Glue

[Semi42]

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Saw the thread name “glue” and the words Marvin Medium came in my head , my teacher name for the school glue

[Alec]

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Yeah I remember that almond smelling glue and like the others here I can't remember what it was called either. It was white and came in a tub with a small plastic applicator, that bent as you scooped the glue out.
Weirdly I did a review of some pipe tobacco a few days ago and likened the smell of that blend to that paste we used back in the mid 60's.
If I remember rightly that glue was useless and didn't stick anything !

After seeing this thread I found some similar comments from mainland Europe about a white paste craft glue that smells of almond called COCCOINA 603 that was sold in a small metal tin with a brush. It's still sold in a few places. Amazon has it but only in a pack of ten. Curiosity got the better of me and I ordered a single tine from etsy (I live in the US now) for $10.

The smell is almost identical to the blue tub/white lid paste I remember from my childhood. I think if I had first smelled it blindfolded without knowing that it was not the blue tub, I would have said it was exactly the smell but I am guessing it is not quite the same. It is close enough that I can close my eyes, take a whiff and be transported back to 1960's Manchester.

[Pussywillow]

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I absolutely remember this paste in a pale blue tub with the spatula and the smell from working on crafts at my Grandmother's house early in the 1970s in Manchester. Every so often I smell something similar and it transports me back. I never knew the smell was almonds. I don't remember the name Affixofix and I can't find a single reference to that name on the internet at all, which is very unusually, how confident are you that this is the correct name? I would love to find something that smelled close to the same as the glue paste in the blue tub just for the memories it would invoke!

Yeah I remember that almond smelling glue and like the others here I can't remember what it was called either. It was white and came in a tub with a small plastic applicator, that bent as you scooped the glue out.

Weirdly I did a review of some pipe tobacco a few days ago and likened the smell of that blend to that paste we used back in the mid 60's.

If I remember rightly that glue was useless and didn't stick anything !

[Alec]

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Does anyone remember Affixofix Glue? Not that I'm into sniffing glue or anything but it smelt just like almond, really nice. It came in a small round pale blue and white tub. Inside the lid was a little spatula that you used to get the white coloured glue paste out of the tub. It was fab stuff and my mum alway bought it for us to do our paper gluing with as it didn't spill and wasn't messy.

I absolutely remember this paste in a pale blue tub with the spatula and the smell from working on crafts at my Grandmother's house early in the 1970s in Manchester. Every so often I smell something similar and it transports me back. I never knew the smell was almonds. I don't remember the name Affixofix and I can't find a single reference to that name on the internet at all, which is very unusually, how confident are you that this is the correct name? I would love to find something that smelled close to the same as the glue paste in the blue tub just for the memories it would invoke!

[George 1978]

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I have thought of ammonia as what window cleaners used for cleaning windows, not sticking things together.

A kid in my class put a pasting brush full of glue in somewhere that I would rather not want it to be put, thank you very much. The teacher who saw it happen invited him to pay the dry-cleaning bill, but managed to opt out of doing so.

[zabadak]

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My late dad used to be a travelling salesman and one of the things he had to try and offload was Pritt...

[Richard1978]

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Copydex smelt 'fishy' because it had ammonia in it, it was used to stabilize the water/latex mix that it was made of.

I remember my class using it at school & the classroom stinking of it!

[Gothic]

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Copydex smelt 'fishy' because it had ammonia in it, it was used to stabilize the water/latex mix that it was made of.

[George 1978]

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Why did Copydex smell fishy? Was it due to some sort of chemicals that they used at the factory where they made it?

My father went to WHSmith many years ago when I wanted a Pritt Stick, and he got his words mixed up and asked the assistant for a Dip Stick.

[terryd]

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Sorry to be late to the party, but we were in a shop today, saw glue spatulas and the memory went back to the tubs of glue, almond scented, wax covered and in small blue pots. Had to find out the name, hit search and found this thead. Dare I suggest the denture sounding GripFix was the name of this product? If I recall correctly it was sold by Woolworth?

[darren]

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I remember pva and pritt stick.

Also glue guns think they where clear plastic.

One i cant remember it had such overpowering scent i remember people sniffing it it would getu high.

[Piglet]

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Does anyone remember Affixofix Glue?

I remember that paste! And its gorgeous smell. I did not remember the name, but certainly the aroma. Although it tasted vile. Yes, I was one of the thousands who no doubt tried. It was exotic aroma-wise and only matched by a treat from the local bakery. A "maid of honour" almond and raspberry pastry.
It was rubbish adhesive, except for paper. Even then it had some strange habits. It sort of broke up into hard little blocks on the surface and you could throw it away if you ever left the lid off overnight. I have been searching the internet for an image of the little pale blue lidded pot with spatula, but sadly to no avail. Affixofix paste I shall have to remember that name! Thanks for reminding me!

[shilton dipper]

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Never saw affixofix, my schools glue came in 5 varieties,

PVA, the white stuff that smells sickly sweet and dries on the brush like steel
Gloy came in some triangle bottle with a rubbish applicator on the top
Copydex Smelt fishy but we used to smear it on our hands and peel it off like skin to gross out the girls
Cowgum very solventy but we found that it could be shaped when tacky into very bouncy rubber balls
Pritt always to be found in the teachers desk top drawer

omg!!!.........I used to love peeling copydex off my fingers.

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Was it true that the strength of 'super glue' was eventually weakened due to 'jokers' spreading some on a public loo seat somewhere in London and a businessman was glued to the bowl and became trapped, so only his screams led to the Fire Brigade coming and cutting the bowl off and taking him to hospital to be surgically removed from the seat....?

Sounds funny and ridiculous but is it an urban myth or some validity to it? My Mum and Dad used to mention it whenever the topic or usage of superglue came up between us...yes, odd convos in our house back then....

[wispa lover]

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I loved peeling glue off tables and chairs, especially in the art room until the teacher found out. lol
I didn't like pritt stick that much cos you couldn't peel it.