Bostik Blu Tack, Multipurpose Reusable Adhesive, Clean, Safe & Easy to Use, Non-Toxic, Handy Size, Colour: Blue

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited prior consent, nor without due acknowledgement. In the United Kingdom in March 2008, 20,000 numbered packs of pink Blu Tack were made available, to help raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, [6] with 10 pence from each pack going to the charity. Although the initial experiment was a failure, the worker's colleagues started using the resulting 'goo'; to stick messages to each other's desks. Blu Tack® Colour can be used on all the same surfaces as the Blu Tack® original, but its best suited to craft projects - see some ideas below! Statements on the internet suggesting that he developed the Bostik product, may be the result of misquotion of his 2007 edit to this page.

On some surfaces it may leave an oily mark, which can sometimes be removed using chewing gum remover. It's clean, safe and easy to use and provides an ideal alternative to drawing pins or sticky tape, with over a thousand uses around the home, office or school.Simply tear off the amount of Bostik Blu Tack® Economy required, pull and stretch until supple, and then roll into a ball. While the inventor of the commercially released Bostik product is unknown, [5] a precursor product to Blu Tack was created by a sealant developer around 1970, as an accidental by-product of an attempt to develop a new sealant using chalk powder, rubber and oil. Do not use on recently decorated surfaces or absorbent, silk-screen printed or hand stencilled wallpaper.

All you need to apply is to have a debit or credit card, to be over 18 years of age, and to be a UK resident.

Similar products of various colours are made by many manufacturers, including Faber-Castell's "Tack-it", Henkel's "Fun-Tak", UHU's "Poster Putty" and "Sticky Tack", UFO's "Dough Tack", "Gummy Sticker" Pritt's "Sticky Stuff", Bostik's " Prestik" and Elmer's "Poster Tack". It’s available in original blue in two sizes: Handy (45g) and Economy (90g), which is perfect for those who require a larger pack of adhesive tack.

Blu Tack is a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive produced by Bostik, commonly used to attach lightweight objects (such as posters or sheets of paper) to walls, doors or other dry surfaces. In 2007 the artist Elizabeth Thompson created a 200 kg (440 lb) sculpture of a house spider using Blu Tack over a wire frame. Today, Bostik's factory in Leicester continues to produce tonnes of Blu Tack® every week - for decades, the recipe has been kept a closely guarded secret. At GLS, we are pleased to offer a wide range of Blu Tack and other adhesive tack options that we believe are essential to have on hand.Note: the adhesive properties of Bostik Blu Tack® increase with time so take extra care when removing it after a period of months. PLASTI-TAK Trademark of BROOKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Serial Number: 72198931 :: Trademarkia Trademarks". The sticky substance was actually a by-product of an experiment by a Bostik worker to make a new sealant.