Because everyone makes mistakes....
Written: Sep 22 '06
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Pros: Easily washable, dries super-fast, can be used on all white paper
Cons: Not easy to apply properly, though Liquid Paper now has foam applicator
The Bottom Line: A good, if not perfect, variation on a classic office/school product that will likely be around as long as people write on paper...and make mistakes.
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| alexdg1's Full Review: Liquid Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid .6... |
It's hard to believe that it's only been 50 years since Bette Graham, a young single mom who was working in a Texas bank, first sold a bottle of a correction fluid initially called Mistake Out but now better known as Liquid Paper. For five years, Graham had been secretly working on perfecting a formula to help typists and secretaries in covering up typos and other mistakes, which is natural considering that although she was not the best of typists herself, she'd worked her way up to becoming one of the chairman of the board's executive secretaries.
In 1956, Graham and a few other individuals refined the paint-and-water based formula and started selling Mistake Out. With a little help from friends and her son Michael (Michael Nesmith of TV's The Monkees), Graham bottled the correction fluid in her garage, eventually changing the name of the increasingly in-demand product to the now-familiar Liquid Paper.
Half a century later, Liquid Paper is no longer a stand-alone company; first it was sold by Graham to Gillette six months before her death in 1980 (Mike Nesmith still gets royalties) for $47,000,000.00; now it's a subsidiary of pen manufacturer Paper-Mate. However, even with the death of the typewriter at the hands of the personal computer and word processing programs, Liquid Paper is still around and producing many variations of the original correction fluid.
One of the various versions is the Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid; which is easier to clean off any surface it may have accidentaly been spilled on because it's water-based. Its color (white) makes it ideal for correcting mistakes on any white-colored document or sheet of notebook paper, and it has a less-overpowering chemical smell than its Original Formula stablemate.
Although Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid also comes in a slightly larger bottle, the one we have handy at my house is the more common .6 fl. oz. size bottle. It came in a multi-pack of four, and it is very small, which makes it difficult for me to use.
The bottle of Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid consists of two parts: the main container itself, and a cap with an applicator brush that reminds me of the nail polish applicator my mom and my various girlfriends have used over the years. Newer bottles have a foam brush, which possibly makes it easier to apply the correction fluid onto the paper surface.
How to use Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid: The first thing you need to do is hold the bottle and make sure the cap is closed tight, then shake it. You should feel/hear the fluid sloshing in the bottle. Then carefully unscrew the cap off and lift the applicator brush; if the correction fluid has not dried out because of age or the cap wasn't closed tight after a previous use, there should be some Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid on the bristles. Gently "spot apply" the fluid onto the paper surface where the typo/spelling mistake appears, but don't give in to the temptation to "brush" it on like so much watercolor. You'll get very uneven results; either you'll have too much or too little, and because it dries quickly, if you aren't careful you'll end up with a mini bas relief ridge of dried correction fluid that no pen can then write on.
If you've dabbed the correction fluid properly and you don't need to apply a second coat, the next step is to simply let it dry. Wait around a minute just to be safe, then take your pen and make the desired correction on the now dry paper surface.
Because of my own limited dexterity, I have a really tough time using this or any Liquid Paper product; my left hand tends to shake whenever it's asked to carry out tasks that require precision and light touches, so my attempts to "white out" typos have never really turned out all that well. However, my mom has good dexterity and therefore has no problems using Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid.
The two big advantages this version has over the original formula are:
Its water-based formula means that if you get a drop of this on your clothes, a desktop, or any cleanable surface, it usually comes off without much trouble. The faster you clean it off, the better, of course, but at least it does come off.
The chemical smell, due to its water base, is less noticeable and fades very quickly as it dries.
Final Thoughts: Even in the digital/information age where making corrections is far easier than in the Age of the Typewriter, mistakes on documents will still pop up from time to time, so keeping a bottle of Liquid Paper Water Base Correction Fluid handy is always a good idea. As Bette Graham well knew, everyone makes mistakes...but with Liquid Paper, no one has to see them.
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