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The adhesive tape is a secret hero, you might not think it but there are actually loads of uses for various types of adhesive tapes. Here in this article we shall look at a few tips and hints on how adhesive tape can save you from various problems like frost to finding your house keys! Never has something as simple as adhesive tape been so useful for complicated problems.

Fed up of finding pet hair all over your house? Well instead of struggling with the heavy vacuum, simply wrap lengths of adhesive tape round your hand sticky side outwards and run your hands over upholstery that you wish to clean. This can work with clothes and hairs to ensure before an important day you look hair free and smart at all times.

If snow is forecasted then it can be a good tip to stick masking tape over the locks of your car so that the locks do not become frozen and create havoc when trying to get to work or use the car. This can also be a good idea for when going through the carwash in winter as well. For other road related safety, use adhesive tapes to cover your bike in reflective tape on the pedals and along the bottom of mudguards so at night time your bike becomes more visible.

To make sure that your vinyl of linoleum floor doesn’t get scratched or damaged wrap the castors of tables and chairs in adhesive tape. Then you only have to worry about people with muddy feet, not your furniture damaging your lovely kitchen floor. This can also be excellent for if you drop and break something glass in the house, using adhesive tapes of any kind; you can pick up all the small slivers of glass that you wouldn’t have spotted before.

If you are clumsy and sometimes loose your keys, find them quicker and easier by wrapping a part of your keys in florescent types of adhesive tapes so even in the dark you can find them quicker. In the same line of thought, you can use florescent reflective tape again in your garage so that when you are parking it in the dark you can see or avoid objects in the garage that are highlighted with the tape.

Lastly, if you need to make a big sign, different coloured adhesive tapes can be a great way to emphasise letters or numbers. Again, using reflective tapes can be ideal for if your sign needs to be seen at night. There are many alternative uses to adhesive tapes and these are just a few at that!

Dominic Donaldson is an adhesives expert.
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