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Sellotape! be it duct tape, packing tape, desk tape or god forbid electrical tape, it's all great!

This is collection of handy tricks for using sellotape in all walks of instructa-life or even normal life, yes it's an entry in tool tips because sellotape is a tool as much as a material....

Please rate etc. if you like...

Step 1: We're Men (and Women) We Don't Need Tools and Materials

We need sellotape and lots of it...

Find it, buy it, steal it, make it just get some... In fact don't make it or steal it those sound dumb...

Step 2: Fixing the Surround Sound and the Lamp

Yes I own a rabbit and a little brother, sadly they keep letting eachother out of the cage, then they go chew on the surround sound wires, someday I'll turn it on full blast when it's at its work but not until the vet re-opens.

So there's holes in your socks, holes in your shoes but not in your cables because you decided to twist the wires up all nice and tight and stick a handy load bearing knot in them. But oh no! they keep shorting, what could we do? Enter the sellotape, now wrap a little cover of sellotape around each wire and cut to fit, now add another over to hold both together for space saving...

Step 3: Dammit I Put Hammer Through My Bed!

Ok not quite through the bed but I was attempting something tricky involving nailing stiff to the underside of a bed from Ikea, which frankly needed replacing before my little accident. i got angry and hit the bed with a hammer, not my brightest idea but what are ya going to do... get the sellotape that's what!

So I'm not that worried about the initial hole so much as the split for about one and a half feet either side where my calfs slide across when I get out of bed, as you can imagine splinters are not nice, I covered the whole problem area in clear desk tape, no more splinters... Here's a before and after.

Step 4: Flash Drive Lost It's Casing?

Ok I know it's in flash drive savers but it needs to be in here too...

'Oh dear the flimsy plastic casing of my flash drive has fallen off however with those bare circuits survive with my keys and change'

Two minutes later

'Oh sellotape you saved my life I love you'
'Cheryl!!! what are you doing with that!!??!!'
'Oh honey he has my heart and soul'
'It's freakin sellotape!!!'
'You have to understand'
'Well it would be kinda hot to make a mini roll for carrying around...'

I think this one is self explanatory...

Step 5: Why Not Sellotape Something Before It's Broken?

No reason that's why!

A little bit of sellotape over the end of the connector for your headphones will save them dying a death of annoying loose connection while you hold them at awkward before fully giving up on them...

I know it doesn't seem like it would help but it makes a difference, when I first did this I managed to kill the speakers before the wires...

Step 6: It Leaks No More!

now being a general eejit, it's not uncommon that I get a hole in my bottle of water...

So I just get my bit of tape, tip the bottle so no water's coming out and slap a few bits over it, this will work with office tape, not just electrical tape etc. It's just easier with better tape. May I say no to duct tape though *shots fired at me from my duct tape wallet's direction...* It makes the water taste wierd due to the sheer amount of adhesive on it...

Step 7: Oh Dear My Jacket's Covered in Fur...

This is where parcel tape rules king... I have a white cat and alot of black clothes, result is imaginable, now add the fact the cat literally explosively molts, I mean she shakes herself and fur can be seen floating away in the air...

One last thing to consider here, those roller lint things cost about the same price as three rolls of parcel tape and last less time than one roll

so make a little circle sticky side outward and get to it, soon you'll be fur free again...

Step 8: Shoelaces Fraying, Ripcord Going to Bits?

Have no fear tape is here...

A little office tape around the end of your shoelace will prolong the life of that little plastic thing that holds them together...

If you've replaced your pull start cord on the generator or snowblower or anything with nylon rope, or any rope it will eventually start going to bits, unless you have tape that is... Either parcel tape or duct tape with a cover of parcel tape will do the job nicely, take your time and wrap it nice and neat, pad it out a bit with tape and it make a nice handle part aswell...

Step 9: Ok There Are Many More But I'm Getting Dizzy From Thinking About Tape and Saying Tape So Much

Tape you said, don't say tape, why is there tape everywhere...

This is why tape should be used sparingly... Ok this is a bit of pisstake but hey a soap opera based on tape would be good to see, I might watch it... hell give me a roll of tape and a pocket full of dreams, the world's your oyster.