Blu Tack - The Original re-usable adhesive

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Avoid ugly Sat Nav suckers and clips

Avoid having a big rubber sucker on your windscreen, using magic Blu-Tack to hold the unit in place

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Ear plugs

I have found that, if you mix a bit of Plasticine with some blutac, you get excellent ear plug material.

Without the plastercine it is a bit hard, adn makes the ears sore.

I don’t suppose that you’d publicize this use, due to health and safety, but it would be good if you could go into official production of this sort of material, as the earplugs on the market, that I have tried, haven’t been as good.

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In the car

I find it useful for sticking notes on my windscreen and dashboard

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Sealing low-pressure water leaks

Press Blu-Tack (or use a roller) to make thin sheets (1 mm thick or less) and use it to seal low-pressure water leaks. Just cover over the crack when the surface is dry. There’s no need to fill the crack. I have used it successfully to seal a crack in the bottom of an acrylic bath and a crack in the external part of a kitchen sink waste pipe.

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Keyboard

The pure white keyboard of the Macintosh - they really are better, you know - can stay as pure and clean as a pure and clean thing if you pick up all the gunk you drop between the keys with a sliver of Blu-Tack. Or possibly what we’re seeing here is a rare blue butterfly being prevented from typing something.

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Picture

Picture frame just won’t hang straight? A hidden blob of Blu-Tack will quickly stop it swinging. Then you can tell your neighbours you were good enough at DIY to hang it straight. The Blu-Tack will be our little secret. For now…

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Candlestick

You know how it is: you have a fine 17th century Italian candlestick and the last thing you want is for the candle to become unbalanced, fall off and knock it over. A blob of Blu-Tack and all’s well. Well, until it burns right down and sets fire to your wooden candlestick. We mean, who makes a candlestick out of wood?

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Note

The message says it all: if you need to buy new stuff - more Blu-Tack, perhaps - stick a handy note up with a blob of Blu-Tack. Of course if you really do need more Blu-Tack, you won’t have any to stick it up with. But this tip works for virtually anything else.