My neighbor Carlos swore by duct tape for plumbing leaks, said I was overthinking it

So last month I had this pinhole leak in a copper pipe under my kitchen sink, dripping right onto my bag of tortilla chips. I called my neighbor Carlos who's been fixing stuff around ABQ for like 30 years, and he told me to just wrap it in duct tape and call it a day. I thought he was crazy because every plumbing video I've watched says use epoxy or a pipe clamp. But I was desperate at 9pm on a Sunday, so I wrapped three layers of gorilla tape around that spot. Two weeks later, still bone dry under there. I even bumped the pipe while pulling out a cast iron skillet and the tape held. Now I'm wondering if Carlos is a genius or if I just got super lucky. Has anyone else had duct tape actually save them on a plumbing fix around here?

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blair_webb28d ago

Carlos probably has duct tape holding his whole life together, lol.

wells.olivia28d ago

Wait, wait. Did I miss the part where Carlos actually broke something recently? The last time I saw him he was explaining how he fixed his car's bumper with zip ties and hope. I swear that guy keeps a roll of duct tape in every bag he owns, right next to a half-empty bottle of hot sauce. He probably used it to patch up his phone case after he dropped it in the parking lot last week. Honestly, I'm not even mad, I'm impressed.

rubysingh28d ago

Does he still have that cracked phone screen held together with packing tape though... I swear I saw him swiping on that thing and it looked like a spider web.