Silly Putty
par
Does anyone know who makes this material, which is usually sold as a
childrens toy.
Thanks for any information,
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Donald Edward Wigent
make your own by the gallon in minutes
aliphetic resin (wood glue, the yellow kind)
boric acid 5 or 10% solution in water i think (borax/water?)
bathe glue in solution and squish it around (wearing gloves)
acid crosslinks the aliphetic resin,... voila!
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Donald E. Wigent
Mars Mission Res.Ctr.
Textile Composites Fabrication Lab.
Steven P. Worley
>I'm looking for a pint or two of 'silly putty'.
>Does anyone know who makes this material, which is usually sold as a
>childrens toy.
US Patent 3,167,440 is by the inventor of Play-doh, Noah McVickers.
In summary,
about 96% finely ground wheat flour
1% deodorized kerosene (to keep the material pliable)
.8% alum (as a binder)
.5% Borax (mostly as a preservative)
2% salt
Add water to get desired consistency. Food coloring can be added
to the (white) dough.
-Steve Worley
Elaine Gallegos
: p...@ceri.memphis.edu (par) writes:
: >I'm looking for a pint or two of 'silly putty'.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
: >Does anyone know who makes this material, which is usually sold as a
: >childrens toy.
: US Patent 3,167,440 is by the inventor of Play-doh, Noah McVickers.
^^^^^^^^
: about 96% finely ground wheat flour
: 1% deodorized kerosene (to keep the material pliable)
: .8% alum (as a binder)
: .5% Borax (mostly as a preservative)
: 2% salt
: Add water to get desired consistency. Food coloring can be added
: to the (white) dough.
: -Steve Worley
Silly Putty and Play Doh are NOT the same thing. I never figured out
What the heck Silly Putty was.... it was rubbery, an smelled Wonderful
when new. Silly putty is very sensitive to heat, and it's properties
change when you warm it in your hand. When cold, and you yank it apart,
it snaps like a solid. Yet if you warm it a bit then pull slowly, it
stretches like taffy. If you work it in you hand, it gets satisfyingly
loose and melty. Hold it long enough and still enough, and it will melt
right out of you hand, only to be recaptured again as it falls.
If you roll it into a ball, it will bounce. It may have some latex in
it. It will lift the ink off a newpaper to reproduce pictures. I did
like to do this, but of course, it makes the putty dirty.
I had one piece that I played with for several years. Just put it back
in the case when you're done playing with it. My brother loved his. He
would work it with his hand and mash it like gum. He could pop it just
like gum too. He used to make the loudest pops with it that one day, my
dad got fed up with it. He grabbed brother's silly putty away from him,
and threw it into the woods next to our house.
Anyway, it's for sure not the same as Play Doh.
William Kaukler
This is the formula (wheat+salt+water etc.) for playdoh
Silly putty is silicone based.
--
William F. Kaukler, PhD., Met. & Mat. Sci. phone 205-544-0693
Elaine Gallegos
: >I'm looking for a pint or two of 'silly putty'.
: >Does anyone know who makes this material, which is usually sold as a
: >childrens toy.
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: For what it's worth, I found this posted a while back. I haven't tried it but
: plan to.
: Andy Carter
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: h...@Glue.umd.edu (Dave bd Hsu)
: Subject: Re: Silly-putty
: Date: 14 Mar 1995 17:13:00 -0500
: If I remember right, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader lists boric acid and
: silicone oil as the critical ingredients. As you already know, it was
: a failed attempt to produce synthetic rubber.
: -dave
: --
: Dave Hsu <h...@glue.umd.edu>
Silly Putty was always plenty rubbery enough for me.