Hi Everyone,
I am in full-on craft mode at the moment, in the middle of testing some face scrubs, and all the normal work, jobs, and dodging the rain. I thought today was a good time to (finally - sorry am a bit behind) bring you my review of Sugru Mouldable Glue.
What Is Sugru? Well it looks like a cross between air dry clay and Fimo, comes in different colours depending on the set you get, and is quite soft and easy to work with when you take it from the packet. Described as mouldable glue, it will harden and set, and stick to whatever it is applied too, offering project ideas for craft and around the home. As well as being flexible, it grips, is heat and water proof, and shock resistant too, which to me is a good selling point from a DIY point of view, and helps with crafting techniques as well.
How Is It Sold? There are currently 2 main options to tell you about. I got the Create and Craft Set to try, which came in a little box, with instruction/ideas leaflet, a little brush and a thimble. I also got four sachets of Sugru in pitch black, snow white, classic red and silver grey. I found this on Amazon for £9.99 recently. There's also a new, colourful, kid safe formula, sold via stockists and Sugru.com, and aimed at little makers aged 8 years and over.
First Impressions - For a craft kit, I was a little disappointed in the colour choices. The red is lovely, and it's nice to have something neutral to go along with it, but grey, black and white, was a bit too much and a little limiting, I would've liked another bright colour. I was also a bit disappointed in the ideas leaflet that came with it. The first pages were good, showing different basic ways to use and shape the glue (bend, twist, roll, smudge etc.), but there was a lot of content not really craft related at all - someone fixed a toy, or used the product to stick new door knobs on to, or stuck a shelf on a wall. To me that is interior design, not craft.
Experience Using The Product - The product was described as single use, and I wasn't sure if that meant you have limited time to use it, or once you've made something with it, it can't be remoulded (unlike Playdoh). Turns out it was a bit of both, and what I missed, and only found one mention of in the whole pack afterwards, was that you only had 30 minutes to work with the product. I had an idea using several colours, wrapped them up tightly as I would Fimo, only to come back to them another time to find them hardened like rubber, and unusable. I think this is something that should be advertised more prominently on the packet.
I think it would help if you already have experience using similar products to this, or have a solid idea in mind before you start using your Sugru sachets to get the most from the set, but I did enjoy using it, along with my Baker Ross ceramic birds and porcelain paints to create this little decoration. The Sugru set and stuck to my bird as expected, and successfully went through a trip to the oven to heat set the porcelain paint at 160 degrees (put in cold).
I would use this again, but only if there were more project ideas and guidance included in the pack, and more sachets, as I think I'm more likely to use multiple colours in a project, and would want to get more use out of the set. It would also help if there were more instructions, as I didn't have a clue what to do with the thimble or brush. There is potential, but now it's out in the market, I think it needs more work to tap into the craft market.
I am in full-on craft mode at the moment, in the middle of testing some face scrubs, and all the normal work, jobs, and dodging the rain. I thought today was a good time to (finally - sorry am a bit behind) bring you my review of Sugru Mouldable Glue.
What Is Sugru? Well it looks like a cross between air dry clay and Fimo, comes in different colours depending on the set you get, and is quite soft and easy to work with when you take it from the packet. Described as mouldable glue, it will harden and set, and stick to whatever it is applied too, offering project ideas for craft and around the home. As well as being flexible, it grips, is heat and water proof, and shock resistant too, which to me is a good selling point from a DIY point of view, and helps with crafting techniques as well.
How Is It Sold? There are currently 2 main options to tell you about. I got the Create and Craft Set to try, which came in a little box, with instruction/ideas leaflet, a little brush and a thimble. I also got four sachets of Sugru in pitch black, snow white, classic red and silver grey. I found this on Amazon for £9.99 recently. There's also a new, colourful, kid safe formula, sold via stockists and Sugru.com, and aimed at little makers aged 8 years and over.
First Impressions - For a craft kit, I was a little disappointed in the colour choices. The red is lovely, and it's nice to have something neutral to go along with it, but grey, black and white, was a bit too much and a little limiting, I would've liked another bright colour. I was also a bit disappointed in the ideas leaflet that came with it. The first pages were good, showing different basic ways to use and shape the glue (bend, twist, roll, smudge etc.), but there was a lot of content not really craft related at all - someone fixed a toy, or used the product to stick new door knobs on to, or stuck a shelf on a wall. To me that is interior design, not craft.
Experience Using The Product - The product was described as single use, and I wasn't sure if that meant you have limited time to use it, or once you've made something with it, it can't be remoulded (unlike Playdoh). Turns out it was a bit of both, and what I missed, and only found one mention of in the whole pack afterwards, was that you only had 30 minutes to work with the product. I had an idea using several colours, wrapped them up tightly as I would Fimo, only to come back to them another time to find them hardened like rubber, and unusable. I think this is something that should be advertised more prominently on the packet.
I think it would help if you already have experience using similar products to this, or have a solid idea in mind before you start using your Sugru sachets to get the most from the set, but I did enjoy using it, along with my Baker Ross ceramic birds and porcelain paints to create this little decoration. The Sugru set and stuck to my bird as expected, and successfully went through a trip to the oven to heat set the porcelain paint at 160 degrees (put in cold).
I would use this again, but only if there were more project ideas and guidance included in the pack, and more sachets, as I think I'm more likely to use multiple colours in a project, and would want to get more use out of the set. It would also help if there were more instructions, as I didn't have a clue what to do with the thimble or brush. There is potential, but now it's out in the market, I think it needs more work to tap into the craft market.
Great review, thanks for sharing xx
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