tape around my sharpie so I can use my sharpie to write on the tape as well. it works extremely well with the more canvas-like tape of 'PRO-GAFF'. also: at the venue that I work we throw a lot of rolls of "gaffer's tape" away if people bring it in because of the glue used. the wrong roll of tape will leave a hard to remove residue on the surface of what you stuck it on, so make sure you get the kind that feels a bit dryer and it usually has a more solid topcoat.

[@4puf]

Blunty, what I usually do is remove the cardboard core from a roll of tape until I get to the sticky part and then flatten it down. This works better with a roll with less than 1/2 cm in thickness left. Thanks for your video!

[@jessepatnaude5397]

Micro gaffer is the only tape I buy for my camera bags. Really great stuff.

[@uberman709]

having been a theater tech I can say that gaff tape is the master race of all materials

[@austinstanley_2510]

What a coincidence! I was looking around the web to buy my first roll of gaffers tape today!

[@mateopumakawa]

With the Ikea pencil you also have a handy lubricant for keyholes and such: just scrape off some of the graphite into a powder and funnel it into the keyhole with a folded piece of paper. It actually works better than WD40.

[@MantzyAUS]

Likewise always take gaffer with me, especially when camping or touring. Fixed one of my tent poles which had bent and then shattered in a Scottish Highlands storm at 2am.

[@MrTruffles20]

Just a dumb question, does the shiny black/grey backed gaffer tape have the same abilities at the matte black gaffers tape? As in comes off with out sticky residue or is it like regular duct tape?

[@wildbluerhino]

One of my favourites is to wrap it around an old store loyalty card or something similar. Instant flat roll of tape.

[@nikkoallen474]

wuhu i always wanted to know what type of type the really good stuff was THANK YOU. (YOU ARE THE SUPERMAN OF KZbin)

[@rmhutchins7]

I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!

[@BreakingAdam]

Ah! This is perfect for ENG shoots, thank you Blunty :)

[@OzzieTech]

Great tip mate.

[@BluntyTV]

... I know. That's why I shared it :)

[@OzzieTech]

thx for replying

[@Thinfatman]

For christmas a few years back I gave my Brother in law the "Australian Toolbox" It contained Gaffa Tape, WD-40, Super Glue and a Wreaking Hammer. He still uses it to this day (Although I think he added some other stuff)

[@TyCetto]

Great! I KNEW that something was missing in my life!

[@MitchDenham]

Pretty ingenious!

[@Herkermer]

Do you know where I could find some gaffers tape I have been using duct tape so often and I prefer gaffer tape but can't seem to find any do you know a place I could pick some up cheap

[@BluntyTV]

Any even half-way decent hardware store will have it.

[@andrewjones-productions]

If you need more whilst here in Tokyo, just ask for 'nuno tape'. In case you are not familiar with Japanese pronunciation (and for the benefit of others), 'nuno' is pronounced as 'noo-no'. 'Tape' is 'tape', but sounds more like 'tay-puh'. Easily found almost anywhere, but more likely to be in brown than in black.

[@BluntyTV]

Good tip

[@makcraft]

Thanks Blunty for sharing your tips, maybe you can make a set of lifehack videos? And may I suggest a little tweak to the pencil method (i bet someone already 've shared it but still) instead of wasting an iphone clip - if you have some spare time to go to a hardware store and buy a metal ring with little screw on the side and screw it in the pencil or woodblock to make yourself a specialized tape dispenser.

[@BluntyTV]

eye screw. You're trying to describe what's called an eye screw. and no, I don't like them for this kind of application as they can unscrew themselves while the sim-release (or paperclip) taped into place simply cannot come loose.

[@makcraft]

Thanks for naming that thingy xD Weird - my cork board is hanging on those and never budges even if I am using it a lot. But maybe on wearable solutions it may be not that reliable, I should test it out, thanks.

[@YourTypicalMental]

The handyman's secret weapon, Duck Tape!!

[@HokWongDahBe]

So simple. And Genius.

[@BluntyTV]

My favourite ideas are always the elegantly simple ones.

[@lambzieroo]

You will be a grate AV technician

[@dkdavid721]

or you can do what i do: cut a tape sized section out of a bic pen, wrap desired amount of tape around pen, cut about a 5 inch section of paracord, double it over and knot it, feed the now loop of chord through the pen, attach keyring to the loop now sticking out of the other side of your tape roll. The knot in the chord will keep the pen/ tape roll from coming off. Now you have duct tape and a section of paracord with you at all times.

