![]() ![]() Remember: you can rate your landlord on Marks Out Of Tenancy. According to a book named ‘ Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case’ by James Ward, the Bostik factory in Leicester was making 100 tonnes of Blu Tack PER WEEK! Blu-Tac is actually ‘Blu Tack’ - it’s made by a company called Bostik that manufactures adhesives and sealants for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes. ![]() What’s the reason why landlords don’t allow their tenants to use Blu-Tac? What is Blu-Tac? What is Blu-Tac made from? Is it Blu-Tac, Blue-Tac, Blu-Tack, Blu Tack or Blue Tack? I keep notes on how every piece is mounted and how securely it is attached.If your landlord won’t let you use Blu-Tac to put pictures, maps, posters or whatever on the wall, what can you do? ![]() White glue is the least offensive adhesive in my mind because it is water soluble super glue is marginally acceptable. Some specimens are problematic and for these, I might use a small amount of white glue to keep the piece in place on the mount, but I won't just smash it into a fat blob of glue. I can usually find spots on the ends of the specimen by which I can fashion the plastic to clasp on, as if holding the piece between your fingers, and this works very well even for delicate minerals and is totally reversible. For small lightweight pieces, this is very secure. These mounts usually employ a friction fit, so the specimen can be removed by popping it off the mount or prying the plastic back slightly to loosen it. It's laborious and slow but I enjoy the process and it appeals to my crafting tendencies. My approach so far, which works well on miniatures or smaller, is to make custom thermoplastic mounts. So you need a lot of it if you want it to be secure, and the appearance is not aesthetic in my opinion. I've had at least two specimens I purchased pop off a glued base in transit, destroying them completely. The worst part about hot glue is that people think it's more secure than it actually is. I have used isopropyl alcohol to soften these, with varying degrees of success, but I dislike any method of glue removal that involves increasing the solubility of the adhesive, because it will penetrate the specimen if it is at all porous. Hot water is not always appropriate (e.g., you wouldn't use hot water to remove it from a gypsum or halite specimen). It's not suitable for a friable substrate. I would only use putty on non-porous substrates for temporary affixing.Īs for hot glue, it's a pain to remove. Putty is not an archival material: if it is used on any surface that isn't completely non-porous, it will eventually leave a stain or residue, no matter how low the plasticizer content. That's not to say these don't have their place, but their use cases are fairly narrow, in my opinion. Silicone and epoxy resin adhesives are to be avoided at all costs. Recent Images in Discussionsħth Aug 2019 01:28 UTC Hiro Inukai I despise putty and am not a fan of hot glue. Currier Digital LibraryOpen discussion area. Techniques for CollectorsOpen discussion area. Minerals and MuseumsOpen discussion area. Mineralogical ClassificationOpen discussion area. Lost and Stolen SpecimensOpen discussion area. ╳Discussions □ Home □ Search □ Latest Groups EducationOpen discussion area. ![]()
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