Work & Home
Life hacks and insights so you can live life to the fullest
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September 16, 2024
When you need to stick two surfaces together, it’s hard to beat double-sided tape! This convenient tool features a coating of adhesive on both sides of its backing. Double-sided tape is not only great for household repairs and DIY projects, but it is also used professionally in industries like construction and medicine. In this article, we’ve provided a video and step-by-step instructions on how to use double sided tape.
Portion Off a Section of Tape
First, unroll your tape to your desired length and cut the section of tape with either a pair of scissors or the serrated blade of a tape dispenser.
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August 12, 2024
What is Jan/San?
Jan/San, also known as Janitorial and Sanitation, is a product category that is comprised of workplace products that promote cleanliness, safety, and hygiene. Jan/San products safeguard people from harmful contaminants and provide a safe way to dispose of waste. These products are held to strict standards and regulations to ensure their optimal performance and ability to provide adequate waste management.
We have a separate product guide for our Disposable Glove products:
Disposable Gloves Product Guide
Trash Can Liners
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May 31, 2024
Downtime: the archnemesis of uptime. When your packaging and shipping department experiences downtime, it can bring your entire operations to a screeching halt. This, in turn, results in prolonged deliveries, customer dissatisfaction, and a significant loss to your bottom line.
Packaging downtime is an unfortunate inevitability for any company. However, there are several ways you can minimize downtime so your business can perform at the optimum level. In this highly functional article, we will cover four ways you can keep packaging downtime at bay.
Practice Preventive Maintenance
A common phrase you’ll hear in health care is “prevention is better than cure”. The same principle applies to your company’s packaging operations: preventing downtime is a lot easier—and cheaper—than resolving it.
Like with any machinery, your packaging equipment can only run continuously for so long before they start to develop problems. And if you’
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April 15, 2024
You’ve probably heard this joke before: Something isn’t moving and it should? Use lubricant. Something is moving and it shouldn’t? Use duct tape.
While this “advice” isn’t applicable to all situations, it does speak to the power of duct tape. Since its invention in the 1940s, duct tape has been a staple in homes and workspaces alike. It’s been used by repairmen, the military, and even by astronauts.
But we’re not repairing space shuttles or helicopters. Rather, we fight the battle of the homefront: household repairs and quick fixes that only duct tape can solve. In this durable and sticky article, we will go over some of the most common uses of duct tape, including some you may have never heard of before.
Patching Garden Hoses
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April 12, 2024
Poly bag tape is a special kind of tape that is specifically made to stick to low-surface-energy materials, such as polyethylene and polypropylene bags. The strong rubber adhesive and durable plastic backing keep poly bags sealed and prevent the items held inside from spilling out.
Rather than painstakingly tying and taping the ends of poly bags by hand, you can instead use a poly bag tape dispenser. This simple machine is easy to use and makes the process of sealing poly bags quick and efficient. Follow along to our video and read the steps below on how to properly set up and use your poly bag tape dispenser:
1. Load the Tape
Before you load your dispenser, you want to make sure that your tape is the correct size. Visually check to
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April 04, 2024
Sometimes it feels like we just don’t have enough time in the day for a proper workout. With our jobs taking up a large chunk of our day and a slew of responsibilities waiting for us when we get back home, many people choose to skip working out simply because they think they have no time to do so.
If you’re interested in getting fit but feel you don’t have the time for it, you may want to consider doing some fitness on the clock. While we can’t recommend running a marathon or pushing yourself to the point of exhaustion while at your job, there are steps you can take to lead a healthier and more active lifestyle. In this incredibly swole article, we’ve compiled some of the best advice on how to be active at work so your gains won’t be such a pain.
Bike or Walk to Work
If you live close enough to work, leave the car in the garage and take your bike to work. If you’re really close, you can probably just walk it. Not only does biking o
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March 22, 2024
On Monday, August 8th, 2024, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun and create a total solar eclipse. Those in the path of totality of the so-called “Great North American Eclipse” will get to witness a potentially once-in-a-lifetime event:
Hopefully, you’ve already stocked up on CE and ISO-certified 12312-2 solar eclipse glasses that block harmful infrared and ultraviolet rays when you watch the eclipse. But there’s more to the eclipse than just what’s in the sky; in fact, there are plenty of phenomena happening all around that you can’t miss out on. With the help of our very own packaging supplies, here are three solar eclipse experiments you can perform to make the most of it.
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March 11, 2024
Tape guns are as much of a warehouse standard as forklifts and pallets. These dispensers expedite the process of sealing boxes and cartons. As standard as these accessories are, it can be a little tricky for first-timers to try loading one. In this article, we will provide easy instructions on how to properly load your tape gun.
We’ve made a short how-to video for loading your tape gun that you can follow along to here:
1. Ensure You Have the Right-sized Dispenser
Before you load the tape gun, you want to make sure that your tape gun is the right size for your tape. A roll of tape that’s too wide won’t fit, while tape that’s too thin can slide back and forth along the tape reel, resulting in messy taping jobs.
To determine if you
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February 29, 2024
Tape. It’s everywhere, isn’t it? It seems like you can barely take a step outside your front door without tripping over a stack of duct tapes or masking tapes. We all know what it does—it’s sticky and it holds stuff together—but do you know about the different types of packing tapes and adhesives? If you feel like you’ve got a learn to learn about this subject matter, then let this article serve as your beginner’s guide to the wild and wacky world of tape.
What is Tape?
Tape is a standard packaging material that keeps cartons and boxes sealed, clings items together, and holds items in place, as well as countless other applications. Tape is comprised of two basic parts: the backing and the adhesive.
What is the Backing?
The backing, also known as the carrier, is the material that is coated with the adhesive on either one or both sides. Most tapes are made with plastic backings, such as polyethyle