# The Name of the Glue **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 15, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550 "2018-11-15T07:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/1 "2018-11-15T07:47:37Z")
I’m after the name - either a technical or commercial product name - of a specific type of glue. Its the glue that is used to hold CDs onto magazine covers. It is usually clear, very rubbery-stretchy and holds its shape in three dimensions. Not overly tacky, so may just retain its stickiness until it dries and obviously doesn’t penetrate or permanently adhere to paper. I’ve tried normal rubber cement, which doesn’t seem to have sufficient viscosity and just smears rather than sitting proud like a little angel excretion, and none of the clear glues I’ve found at stationers seem to do the trick. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/2 "2018-11-15T07:56:42Z")
Low-temp hot glue maybe? ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/3 "2018-11-15T08:13:10Z")
3m 3798lm ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/4 "2018-11-15T08:13:30Z")
[Pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive](https://www.gluegunsdirect.com/2013/01/what-glue-is-used-to-stick-credit-business-cards-to-letters/), apparently. You can buy it pre-formed into glue dots. I think [these](https://www.amazon.com/Glue-Dots-Removable-Value-Sheets/dp/B004L6GHZG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1542269343&sr=8-3&keywords=glue+dots) are essentially what you want. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/5 "2018-11-15T09:06:36Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > [Pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive](https://www.gluegunsdirect.com/2013/01/what-glue-is-used-to-stick-credit-business-cards-to-letters/), apparently. You can buy it pre-formed into glue dots. I think [these](https://www.amazon.com/Glue-Dots-Removable-Value-Sheets/dp/B004L6GHZG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1542269343&sr=8-3&keywords=glue+dots) are essentially what you want. Thanks Dr Strangelove, I can now stop worrying and learn to love the glue dots. And thanks other prompt responders too! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/6 "2018-11-15T13:26:22Z")
[Fugitive glue.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_glue) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/7 "2018-11-15T15:50:29Z")
> [@The Old Man](#): > > You used all the glue _on purpose_! What can I say; it’s that time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/8 "2018-11-15T17:41:06Z")
[Rubber cement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_cement), which is essentially elastic polymers mixed with a solvent. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/9 "2018-11-15T18:05:41Z")
Any teenage boy can tell you it’s called _fake boogers_. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/10 "2018-11-15T21:19:31Z")
In all seriousness, I’ve always heard it called “booger glue”, too. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/11 "2018-11-15T22:35:18Z")
I think there are many possible combinations of elastomers and plasticizers that do, or could, get used that way. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/12 "2018-11-15T23:44:46Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Fugitive glue.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_glue) Yep. I always called it “snot glue” but also wondered what it was really called. The first Google search result for “snot glue” was that article. ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-the-glue/824550/13 "2018-11-15T23:58:59Z")
Chicken snot.