Fast forward over 50 years and hundreds of millions of packs of Blu Tack® have been sold throughout the UK and beyond - making it the nation's favourite reusable adhesive.

Like all poster putties, Blu Tack provides an alternative to the artist's traditional kneaded eraser. If there are remaining pieces, wrap parcel tape - sticky side outwards - around your knuckles and knead into the affected area. The New Zealand Government Earthquake Commission recommends that products such as Blu Tack should be used to prevent ornaments and small household items from falling or moving in the event of an earthquake. Statements on the internet suggesting that he developed the Bostik product, may be the result of misquotion of his 2007 edit to this page.This can be removed using removers like citrus oils and desolvers, but as per the guidance of the suppliers. Since then, many coloured variations have been made, including red and white, yellow, and a green Halloween pack. The composition is described as a synthetic rubber compound without hazardous properties under normal conditions. It is known as "Patafix" in France, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Turkey, Kennaratyggjó in Iceland and lærertyggis in Norway (both meaning "teacher's chewing gum"), Häftmassa ("attachment paste") or kludd in Sweden, and wondergom in South Africa (an Afrikaans word, literally translated as "wonder glue").

Any remaining shreds can be removed by gently rolling the adhesive tack on the wall or dabbing a new blob of Blu Tack® over the surfaces. Recommendations and suggestions are for guidance only, since conditions of use are completely beyond our control. It provides an ideal alternative to drawing pins or sticky tape, with over a thousand uses around the home, office or school. Blu Tack is sometimes used by electronic hobbyists to hold through-hole electronic components in position for soldering onto PC-boards.

Blu Tack was often used with the Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer to help mitigate crashes caused by wobbly external RAM modules.

Do not use on recently decorated surfaces or absorbent, silk-screen printed or hand stencilled wallpaper. Simply tear off the amount of Bostik Blu Tack® Economy required, pull and stretch until supple, and then roll into a ball. Note: the adhesive properties of Bostik Blu Tack® increase with time so take extra care when removing it after a period of months. In 2007 the artist Elizabeth Thompson created a 200 kg (440 lb) sculpture of a house spider using Blu Tack over a wire frame.

If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. In the United Kingdom in March 2008, 20,000 numbered packs of pink Blu Tack were made available, to help raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, [6] with 10 pence from each pack going to the charity. Then, grab an additional piece of Blu Tack® and press it into the Blu Tack® in the carpet and pull it away to remove as much as possible. On some surfaces it may leave an oily mark, which can sometimes be removed using chewing gum remover. White tack, for example, is designed to reduce residue after things have been stuck together for a while.