duct tape for a pot cozy?

[cwayman1]

yo!

i've seen ppl use duct tape to help construct a pot cozy using the blue CCF. has anyone used it for making a cozy with reflectix? ya know tha stuff, the windshield visor material?! I just can't bring myself to pay fifteen bucks for that aluminum tape!

thanks!

[take-a-knee]

I've made several reflectix cozies with tyvek tape, they are holding up well. I suspect that Gorilla brand duct tape will work well. I've seen builders tape foilback sheathing board seams with it. regular duct tape will peel away.

[JimM]

I've used regular duct tape to make several pot cozies with reflectix. It worked fine for me.

[Two Tents]

I made a cozy from windsheild stuff and sewed it with da wifeys' sewing machine. Pretty nice if I do say so!

[daddytwosticks]

Buy a windshield shade made of Reflectix...cheaper than buying the big roll from the hardware stores! Get yourself some "chrome" duct tape from Wal-Mart (it is the very silvery-shiny version of standard duct tape). Have at it...mine looks great and works just like the big boys. The duct tape has held up fine. Good luck!

[cathy]

I made one from a dollar store windshield reflector and duct tape. I held up well and I am still using it.

[SARdaddy]

Any pics of said cozy(s)?? I think I need to make one!

[lvleph]

I made a puch cozy with aluminum tape and the tape ended up cracking. Now it has duct tape on it. My cozy is from the windshield screen too. I bought mine for $6 at walmart. It is the same aluminum foil covered bubble wrap that pot cozies are made from.

[Blissful]

I've used regular duct tape to make several pot cozies with reflectix. It worked fine for me.

Same here. No issues. Works great.

[mister krabs]

Many Pictures here

[Johnny Swank]

Duct tape's fine for this. Good call on the windshield material, but blue foam works too.

How To Make a Pot Cozy

[flemdawg1]

That looks like it might make a nice pillow. Ever sleep / it?

[hopefulhiker]

you can make one with duct tape and bubble wrap....

[Toolshed]

made many with duct tape and reflectix. FYI You can get cheap alum tape at Walmart for about $4 a roll. Looks much better than duct tape.

[SARdaddy]

nice pics and great ideas. thanks

[zelph]

yo!

i've seen ppl use duct tape to help construct a pot cozy using the blue CCF. has anyone used it for making a cozy with reflectix? ya know tha stuff, the windshield visor material?! I just can't bring myself to pay fifteen bucks for that aluminum tape!

thanks!

Keep in mind what we just learned about "Dead Air Space" in your Double Walled Pot thread.

A 3/4" dead air space between a brown paper bag(single wall) and your pot makes for a very effective pot cozy. If I can find the thread with my testing results I'll post it.

Greenhouses use the principal in maintaing heat in the winter months for growing plants.

Use Tyvek instead of brown paper for strength and weather resistance.

Use a preformed plastic "Gift" bag available at K-Mart in the Greeting Card section. One that fits your pot diameter.

Make something that folds flat.

If you want lightweight, think outside the box.

[El Toro '94]

Why not use tabs of velcro instead of tape?

[Nearly Normal]

yo!

i've seen ppl use duct tape to help construct a pot cozy using the blue CCF. has anyone used it for making a cozy with reflectix? ya know tha stuff, the windshield visor material?! I just can't bring myself to pay fifteen bucks for that aluminum tape!

thanks!

Couple of those free drink cozies and regular duct tape. Cut and tape.
Someone said they used a faucet insulator.
Whatever fits and works.