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Re: doing it better

From: Matt or Gina Booth (ginab)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 07:53:08 PST

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    BLACK GLUE: THE FINAL PERFECT SOLUTION

    Don't know if anyone else has discovered this. My lower elem. students win
    upteen awards with black glue and pastel pictures on gray or black surfaces,
    wows the judge every time every year, anyway, after fussing with ink glue
    mixes I discovered that the perfect solution is: Ta Da = The manufacturer
    doesn't need to make black glue, because you can use:

    QUALITY BLACK TEMPERA put in the glue bottles.(I use the Premium Black from
    Dick Blick, order 2 gallons of it a year just for this purpose.) It doesn't
    harden or anything. It's only flaw is that it flakes just a bit, only a
    little bit, as I handle the pictures and stack them for grading. BUT WHO
    CARES ! No more mixing glue and inevitible india ink/glue mix hardening
    inside and having to come up with 20 more glue bottles periodically. Now
    I've been using the same glue bottles (refilling them with a spout thing)
    for years. Plus, the consistancy is much more perfect. We just put our
    finger over top of glue bottle and give some very good shakes before the
    squirts.
    Gina Booth

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Nagel, Judy <JNagel>
    To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet>
    Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:59 AM
    Subject: RE: doing it better

    > They probably don't think they will sell enough to make it profitable.
    Judy
    >
    > jnagel
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: The Austin's [whest177]
    > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 10:20 PM
    > To: ArtsEdNet Talk
    > Subject: Re: doing it better
    >
    >
    > I called Crayola and Elmer's both last year, questioning why they don't
    make
    > and sell black glue. They make the neon stuff that they sell to kids
    > (YUCK! - and it is always the messiest students who get it!). I hate
    making
    > black glue, but love the way it looks. Both companies said that although
    > they know that art teachers use black glue alot, they had no plans to make
    > it. Haven't figured that one out yet!
    > ~Michal
    >
    >
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