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Reichardt, KoG
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Never mind Mr. Surfacer! TRY TO FIND

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.........Rubber Cement! (I'm beginning to think it's UnObtanium......)

If ya don't know, this stuff is what we used to stick paper together in school, yahrens ago. It's semi-permanent, flexible, waterproof, etc...(I think Glue Sticks replaced this stuff)

It comes in a lightfast brown bottle, that contains a cap/brush combo, and micro particles of butyrate(I Think) rubber in an ......aromatic(NOT) solvent.
It drys up in the jar, over time.

Dumb kids would sniff this stuff (why I think I can't find it, now, but the same stores sell enamel spray cans...wtf??).

We ALL used it to make fake boogers, for laughs.

SO, I went to TWO stores, so far, here in Texas City, and I got some very weird results (made me feel FUTZY all over :o

One Clerk brought me 'silly putty', and then, 'wall spackle', 'cause he was young. At least he tried, Buckley!

The other stores Older Clerk thought it was for fixing rubber boots (like Monkey Grip adhesive for inner tubes)...

So far, NO Joy...gonna try Wally World, and HobbyLobby, but....

Any suggestions for temporarily sticking plastic images to the surface of a bathroom mirror (like bathtub daisies, sorta)?

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a litte bit of dish soap and water. then let the water evap. should stay without too much issue.

asfor rubber cement, try a art supply store.
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Office Max - Elmer's 4 oz. Rubber Cement, $2.99.

Any decent office supply place is bound to have it. Or a big art store.

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Post by Reichardt, KoG »

Thank you! Did not know the soap trick (What Would Johnny Crash Do?, Hmmm. :D

And, STANG!, Thanks, Kekker, shoulda thought of Office Max; they've sold me my chair, my printer, my Kindle, and no, they won't give me any money for that unsolicited testimony.

I'm off........!
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OfficeMax, HobbyLobby, heck even our grocery store carries it @ times.

Heck, Sam's Club has it in quart containers.

I do remember my dad getting in gallons... not sure what for but we had it.
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I've seen it at Ace Hardware as well.
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If all else fails contact the manufacturer.
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If all else fails contact the manufacturer.
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