Scotch Non-Stick Glue Sticks Are Great

I guess the idea of these Scotch glue sticks, then, is to be as effective as Scotch tape, but in glue form. It's insane, and the first time I used it I couldn't believe how effective it was. You just slide it on like lip balm and you've got two papers that are instantly sealed together. It was kind of unsettling, how different the formula is, how the Scotch glue is a completely different consistency from the Elmer's glue. And by gluing two pieces of paper together, with virtually no separation, what you basically create is card stock. Nice, stiff, foldable card stock, ready to go, really sturdy and durable, and I can print anything on it. The applicability and versatility of these glue sticks is, like I said, truly out of this world. 

I remember reading an advertisement in an old Life magazine from the 1940s about Scotch tape. It was really new at the time, because plastic in general was new, so it was seen as being incredibly futuristic, high-grade equipment. The ad had a "pro-trick" for photographers where it suggested that instead of taping a photograph directly onto a paper background with the sticky side down, with half on the photo and half on the paper, you could actually stick one half of the Scotch tape to the underside of the photo and then fold the tape backwards such that the photo was still facing up, but the tape was completely concealed underneath, thus giving the impression that the photo was magically suspended over the paper. The first time I saw this, I was like, "wow". This is one of those things you never really consider and then when you realize it can be done it all kind of clicks for you. 

Anyway, the glue stick is great. Since I started using them I've wondered why exactly anyone would design a glue stick to be as inefficient as the Elmer's ones. I remember using them in elementary school and they were really terrible. I think to get a desirable result you'd need special equipment, like a letter press or something. But with these Scotch ones, they just do the trick completely. I wonder why there hasn't been an innovation made on the glue stick's formula for most of the glue stick's existence as a product. At least, I think these Scotch glue sticks are pretty new. They must be. I honestly have no idea what the purpose of the old-fashioned type of glue stick is, considering most people use glue sticks explicitly for gluing paper together, and they're awful at it. It's kinda weird to think about, how long an inefficient product can stay on the market with nobody questioning how inefficient it is and everyone taking it for granted. 

Anyway, yeah, just thought I would mention how great these glue sticks are, they're seriously on another level, and I highly recommend them to anyone who deals with paper and adhesive a lot. I think the adhesive industry is an admirable industry which clearly has a lot of thought put into it, and a lot of science. I imagine with the wide range of glue products out there someone would probably need a degree in chemistry to enter the field, but all that matters to me at the end of the day is that glue works at holding things together. These non-stick Scotch glue sticks are truly the Scotch tape of glues.