Sticky clean fun. (Bostik Blu Tack)

Member Name: StephenPhillips

Product:	Bostik Blu Tack
Date:	07/10/09 (102 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick easy fixing that is fairly non-destructive.

Disadvantages: Can take paint off the wall if left too long.

Blu Tack, by Bostik, is another classic product that has survived for many years and is still as strong as ever (no pun intended).

The pack I have is in a blue cardboard sleeve and currently offers 50% extra free, fantastic! The pack cost me 79p on a special at my newsagents. The front of the sleeve states clearly what the product is, although the cartoon on the front looks a little dated but maybe that's its appeal. The back of the pack gives the how to use instructions, although I'm thinking right now I may be first ever person to read this in detail, so I won't bore you with it here, I think you all get the picture. The back of the pack also suggests items the blu tack can hold up, interesting, perhaps not.

I don't really use blu tack much around the home as I like my walls I have painted and I wouldn't want to trash them. My experience of blu tack starts back at Uni where in student halls the walls were covered from head to toe in the stuff, including the ceiling. Where one poster had come down, more often than not where the blu tack had been removed there was a little patch of paint missing. So I would, based on that experience, discourage the use of the blue ball on painted walls, especially if what you are fixing on will be there for some time (as the tack hardens and takes what you attached it to with it). However I do use it in my shed where it works wonderfully, I find a little goes a long way so no need for huge blue balls just for a postcard. Although I can see why people apply a lot as squeezing the tack is very therapeutic. One of the best features of blu tack is that it is re-usable, to an extent, and it is fairly clean if what you are hanging isn't going to there for over a year and it is safe to use and non-toxic.

I would highly recommend blu tack if in an office or study as it offers a quick, fast and effective way to attach almost anything to your walls, desk, shelving or in fact any surface (ceiling if you wish) without the need to use pins which can be very destructive. Although I would always check before you use it in a place other than your home as many workspaces now ban it (and indeed student halls so I am aware). One word of warning, don't get it on your clothes (or hair, somehow) as it can be difficult to get out.

The tack is here to stay and will always have a place in my stationary box.

Summary: Attach almost anything to anything.