Carpet tape is actually uncoated double-sided duct tape, used to stick rugs down, or anywhere you need to stick stuff to other stuff. This roll is 1-1/2" wide x 42 feet long on a 3" core. Beige-ish color, after the backing is peeled off, but it really doesn't matter, since you won't see it (unless you make a prom dress out of it, but then you wouldn't be able to get out of the limo).

Mega-useful aluminum tape. A 2" wide x 50-yard roll of .004” thick aluminum on a 3” core. Has a paper backing and is conductive on the non-adhesive side. Reflects heat and light, useful for seaming riveted aluminum sheets, particularly good for cold weather and metal repairs. Our fisherman friends love to wrap wooden lures with it and work it with a piece of soft wood for metal-finish effects.

Call it Joseph tape. Or technicolor tape. From Duck®, this striped plastic tape is 1-7/8” wide on a 22-yard roll with a 1-1/2” core. Stripes are purple, red, blue, yellow and green with some narrow intervening white stripes, not to be confused with the band of the same name. Feels like that “Do Not Break Seal” tape, but more festive.

If I Could Put Glue In a Bottle Crafts and repairs are made much easier with an applicator bottle. This translucent 20ml/.68-oz plastic bottle with a screw-cap that has a 1-1/2" long x 1/32" dia dispenser needle with a protective cap.

Once upon a time a buffoonish copywriter asked why this spool of 3M Scotch tape was yellow with a subtle pattern of little flowers on it. Because it’s pretty, he was told. So there. Our each is 300” of the 3/4” wide pretty stuff on  a 1” core, which is your standard tape dispenser size.

Stick to it with (2) 0.07 oz (4g total) tubes of cyanoacrylate super glue. Best on ceramics, glass, metal, rubber, leather, wood, many plastics and artificial nails (the one on your fingers, we assume). Tubes have applicator tips. You will get (2) packs of (2) tubes with each order. Say that ten times fast!

Gray is for grown-ups. This duct tape is made for the young at heart. You’ll get (30) feet of 1-7/8” wide duct tape on a 3” core. You pick: aqua, chain-link fence/skyline, yellow, pink cupcake or translucent white. Instructions for making wallets, purses and more not included.

Gray is for taping ducts. You need something completely different, which is why we invite you to amp up your tape inventory with: the extra-lovely (30) feet of black tape with red lipstick kiss marks to fix your ’80s rock gear; or (10) feet of 1-7/8” wide glow-in-the-dark medical tape so you can see what you fixed at night.

Nothing beats double sided glue tape for mounting pics, art and documents. Lay down a line of stickiness, and Bob’s your mother’s brother. This glue tape is acid-free and 5/16” wide x really, really thin--the way it should be. In a plastic dispenser. You pick the 195” (16+ feet), the 390” (32+ feet) or the 1170” (97+ feet).

Double-sided foam mounting tape, photo-safe, from the tape kings at 3M. This spool measures 1/2” wide x .054” thick, and you’ll get 150” of it. Rated to hold up to a 2-lb load. At this price, grab two and start taping.