"Packaging tape only, please" is what you will hear at the post office if you try to send a parcel sealed with anything else. So do not try to seal your box with duct tape or scotch tape. It will not make it past the counter let alone across the country. And if you do not have it at the post office they will try to sell it to you there. But be prepared for their inflated price. Buy packaging tape instead online or at your favorite discount store.

The post office and other delivery companies require packaging tape because it holds securely and because of its reliability. These features make packaging tape great for other purposes. The post office knows the tape will keep boxes from busting at the seams. This means you can trust packaging tape for other jobs.

Another good characteristic of packaging tape is that it is clear. So if you do not want the tape to be seen, use packaging tape so people cannot easily see it.

Do you have a rip in your sofa or couch. Packaging tape works great to keep the rip or tear from getting bigger. Is especially works well on vinyl furniture.

Wood molding sometimes comes apart. And sometimes if you try to hammer a nail it will split the wood and ruin the molding. This a job for packaging tape. Use a strip to reattach to molding.

You can use packaging tape in your car. How many times does car upholstery tear because of sun damage? You can keep tears or rips from getting bigger with a strip of packaging tape until you can repair the area. This also works for the ceiling of the inside of your car if there is tear there.

If you need a quick screen repair to keep the flies and mosquitoes out of your home, use packaging tape. You can use the tape on screen doors also. Some wrought iron security doors have screens on them, but they have gaps where the screen attaches to the iron. Use the packaging tape to close theses gaps. No one will see the tape unless they know it is there and even then they will have to look hard to see it.

Do you need to hang some signs or flyers in your neighborhood announcing a yard or garage sale? Packaging tape is great because you can wrap it around the flyer and a telephone pole or light post. That flyer will not be coming off very easily.

Packaging tape may be the best thing since sliced bread. It repairs before you can take the time you need to take to replace. The post office requires this tape on all its boxes for a reason. It is a great and reliable product. They should know they are the experts. Once you see all the uses for packaging tape you will want to keep a roll where you can reach it at all times. We have only touched on a few uses for this tape. Once you get to using it you will have a lot more uses that will come to your mind.

The author Melinda Stockton is recognized as a packaging expert with sixteen years of experience in the field of packaging. Learn more on box tape at her company website about packaging supplies.