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Re: [Orchid] Blu-tac
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Peter W. Rowe Thursday, October 08, 1998
   
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    I'm not brian, of course, but I can help you with U.S. sources. 
    Try almost any office supply store, and many drug stores as well,
    in with the pens, pencils, tapes, and specifically, the area
    where they have the sort of products people use to put posters on
    the wall without damaging the landlords paint job.  The blue tac
    is a material that looks like gummy blue clay, it's labeled blu
    tac, just as brian says, it's it's generally sold to put posters
    on the wall or anywhere else such a temporaty tacky adhesive is
    of use.  I use it as a stone pick up tool, seems to stay a little
    cleaner on my bench than a bit of sticky wax does, and it's color
    makes it quicker to find too.  It's also useful in photo work, as
    a tiny bit under the bottom of the shank of a ring can stand the
    ring up nicely erect on your background surface without showing
    a visible means of support in the photo.  (Another interesting
    method to do this is to solder an earring post, tie tac, or
    similar bit of wire on the bottom of the ring shank. Lets you
    just stick the ring into cork or sand, or through cardboard etc,
    for the photo setup, and it's easy enough to cut off afterward.) 

Peter Rowe


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