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Vinyl Wallet (Duct Tape Wallet redux)

I was too cheap to go buy some good duct tape and realized I could make a duct tape wallet from my sign vinyl scraps, and I have way more color choices.

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I'm a signmaker in So. Oregon and as a result have many scraps of different kinds of materials at my disposal
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I had been wanting to try a duct tape wallet for some time but was too cheap to pay $4 to $5 bucks a roll (not too mention the time to track down colors) to make 1 wallet. I was doing up some banners for a customer today and the light went on I could use my vinyl scraps to build a wallet.

Pictured is a sampling of colors available in the vinyl plus there are many specialty vinyls such as metallics, wood grains, and diamond plate.

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14 comments

Feb 1, 2009. 4:41 AM

amakerguy says:

Welcome to my group.

Jul 15, 2006. 12:48 PMTheCheese9921 says:

whos to cheap to buy duct tape (even hobos buy duct tape)

Jul 15, 2006. 9:45 PMpeterman921 (author) says:

well a lot of "hobos" make more in a day than I do and they dont pay rent or other bills so they have more disposable income than I do with 5 kids. I do have duct tape but its the cheap gooey stuff, and I wanted colors

Sep 19, 2008. 9:26 PMklingonprins says:

I feel your pain. my cousin is homeless, jobless, freezing, and dying of pneumonia and he has an income of $200 more than i do in a month. (of course, his dealings are legal(wink wink) and i work for a bike and car repair shop for $5 an hour(unofficially, it's my uncle's shop)

Sep 19, 2008. 9:27 PMklingonprins says:

also keep in mind that he's 21 and i'm 13

Nov 18, 2007. 5:53 PMTheCheese9921 says:

yeah thats the same stuff I buy it sucks!

Nov 18, 2007. 1:39 PMeadaein says:

Plus using what you have is way more creative, not to mention frugal and a great way to use things that might otherwise be thrown away.

Jul 16, 2006. 3:56 PMTheCheese9921 says:

you can buy ductape in differnt colers

Jan 30, 2008. 4:45 PMtallfuzzyone says:

but why go with other colors when you can stick with a classic?

Jul 14, 2006. 8:46 PMBranden says:

Where does a non-sign maker find stick-on vinyl rolls like that if there is not a local sign maker to get scraps from?

May 1, 2007. 8:53 AMpeterman921 (author) says:

ebay is your friend :)

Apr 26, 2007. 4:52 PMmarksbren says:

Great wallet. I made a similar small, compact wallet out of credit/gift card sleeves. These types of wallets are the greatest!! Mine worked really well. Great instructable. I am also from Oregon, and I LOVE Costco!! Thanks for the great instructable. Check my slightly different design out...
Tyvek card holder wallet

Oct 14, 2006. 6:43 PMwubbyw says:

Dang it, this is a great idea. I was looking around for a really slim, streamline wallet and didn't even think to make one. Totally functional and thin as hell.. just what I'm looking for. Thanks you two!