Hold Onto Bread Bag Tags And Never Lose The End Of A Tape Roll Again

Tape, be it Scotch, painting, or packing, is a household staple. As tape is handy for a variety of uses, we want to use every bit of it. Yet, sometimes, finding the end of your tape roll can be tricky. After being used for the first time, sometimes the tape sticks to itself, making it all but impossible to tell where to "start" the tape the next time you need to secure or repair something. Here's a great hack to help you never lose the end again. Next time you think about repurposing empty bread bags in your home or garden, don't forget to save the tag or bread clip. Why? You can use the bread bag tag to indicate where the end of tape roll is by placing it between the sticky side of the end, and the rest of the tape roll.

This hack won't just save you time, it can also help ensure you waste less tape. How many times have you used a sharp object or your fingernail to pick at the tape roll to retrieve its end? That method might work for duct tape, but for thinner kinds, it often leaves you with tape split in half or a pile of jagged little tape pieces. Even worse, you may break a fingernail! There is a much easier way. Here's how to use a bread tag for your tape.

Regardless of which tape type you use, you can use this bread tag hack for it. Once you've finished using your tape, perhaps in some of these genius duct tape hacks that are worth it to try in your home, take the bread tag and attach it to the sticky side at the end of the tape roll. Now you can easily stop running your fingers along it trying to find a seam where you left off. No broken nail, no fuss! It's also a handy hack for finding the end if you're in a space with limited light or have trouble with small details in your vision. 

While you could fold the piece of tape over in the corner, this hack works if you have spare clips from a bag of buns or bread lying around. Perhaps you've already been saving them to use as convenient labels to stop you from unplugging the wrong cord ever again. You can easily keep them stored where you store your tape and then put this hack to work right away. Coming up empty when searching for a spare bread clip and want to find something similar? Use a comparable object that's small and sturdy like a paper clip or a guitar pick to accomplish the same task.