# OMG - It's Heinlein's "Sticktite"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198 "2013-12-12T21:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Domesticated\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Domesticated\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domesticated_Primate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/1 "2013-12-12T21:59:32Z")
At last – [http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2013/11/this-spray-on-fabric-is-a-wardrobe-in-a-can/](http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2013/11/this-spray-on-fabric-is-a-wardrobe-in-a-can/) ---
**Author:** ![Domesticated\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Domesticated\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domesticated_Primate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/2 "2013-12-14T23:51:51Z")
Not that I’d want to wear it, I just think it’s cool that it finally exists. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/3 "2013-12-15T02:20:05Z")
Thanks. That is cool. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/4 "2013-12-15T07:35:30Z")
Seems to leave more to the imagination than his version. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/5 "2013-12-15T08:10:13Z")
Looks like you need someone to help you “get dressed”, which strikes me as reminiscent of a lady being laced into a corset by her maid. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/6 "2013-12-15T13:13:12Z")
It’s body paint. Haven’t we had that for a while now? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/7 "2013-12-15T13:42:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s body paint. Except that it’s not. It’s more like a fiberglass that safe to be sprayed on your skin. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/8 "2013-12-15T16:19:21Z")
How do they take the dresses off? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-its-heinleins-sticktite/676198/9 "2013-12-15T17:47:43Z")
It says that the stuff actually dries in t he air, so it doesn’t adhere to the skin. That, I think, is the really new part.