A few years ago I bought a “matchbook” of sticks that had a sticky substance on the tip that would hold small parts while painting.
Does anyone know of an inexpensive compound I could use to make my own sticks? Is there a flexible tacky product that is avaliable at a lot of local stores?
THANKS,
John[:D]
Sounds like rubber cement/mucilage (sp??) or similar family may be one idea you could try.
By the way, welcome to the forum family, tjsgarden. Hope you enjoy your stay here!
Gip Winecoff
Thanks Gip.
I’ve been doing a lot of browsing at this site and the sister scale auto site.
I’ll try the rubber cement.
John
It is a tacky compound sold by a german company that makes a lot of stuff for office, I have the name some where in the many plastic totes that I keep in order not to loose important stuff, but I can not find it now. the brand is something like URI, UMI. I´ve used the stuff for year, over and over, and is great. You can also use a spray wich is sold for the people that do art work to hold the mask. is a multiple tack, you will have to spray on a non adhesive surface (paper back for adheseve paper), and then work like we all did when we where kids, until you have a small ball, then put it in the tip of a tooth pick, and presto a good holder. Hope this serves you, If I find the stuff, I´ll will put the info in this forum.
How about some of that blue putty looking stuff that they put up posters on walls with? I saw it mentioned in another post.
You could put a small pinch of it on the end of a toothpick and it would work the same way. [;)]
Mike
Hy, I got the answer it is called UHU “tac patafix”, Art. Nº 40498, the one I bought is made by UHU in the UK, but try www.uhu.de, to see where they sell it, I now that it is marketed in Spain, Mexico, Australia and UK other than Germany. I hope this info serves you. Any other question about this stuff mail me. j3gm@yahoo.com.ar
The local hardware here has a blue, sticky, putty like substance called “Blu Tack”. Works great for what you are looking for.
Another thing that works great for attaching small parts to toothpicks for painting is Walthers “Goo”. Just dip the toothpick into the mouth of the tube and stick your part to it. Holds very well but part comes off easily when you want it to. Check the RR section of your LHS.
If You can’t find patafix, which by the way is yellow and comes in squares you can cut to your needs, or the Blu tack, try Franklin’s Sanding disc cement, this is a pressure-sensitive adhesive which allows for a bond but can be removed easily. this cement is marketed for bonding sanding disk to rubber or metal plates, so you may have it in your garage or workshop.