Lets Stick TogetherA History Of Things That

Stick…

Adhesives get used every day for lots of purposes. They have been around for hundreds of years and here is a

brief History of what was used in the past for adhesives, and what was used to stick together materials…

Archeologists have found evidence of adhesives being used as far back as 4000BC in

cave paintings and in the use of making spears.

Ancient Greece made glue out of egg whites,

blood, milk, cheese, vegetables and grains.

Ancient Egyptians used adhesives based on animal glues for sticking together furniture, Jewellery, and Ivory, it was also used in Papyrus

production.

The Romans made adhesives out of Tar and Beeswax.There Mosaic floors and

Tiles are still intact today!

Medieval Europe made adhesives out of egg whites and used it to decorate with gold

leaf.

In 1750, Britain made Glue from Fish. It was used in Paintings and still used

today in restoring old parchments and paintings.

In the 1800’s, The Netherlands introduced the first ever glue

factory. It produced hide glues for such things as furniture and

was used as a wood glue.

1925, Masking TapeWas created for the help with

painting cars, a less-sticky glue was created which wouldn’t leave residue

and marks behind.

1930 Scotch TapeWas created for the use of

sticking transparent cellophane together. It was the first transparent tape made.

1942 Duct TapeWas created for help in

WW2 to help with sealing the ammunition cases and keeping the boxes water

tight.

In 1942,Super GlueWas stumbled upon during

experiments to make a transparent plastics to be used for gun-sights. It’s

used to stick most materials together, and has been used for

model making and joining wood or plastics.

1967 The Glue StickWas created for children’s

art, correcting mistakes and gluing paper and card.

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