Talk:3194: 16 Part Epoxy - Revision history

MikeTheNewGuy at 01:19, 25 February 2026

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Zaphod Beebledoc at 03:19, 23 February 2026

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Elizium23 at 08:45, 22 January 2026

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129.64.0.36 at 06:14, 21 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:29, 20 January 2026

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Elizium23: Fix wl

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Fix wl

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	i think the Filler refers to just extra stuff of some sort to essentially pad out the material and make it cheaper, as opposed to actual being useful [[Special:Contributions/129.64.0.36\|129.64.0.36]] 06:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)idk		i think the Filler refers to just extra stuff of some sort to essentially pad out the material and make it cheaper, as opposed to actual being useful [[Special:Contributions/129.64.0.36\|129.64.0.36]] 06:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)idk
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		+	“Stuff that bonds permanently to skin and nothing else”
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		+	“Stuff that bonds to every known material except yours”
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		+	Hey, I think I have those in my house![[User:MikeTheNewGuy\|MikeTheNewGuy]] ([[User talk:MikeTheNewGuy\|talk]]) 01:19, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::But "duct" ''screams'' folk etymology. "Duck" sounded unlikely so people though it must be "duct"...but it's a huge leap to think that a tape that some people tended to use for a/c ducts would actually be ''named'' "duct tape". Both the tape and the word "duct" are too general purpose for that. Is it known as that? Yes? Does it make sense though? Not for a second. [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 10:38, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::To be fair, it is more commonly used for taping ducts than it is used for taping ducks [[Special:Contributions/2A01:CB1C:12EF:7900:953B:FFB2:21E3:47EC|2A01:CB1C:12EF:7900:953B:FFB2:21E3:47EC]] 12:43, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::Actually, it was originally named duck tape, as it was made using something called "duck fabric."  This had etymology unrelated to the animal duck, from a Dutch word "doek."  There were some similar tapes seeing some use with that name beforehand, but it became common as during WWII, a kind of it was adopted by the military for sealing ammunition crates, and it's availability led to soldiers widely using it for other purposes.  After the war, it was then sold to civilian markets.  Common use on air ducts led to it being made in the same gray color, and being labeled "duct tape."  Many had forgotten the original name when in the 70's someone decided to call it that again while advertising it with a cartoon duck picture.--[[Special:Contributions/2600:100A:B10C:6B2E:EC47:CF99:9B14:1C81|2600:100A:B10C:6B2E:EC47:CF99:9B14:1C81]] 08:00, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::To add on to that point, the most popular use for pipe cleaners (other than elementary school craft projects) is to clean pipes, so it's not ''that'' much of a stretch. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBaal44|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]][[User Talk:DollarStoreBaal44|<sup><span style="color:#000080">Converse</span></sup>]]'''''</span>

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 How would you even squeeze that thing [[User:Yaokuan ITB|Yaokuan ITB]] ([[User talk:Yaokuan ITB|talk]]) 18:09, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :Really hard. [[Special:Contributions/47.141.37.161|47.141.37.161]] 08:16, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
 sodium bicarbonate can be used on cyanoacrylate glues as an accelerant and hardener. Pergaps salt can play a similar role in some epoxy mixes? [[Special:Contributions/131.255.152.112|131.255.152.112]] 18:27, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

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 The main page has been vandalized with pornography {{unsigned ip|65.35.147.191|15:13, 15 January 2026‎ (UTC)}}
 :I've asked Kynde to block the vandal but I don't know how long it will take (or if its even possible) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]][[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al|<sup><span style="color:#000080">Converse</span></sup>]]'''''</span> 14:46, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
 How would you even squeeze that thing [[User:Yaokuan ITB|Yaokuan ITB]] ([[User talk:Yaokuan ITB|talk]]) 18:09, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :Really hard. [[Special:Contributions/47.141.37.161|47.141.37.161]] 08:16, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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	:Woah, you're so right. That ought'a be put in a trivia section. [[User:Willintendo\|Willintendo]] ([[User talk:Willintendo\|talk]]) 17:35, 16 January 2026 (UTC)		:Woah, you're so right. That ought'a be put in a trivia section. [[User:Willintendo\|Willintendo]] ([[User talk:Willintendo\|talk]]) 17:35, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
	:It looks like it has some exposure to the surrounding air. If Randall is clever enough he might eventually change it to cracked white to better match the background [[User:IAmADroid\|IAmADroid]] ([[User talk:IAmADroid\|talk]]) 04:32, 17 January 2026 (UTC)		:It looks like it has some exposure to the surrounding air. If Randall is clever enough he might eventually change it to cracked white to better match the background [[User:IAmADroid\|IAmADroid]] ([[User talk:IAmADroid\|talk]]) 04:32, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
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		+	i think the Filler refers to just extra stuff of some sort to essentially pad out the material and make it cheaper, as opposed to actual being useful [[Special:Contributions/129.64.0.36\|129.64.0.36]] 06:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)idk

