# What's the best brand of stick-tack for posters? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002 "2017-06-15T02:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/1 "2017-06-15T02:35:27Z")
When I was a kid we used this grey stuff that worked well, I got some generic blue brand sticky tack and my posters are falling off the wall. What is the best brand to get? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/2 "2017-06-15T14:00:18Z")
I suggest the [3M Command product designed for hanging posters](http://www.command.com/3M/en_US/command/products/~/Command-Poster-Strips?N=5924736+3294529207+3294774426&rt=rud). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/3 "2017-06-15T14:10:06Z")
Most things are only supposed to hold for a short time. Everything I have tried, if it held well, left a residue that was difficult to almost impossible to get off. Something that worked well on concrete block walls was hot glue guns. The glue held the poster up usually until you physically removed it. The glue stayed in a puddle on the wall easily removed by a putty knife. (The removal is the reason I wouldn’t recommend for drywall.) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/4 "2017-06-15T14:27:57Z")
Might be worth looking at [3M Poster Strips](http://www.command.com/3M/en_US/command/products/~/Command-Poster-Strips?N=5924736+3294529207+3294774426&rt=rud). I know the hooks work very well. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/5 "2017-06-15T14:33:19Z")
Push pins. The tiny hole can be filled with toothpaste. Put a dab on your finger and rub it in. Use a damp cloth to wipe off any that got on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/6 "2017-06-15T14:46:51Z")
But push pins are going to ruin my vintage Lamborghini posters. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/7 "2017-06-15T14:53:25Z")
I haven’t used sticky tack. It doesn’t mar the poster? I used scotch tape one time. Never again. It won’t peel off without major damage to the poster. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/8 "2017-06-15T15:25:22Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I haven’t used sticky tack. It doesn’t mar the poster? It does, in my teenage experience. I don’t have any unframed posters now, so I haven’t tried the poster command strips. But they don’t damage the wall, I know, because I’ve used the command strips for hooks, I just don’t know if they damage posters. I imagine it can’t be as bad as the greasy stains on the corners you get over time from regular sticky-tack. I’d prefer thumb-tack holes to that. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/9 "2017-06-15T15:39:52Z")
[Blu Tack!](https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Tack-060968-Reusable-Adhesive-75g/dp/B001FGLX72) It’s better than duct tape with its 1000s of uses. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/10 "2017-06-15T15:56:26Z")
Isn’t that what the OP described not working? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-brand-of-stick-tack-for-posters/789002/11 "2017-06-15T16:56:06Z")
There’s a world of possible differences between “generic blue sticky tack” and actual brand name Blu-Tack.