@kporter.stuff: The real reason 3M VHB tape holds so well Skyscraper panels held on with tape sounds like a gimmick. The physics behind why it actually works is genuinely clever. 🙌🏼⚙️ #mechanicalengineering #materialscience #adhesives #engineeringtiktok

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catmando_2
CatManDo_2 :
There's was a documentary on Discovery Channel about VHB tape. All the windows on the tallest building in the world In Dubai are attached with VHB. Due to the extreme temperatures it was necessary to allow for expansion and contraction!
2026-10-19 16:15:53
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waterbuffalo750
waterbuffalo750 :
Is this the same as Gorilla Tape? It looks very similar.
2026-11-13 00:09:38
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squace_
Atlas 🪐 :
There’s probably no reason I would ever use this. My fyp just dropped me off here. Stayed and watched the whole thing bc you explained this in a way that even a layman could get the gist. 👏🏻More👏🏻women👏🏻in👏🏻STEM👏🏻
2026-10-20 03:18:56
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sealberry
sealberry :
I once used this to "temporarily" attach something to the tile wall in my bathroom. Took the tile with when I removed it. 😬
2026-10-19 22:40:33
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codyh909
Cody :
Fun fact: You’re generally never more than 10 feet away from a 3M product at any given time.
2026-10-21 01:55:08
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coyote1965352
coyote1965352 :
What about durability under harsh environments such as building where heat and cold changes happen, and sun exposure?
2026-11-12 12:15:54
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mishesadventures
mishesadventures :
so your telling me I need this tape to hang all my teacher things on those DANG humid school cement block walls.
2026-10-20 11:39:30
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mikej131313
Michael :
Is your cat watching you up on your left up there?
2026-11-12 13:36:11
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pappa2bella
Pappa2Bella :
Sun radiation effects?
2026-11-12 17:02:34
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perfectlycongenial
PerfectlyCongenial :
Used this in a payload module for a rocket to attach the holders for the wiring harness. It survived a 12g rms shaker table test. Love me some vhb.
2026-11-13 21:35:24
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engr_oseikuffourjoshua
Ing Osei Kuffour :
I'm a mechanical engineering technician. And only God knows how much your videos 🙏 keeps upgrading my knowledge. Thank you so much.
2026-10-19 15:07:58
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robotsdraw
robots draw :
the edges are sticky. my tip is to wrap it in parchment paper. it won’t stick to that
2026-10-19 17:28:40
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jasongoode987
Jason Goode987 :
I actually call it, my "super tape". 😂
2026-11-13 00:37:05
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lucyfur3331969803
Lucyfur :
I used it to hang stuff on walls at my last house. Hubby says I'm banned from using it now 🤣
2026-10-20 14:10:44
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drewtifulmind
Drew :
Sticky is cool, but for all of the sticky stuff in the world, there has to be an even more cool technology…the backer film. As sticky as VHB is, the backer film is even UN-stickier. 😎
2026-10-21 03:38:24
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karinaa.io
karinaz :
Omg I LOVE learning about different ultra niche 3M products! I use the medical tapes: Tegadrem, medipore and micropore. 3M really are the gods of adhesive 😂
2026-10-20 15:53:48
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..skeeters
Skeeter :
I used that tape to hold satellite tracking units to tanker trailers. that was 17 years ago and they're still holding
2026-10-19 16:15:18
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foreverunlearning
foreverunlearning 🇨🇦 :
Women in STEM. Am I likely to use this tape? No. I am not. Did I sit through the whole thing and save it? Yes, yes I did.
2026-10-31 18:57:27
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lovemymacaroni
Christina :
I have used and sold this tape in my career and no one has ever explained it to me as well as you did. Including my 3M sales rep! 😁
2026-10-21 19:44:35
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cspang77
CSpang77 :
I’ve apparently used this tape wrong my whole life. Thank you random instruction person
2026-10-19 19:49:59
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moreuggadugga
1uggadugga :
Got a how-to on removing it. 😅
2026-10-20 02:43:02
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virendsouza
Viren D'souza™ :
Don’t show this to the car manufacturers, they’ll start putting together cars with this
2026-10-19 22:01:11
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h0nestlyjg
h0nestlyjg :
my little gay brain understands! 🫡 thanks queen!
2026-10-20 14:53:52
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unclegrandpa57
user7883874926135 :
Recently used it to re-attach a piece of body trim on my 25 year old-old vehicle.
2026-10-19 16:07:24
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anaroja2k18
anaroja2k18 :
okay this is great to know! now can you do a series that shows what types of tapes is safe to hold up certain things?? like this for medium sized mirrors etc
2026-10-24 02:15:40
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