By changing the color of the tape s rubberized top coat from army green to sheet metal gray duct tape was born.
Johnson johnson duct tape history.
Today i found out duct tape was originally named duck tape and originally only came in green not silver.
The tape soon became known as 100 mile an hour tape in.
During world war two the military needed a tape that was waterproof so they could store ammunition without moisture accumulating.
The board then asked the industrial tape corporation it later became permacel then a johnson johnson operating company to make the product because of its demonstrated expertise in producing adhesive tapes.
The johnson and johnson permacel division fulfilled their wish by developing the duct tape which also came to be used in more ways than it was.
While johnson johnson was officially credited with the invention of duct tape it s a concerned mother who will be remembered as the mother of duct tape.
For this reason duct tape originally came out only in army green.
Duct tape was originally invented by johnson johnson s permacel division during wwii for the military.
The bodyshop painter became frustrated with the sample masking tape and exclaimed take this tape back to those scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it the name was soon applied to the entire line of 3m tapes.
The military specifically needed a waterproof tape that could be used to keep moisture out of ammunition cases.
A variation is heat resistant foil tape useful for.
From that advice johnson johnson developed the first duct tape in history.
Johnson johnson s is responsible for many every day products duct tape is one of those products.
Duct tape was not always known as such.
In 1942 duct tape was developed by johnson and johnson during world war ii.
Johnson and johnson s strong military tape made the perfect material for binding and repairing the duct work.
That product was made of a thin stripe of duck fabric with a plastic coat and a layer of rubber based adhesive.
The early history of duct tape.
How duct tape works the initial iteration that johnson johnson came up with isn t much different from the version on the market today.
The rest is duct tape history.
Duct tape also called duck tape from the material it was originally made of is cloth or scrim backed pressure sensitive tape often coated with polyethylene there are a variety of constructions using different backings and adhesives and the term duct tape has been genericized to refer to different cloth tapes with differing purposes.
Because of johnson johnson s long experience making surgical adhesive tapes the war production board asked johnson johnson to make the tape which was named duck tape because as the story goes it was 1 waterproof like a duck and 2 it was made with cotton duck fabric.
Go back to the refrigerator get.
From duct tape book two real stories by jim and tim 1996 tim nyberg creative inc.
