Is plasticine made of poop?

[flapcats]

I can’t recall where I heard it, but I have this weird memory that someone said plasticine (or silly putty) was made from fecal matter. Presumably bleached, boiled, irradiated and nuked etc…

But still, did I dream it or was whoever told me right?

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

No .

Silly Putty (a Trademarked product of somebody or other) is made of silicon. It is a by-product of synthetic rubber research.

[Revtim]

From

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Here are the ingredients of commercially available Silly Putty:

Silicone Bouncing Putty Ingredients
(Dow Corning 3179 Dilatant Compound)
Percentages by weight:

* 65% - Dimethyl Siloxane, hydroxy-terminated polymers with boric acid
* 17% - Silica, quartz crystalline
* 9% - Thixotrol ST
* 4% - Polydimethylsiloxane
* 1% - Decamethyl cyclopentasiloxane
* 1% - Glycerine
* 1% - Titanium Dioxide

[Joey_P]

OTOH Milorganite IS.

[Hunter_Hawk]

@Revtim

Silicone Bouncing Putty Ingredients
(Dow Corning 3179 Dilatant Compound)
Percentages by weight:

• 65% - Dimethyl Siloxane, hydroxy-terminated polymers with boric acid
• 17% - Silica, quartz crystalline
  …

Okay, so you’re saying that Silly Putty is made from Horta poop?

[Enola_Straight]

My Grandmother told me Play-Doh was colored cow poop…after she caught me eating it.
:eek:
(hey, I was 7 and was into the salty taste…other kids had paste, I had Play-doh )