The type that looks and feels a bit like silicone sealant but is more flexible (softer) and can easily be peeled off what it's stuck to. What is it called please? Don
Flexible temporary adhesive, name of??
Jan 15, 2010
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"Donwill" wrote
Blue Tack?
I think he means that stuff used in packaging. Probably applied hot. You can peel it off and roll it into a ball - but it is not reusable like Blue-Tac and is clear. (IMHO)
The stuff they stick freebies on to magazine covers with? I often wondered what that was .
Yes that's the one I want. Don
Snibbo? ;-)
Bobins? Not helpful. NEXT Don
An internet search for "Fugitive Adhesive" should sort you out.
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Peelable adhesive:
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It's called "fugitive" or "peelable" glue or adhesive. It sometime comes under the category of "PSA" or pressure-sensitive adhesive.
It is a high-tack hot-melt glue.
Google for "print finishing adhesives"
or "peelable adhesive" or "fugitive glue"
Few years ago, a PC mag referred to it as 'hi-tec snot' - seemed apposite.
Many thanks for the info have ordered from fleabay. Don
Abiout 1963, this was the current funny joke in my class
Two men are travelling on a train, one is a chemist about to attend a polymer conference. The other is busy manipulating a rubbery material between his fingers...
"Excuse me, that seems a substance of some remarkable properties?" "Indeed, flexible, stretches slightly tacky.."
"But excuse me for intruding, how did you synthesise it?"
"What? I dunno I just went and there it was, in me hand mate!".
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