The best thing about the old-school scrapbooks of my youth was that if I made a mistake with the rubber cement, a little bit of rubbing and it came right off. No stain, no mess, no evidence of the mistake. It's not nearly as easy to remove a line of misplaced adhesive from a tape runner.... unless you have one of these:
It's the Adhesive Pick-Up by Therm-O-Web. It is amazing. It feels like a rigid eraser and is a little smaller than a post-it note. Simply rub it on the stray adhesive and it comes right up. Every time. It is so easy.
As you can see, I bought mine for $1.99. Therm-O-Web lists them for $2.10. Their claims that the product is long-lasting is no joke. I bought mine in 2007 and use it frequently- at least twice a month. In all that time, I've only made a tiny little dent in it. At this rate, I should list it in my will, as it will be outliving me!
Here it is after 4 years of use:
Only the tiniest bit of each corner is used up. A definite must-have for any paper crafter!
8/16/11
Adhesive Pick-Up
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Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
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Wow... I have never heard of that... must check that out! :):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeleteI will SO be buying that! Thanks so much for the tip Cindy. I had to laugh at your comment on my blog about renting a bus to go to Disney. You are right, it would make everyone happy. LOL
ReplyDeletehaha, I just used mine this weekend! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this but I think I need one! I will be on the lookout now. I usually just rub my fingers over stray adhesive and it comes up. But this sounds more effective. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of it either, but now I must find one!!
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