Hello,
First, sorry for my english, but i live on the wrong side of the Channel... but the good one for the sun.
I have red in the last 009 News (December, p.7) about using "Blu-Tac" when soldering parts to hold them.
What is Blu-Tac ? a sort of clamp, a magic paste... I think it's a commercial name, but could anybody
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Bonjour
Sorry that is where my school boy French runs out. Welcome to the forum.
Blu Tac is a sticky plastic material designed to attach paper to walls etc. It is easily mouldable by hand and be easily removed from metal or plastic without much force and will not damage either surface.
I am sure there must be a French version. Blu Tac is a trade name.
It's nice to answer, effectively we have that and it's a good idea to use it as a third hand ... proof against heat !
Google for blu-tack. Here's the Australian web site:
http://www.blutack.com/
and the UK equivalent:
http://www.blu-tack.co.uk/
The wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-Tack
says this:
QuoteSimilar products from other manufacturers include "Tack-it" by Faber-Castell,"Buddies" (coloured pink), "Pritt-Tack", "Poster Putty", "Tac 'N Stick", "Ticky Tack" and "Sticky Tack". "White Tack", made by the German company UHU, is similar but, as the name suggests, is white, so coloured so that it doesn't stain walls or show through easily on posters as Blu-Tack does.[citation needed]
In the USA, a similar, competing product in an orange color is marketed under the brand "Elmer's Tack."
Perhaps one of these names, or it's French equivalent, might help you.
Please note that Blu-Tac can damage some painted surfaces, and in extreme cases pull the paint of completely. The longer it is left in place the worse the problem is.
Brian Meldon