Bostik Clag Paste 150g - with Brush Applicator

This iconic craft glue has been used by Australian children for generations.

In 1898 a Melbourne man named Joseph Angus created a washable, edible glue and successfully made it a household name around Australia, and in every school. The iconic jar, originally made from glass, was designed to hold a paintbrush applicator neatly within its lid. Students could quickly lift the lid and start busily pasting paper chains, connecting collage pieces or creating papier-mâché. Mysteriously the exact composition of the original Clag is unknown, but it has always been starch based as it is today.

Lots of Australians have fond memories of pasting Clag onto the fingers to make 'fake skin' and most impressively, a hair gel used by punk bands for spiking up their mohawks!

Features:

• 150g Jar with Brush applicator

• Clag paste adhesive suitable for children

• Dries clear

• Non toxic

• Used with coloured paper, cardstock, tissue paper, newspaper, light cotton fabric

• SDS Link Bostik Australia SDS

About the Brand

In 1889, the Boston Blacking Company was founded in Chelsea, Massachusetts. USA.

A producer of leather colourings and dyes for the shoemaking industry, the company grew and in the 1920’s the Boston Blacking Company was established in 12 countries including Australia.

Several products were launched under the Bostik brand as early as the 1940’s, with the business taking on the Bostik company name in the 1960’s.

In 1980, Bostik was taken over, but the Bostik brand was kept as a stand-alone brand. 

In 2015 Bostik was acquired by Arkema and has been the ‘Adhesives Solutions’ segment of Arkema ever since.

Since 1889 Bostik has patented over 9,000 technologies, covering everything from aerospace interior adhesives to Blu Tack^®, growing from a local dye manufacturer to a global industry leader, and ‘CLAG’ has become a household name.