On sewing duct tape
I posted previously about sewing house shoes and how you might make them waterproof. Taking my own advice, I started sewing a new pair of shoes.
Duct tape is a lot stronger than it seems. It’s very hard to poke the needle through. The adhesive also tends to cling to the needle, making it a bit sticky. Another part of the problem is that I decided that the off brand duct tape I had would be too slippery for actually walking around in, so I used white glue to to glue regular fabric to one side. I figured that this would help with traction and the glue would help keep out water (it’d take a prolonged soaking to even begin to remove all the glue).
Glue saturated fabric is hard. Even if there isn’t much glue involved.
I actually managed to break a needle this way.
Into three pieces.
So be careful when you’re sewing!
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