…Blu-Tack…
…for me it is a real time, angst and life saver so I thought I would share my uses and reasons for loving this blue and sticky stuff so much and of how I use it every single day… scratch that… every few minutes of every single day.
Firstly, it’s great for removing particles of dust from my hands before beginning working with clay… I keep a great big ball of this stuff on my work table and give my hands a good rub down with it before commencing. I follow this hand cleaning ‘ritual’ by cleaning down my glass worktop in the same manner, picking up the dust and stray crumbs of clay and then I use it to clean my clay tools: tissue blade, silicone tipped shapers and even my brushes for pastel powders. I also use my ball of blu-tack to pick up dust from the surface of my clay (works like a dream on dusty Kato clay).
Working in miniature scales, as you can imagine, there are lots of fiddly bits to finishing mini-food… the green spider like tops on tomatoes for example… there is no way I could manage those without the trusty blu-tack holding my tomatoes in place while I apply to tops… my fingers just aren’t nimble enough (tomato ping pong comes to mind!).
And then for final finishing touches, such as varnishing, the blu-tack comes to the rescue again holding those tiny pieces in one place on a wooden lolly stick so that I can work with ease… and without cramp in my fingers!
Thought it would be good to share a few little tips starting with this one 
Those were priceless tips. How many times are you able to use that big ball of Blu tack that you clean your hands with? Seems like it would be a single use, but that’s a LOT of Blu Tack.
Hi Vanessa, glad you liked the tips
The Blu Tack I’m using at the moment is at least six months old… still as tacky as it was originally but not quite as blue LOL. Some of it has been baked in the oven along with clay quite a few times too, I pop the whole lot in… lolly stick, clay and all to keep intricate pieces from rolling about and getting squashed… works a treat! xxx
That’s a great tip – don’t know what i would have done without double sided tape.
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