PET tape is a very durable and useful tool for building projects. Simply wrap it around objects that you want to hold together and heat the tape to shrink it.
This will create a super strong bond that will last a long time.
The best thing is that you can make a tool to produce a free supply of this tape. Then you can use this tool to turn ordinary plastic water bottles into PET tape.
Reusing these bottles keeps them out of our oceans and landfills, and saves you money.
This tutorial will show you how this works and give you a link to the complete plans. PET is short for polyethylene terephthalate, which is used to make water bottles and polyester clothing.
Keep in mind that this isn't technically tape because it isn't sticky.
But once you heat the tape and it shrinks, it acts in the same as tape with adhesive.
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Tutorial Video
Here's the complete video on how useful PET tape is and how you can start creating your own.
Here's another way to do it…
Uses for PET Tape
Here are just a few of the things that you can use your free plastic string for:
- Fishing line in survival situations
- Lashings for DIY furniture
- Pitching tarp tents
- Temporary bindings for drilling projects
- 3D printing
- Fixing broken bags
- Creating camping hammocks
- Grips for tools like pliers and axes
- Home construction projects
- Homemade raft
- Rope
…or any situation where you want to secure or repair something.
How to Create Free PET Tape
To create free tape, you'll simply cut a plastic drink bottle into a long continuous strip, that looks like a string or a flat piece of tape. The use case will determine the width of the strip you cut.
You could use a knife, but that would create an uneven strip. So use the plans for the tool provided below, or watch the video to learn how to make your own tool.
How to Use Plastic Bottle Tape
Once you have cut the strips, you can use it just like tape or rope.
If you cut thicker strips, you can use as lashing for anything that you would have used rope for. First, tie it to the objects that you want to secure. Then use a heat gun or a flame to apply heat to the tape.
This will make the tape shrink and create a strong bond.
For thinner strips, you can use it like string and you can even use it as fishing line, in a survival situation. The video shows a demonstration of this, where he catches and eats several trout that he caught with his plastic bottle fishing line.
Complete Plans for this Tool
You can actually make this tool yourself. It only requires a few simple parts and can be made on a workbench with normal tools.
Download the complete plans here or just watch the video to see how it's made.
The Plastic Crisis
Disposable plastic is a major pollution problem. If you aren't aware of how bad of a problem it is, watch this video.
The amount of plastic that gets recycled is just a fraction of the total plastic produced every year.
Reducing our use of plastic will go a long way to cleaning up our environment. Reusing existing plastic will keep even more plastic off our beaches.
This video also demonstrates that there is currently an almost unlimited supply of plastic bottles to make PET tape. Making your own can save you a lot of money.
Conclusion
So that's how you can turn ordinary water bottles into extremely useful PET tape. This tape can be used as a long-lasting binding solution and it's a great way to keep water bottles out of our landfills and oceans.
The downside to this type of tape is that it isn't as thin as the commercial tapes on the market, so it's not good for battery projects. But bottle tape is perfect for other projects that require strength and durability.
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