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 :::Actually, it was originally named duck tape, as it was made using something called "duck fabric."  This had etymology unrelated to the animal duck, from a Dutch word "doek."  There were some similar tapes seeing some use with that name beforehand, but it became common as during WWII, a kind of it was adopted by the military for sealing ammunition crates, and it's availability led to soldiers widely using it for other purposes.  After the war, it was then sold to civilian markets.  Common use on air ducts led to it being made in the same gray color, and being labeled "duct tape."  Many had forgotten the original name when in the 70's someone decided to call it that again while advertising it with a cartoon duck picture.--[[Special:Contributions/2600:100A:B10C:6B2E:EC47:CF99:9B14:1C81|2600:100A:B10C:6B2E:EC47:CF99:9B14:1C81]] 08:00, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::To add on to that point, the most popular use for pipe cleaners (other than elementary school craft projects) is to clean pipes, so it's not ''that'' much of a stretch. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBaal44|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]][[User Talk:DollarStoreBaal44|<sup><span style="color:#000080">Converse</span></sup>]]'''''</span>
 :Ducks? Thanks. Oh sorry, wrong webcomic. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:2455:1960:4000:F1E8:367:E9A3:2FC7|2A02:2455:1960:4000:F1E8:367:E9A3:2FC7]] 10:43, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
 Now I'm wondering what the properties of a powdered bar magnet would even be, if each individual piece continued to be magnetic. [[Special:Contributions/2405:201:E010:1029:2C1E:1669:FA92:85DE|2405:201:E010:1029:2C1E:1669:FA92:85DE]] 00:44, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
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 Rosin is also used soldering, which might be relevant to adhesives. Soldering is used to join pipes, among other things. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 03:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :>"Rosin is also used soldering, ...to join pipes" Plumbing (pipes) soldering more often uses "acid flux" (Zinc Chloride and similar), not rosin which is used in electronics and jewelry. --[[User:PRR|PRR]] ([[User talk:PRR|talk]]) 05:48, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

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 :A magnetic powder stops being diamagnetic. All the north poles clamp onto a south pole, so the magnetic fields essentially all cancel. You end up with "lump of magnetic powder", not "one big magnet" or "powder you can disperse in a liquid." [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 03:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
 :: But all the little pieces of magnets are still full magnets with a north and a south pole. Magnetic monopoles have, so far, not been observed in practice. --[[User:Coconut Galaxy|Coconut Galaxy]] ([[User talk:Coconut Galaxy|talk]]) 06:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
-:::Want to know something weirder? I was shopping today for a toner cartridge, and found that they still manufacture (for the same printer I own) {{w|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic ink character recognition#MICR_reader|MICR ink and toner}}. A little disappointed to find out, it’s just magnetizable iron oxide, but more exciting than normal toner! [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 09:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
+:::Want to know something weirder? I was shopping today for a toner cartridge, and found that they still manufacture (for the same printer I own) {{w|Magnetic ink character recognition#MICR_reader|MICR ink and toner}}. A little disappointed to find out, it’s just magnetizable iron oxide, but more exciting than normal toner! [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 09:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 So, the 2-poly(etc) seems to me to suggest that instead of being "-vinyl-ethyl-vinyl-ethyly-" polimerisation, with the links between both 'ethyl-like' backbone subcomponents being from opposite ends of the respective subunit carbon-pairing, it'd more likely now be considered as a polymethyl-group with a methyl (or methylene) group as the now unused onward '1-'site, hanging free of the new polychain. I'd have to check the bond-geometries, though to see if it would even work. (Ignoring the obvious problem with the made up name.) [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.208|92.23.2.208]] 01:44, 15 January 2026 (UTC)