![]() Incorporating dry eraser crumbs into a sticky piece of putty A test that I like to do, is to see if I can easily roll the putty to a point and also flatten it down without it changing shape or crumbling. If the consistency is way too sticky for your liking, you can always add some dry eraser crumbs until the consistency is just right for you. This works well with tape that isn’t too sticky. Just rub your eraser along the sticky side until the sticky stuff or adhesive comes off and is incorporated into the eraser crumbs. The best way to do this is to rub your eraser along the sticky side of masking tape, painter’s tape, or the sticky part of a sticky note. We just need to add a few more steps to the process.Īll you have to do is add something sticky to make the crumbs stay together. If your eraser is super crumbly no matter how much you knead the crumbs together, we can still make it work. ![]() How to Make Eraser Putty from a Super Crumbly Eraser ![]() If that’s not your experience, please continue reading… If you also experience that with your eraser, you’re good to go! You can skip straight to the section titled “Extra Tips for Making a Kneaded Eraser”. It became a perfect eraser putty that held its shape well no matter how I molded it. This white Paper Mate eraser (pictured below) was immediately usable after just a few seconds of kneading. I tested a total of 10 different erasers and they can all be turned into putty/kneaded erasers, some work better than others, though. But don’t worry, I will show you how to fix that! Make sure you knead the putty very well until it becomes one single piece that can be molded into different shapes.īut the results will be varied because some erasers just crumble instead of stick together no matter how hard you work it. You can make a kneaded eraser out of pretty much any solid eraser that you have, even the one on the end of a pencil, just by rubbing it on a piece of paper to create crumbs and then kneading the crumbs together into a putty. So here’s how you can make it yourself, out of tools that you can probably find around your house. Kneaded erasers are quite affordable, but since we’re all in Covid-19 lockdown right now, you may not even be able to buy one. It can be molded into any shape to erase even the tiniest detail in a drawing – you just need to dab and lift.
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