Is more duct tape always better?

(It’s a little longer than usual, but please read)

I know there are many uses for duct tape. I was first introduced to its versatility in the early sixties; my father was a sheet metal worker, and it was his job to fabricate and install heating, ventilation and air ducts, for which duct tape was originally designed. This was years before MacGyver, by the way!

The question came to me today while I was using duct tape to make a temporary repair. I was straddling that line between utility and aesthetics…(“will it hold” vs “how will it look”).

I finally put one more piece of tape on the repair, both to add strength and to smooth over the wrinkles. That led me to ask myself (and you, my jello fellies fellow jellies) is more always better?