Elmers Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks, Washable, Jumbo Size, 40 Grams, 3 Count

I use this for 3D printing on a glass bed/build-plate. Great results with polycarbonate, 20% carbon fiber PC & PC/ABS alloy on glass. Unlike with hairspray, Ive run the bed to 130 °C with no issues with adhesion or clean-up. On paper: Its very much like working with a thin film of classic glue-all but easier to apply to paper. This has very little initial tack, allowing you to slide the work for perfect positioning. Once dry its at least as strong as most papers. Drying time varies with paper-type and humidity but my experience is that after about a minute its pretty much permanent. Coated stocks may take a little longer depending on the permeability.

The purple color makes it easier to see coverage on the print bed. Cleans up easily with water.

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this glue works well enough. however, one needs to work very, very quickly. almost as soon as you apply the glue, the glue dries within seconds. this quick drying is fine for small applications, but if gluing together larger pieces of paper, youll never be able to apply enough before it dries. can be kind of frustrating.

I use these glue sticks for the bed of my 3D printer. Purple glue stick works great for sticking the 3D prints to the glass bed. This product gets 5 stars because these larger sticks are HUGE and are a way better value than the small sticks. Unless you are doing precision work, I recommend these larger sticks. LIKED THIS REVIEW? Please help others see this too by pressing the button YES below.

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My sons teacher sent out an email asking parents to send in more large glue sticks as the kids were running out. The thing is that we do grocery pick up so when I was looking at the glue sticks it just told me how big they were in grams. I couldnt conceptualize that so I found these jumbo ones and was like, yes, got them! They show up in the mail and holy smokes theyre enormous!!! So...my son took monstrous glue sticks to school. I hope his teacher laughed as hard as I did.

*** Update *** For you 3D printers out there... alcohol doesnt really clean this stuff off. I tried acetone and it doesnt help much either. I happen to have some CRL 1973 Glass Cleaner on hand and it tapes off this sticky glue very well. ***************** I use this for 3D printing. It was recommended The Purple One, and yes it works great! I use this directly on a glass build plate and it STICKS! This is true, since when you miss a spot, this area has a tendency to lift and curl. My heated build plate was damaged and had to get a pane of glass to continue printing (without heat). This glue turns white and (hard) waxy when heat is applied (from the hot filament) and is very difficult to get off. It is said to use alcohol to remove it, but perhaps acetone may work better. Im sure its great for kids to do their projects, since my 7yo walks by and says, Did you buy those? Those are some HUGE glue sticks!, so I assume they use Chapstick-sized glue-sticks in school. The harder cured consistency is probably a good thing for kid projects.

Well, its glue. It sticks. Theres not much more to say. lol These glue sticks are my FAVORITE type. Would recommend.

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