[@Iisakki3000]

Anything? Well I think it really wont fix the cracked screen on my nexus 7 :P But really this is an awesome tip so I'm going to setup it immediately!

[@simonrichert1886]

Really helpful and informative. Always useful to have gaffer with you but obviously not always practical to have a whole roll on you, especially if you don't want to be arrested as a terrorist or kidnapper 😂

[@HarithBK]

blunty you do there are very small cans of WD40 (like the size of a thick pen) and then you stick some silvertape around that and now you WD40 and silvertape in a very tight package

[@drew-gray]

Brilliant!

[@Rapidpanda1st]

0:40 - hmmm this reminds me of a certain video from a certain KZbinr very early in his KZbin career :P Yes...I have been here that long.

[@alli90]

I don't believe it...you just MacGyvered gaffer tape. Not even MacGyver MacGyvered gaffer tape. ...MacGyver.

[@BluntyTV]

NOW WE DO THE MACGYVER DANCE!

[@JoyconJames]

plz make a tutorial cuz i cant seem to get it to roll up properly

[@FawkesB1989]

So, Gaffer tape is, or is related to, duct tape?

[@mrN3w7]

Here is some sacrilege I guess... I never ever needed gaffer tape :|... Cool tips though. I like the key chain one the most.

[@SirKanti1]

Going to Vietnam in a few weeks but first TO IKEA!

[@CoDyizCoDy]

"If it moves and is shouldn't, Gaffer Tape." lol

[@Gewehr_3]

Paracord is also brilliant to have around at a moments notice.

[@BluntyTV]

Meh. I know people who've carried paracord (those silly bracelets, shoelaces etc) for YEARS and never needed it, not once... plus cordage is pretty easy to improvise (you can even make decent cordage from gaff tape ;) ), but there's no substitute for Gaffer tape, and gaff comes in handy FAR more often.

[@makcraft]

The only reason to use a Para' for an ordinary city dweller is a grip for something. In other cases I even would find a more suitable substitute (tape?) just because i was too lazy to untie my cord.

[@GardenNYC]

cool tape

[@GerZah]

Two words of wisdom I live my life by: (a) Three things keep the world together: Florist's wire, hot glue, and duct tape. (b) If you couldn't fix it with duct tape, you probably just didn't use enough. Word.

[@dethem]

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

[@atvespen1]

I use old plastic cards. And rolls around.

[@JoyconJames]

damn i cant seem to get this tape to roll up in a straight damn line...it...travels if u know what i mean.

[@mrdtmaurice]

stuff a pair of socks in the roll of tape, problem solved

[@notorioushsg1]

Clearly my mind works differently to everyone elses. I was expecting "uses of gaffer tape", not gaffer tape storage solutions for travelling.

[@ValTek_Armory]

pb blaster is better than wd-40

[@EyesOfTheInternet]

I have never had a gaffer or duct tape emergency.

[@BluntyTV]

Then you're not doing life correctly.

[@PhinioxGlade]

Any example of why tape would be so useful. I've only used it specifically planned uses

[@dhealey989]

The two ultimate fixing devices- Gaffer Tape, and WD-40... what about... A CAN OF WD-40 WRAPPED IN A ROLL OF GAFFER TAPE! I'm a motherfucking genius.

[@Simon.W1]

very good tips thanks, think you have far to much time on your hands lol, looking forward to wd40 tips maybe spray some in a small aftershave bottle

[@Simon.W1]

just a little useless fact I know, do you know how wd40 got its name?.... Because it took 40 attempts to get it right and wd= water displacement. yep am board myself lol

[@JuniorTobias525]

wait you mean Duct tape? 'Merica

[@BluntyTV]

NO I don't fucking mean "duct tape". GAFFERS removes cleanly while "duct tape" leaves a shitty fucking mess from its adhesive. They are NOT two names for the same thing.

[@JuniorTobias525]

hahah really now! i guess we dont have the privilege of having that. im jelly!

[@BringerOfD]

Blunty does this also mean it is less adhesive than duct tape? or would you say the difference isn't really noticeable?

[@BobbyBrady2000]

What the fuck is Gaffer's tape? Do you mean Duct tape??

[@BluntyTV]

Copy-Pate AGAIN.... NO. I don't "mean duct tape" I said what I fucking mean. GAFFERS removes cleanly while "duct tape" leaves a shitty fucking mess from its adhesive. They are NOT two names for the same thing.