Today the gadget inspectors reviewed sugru for the daily telegraph! Looks like it stood up pretty well to their scrutiny.. phew!
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Just ordered a bunch of various size lumps. I must say well done on the ridiculously cool product and the great site, Im sure seeing the coverage you have already got that this will go really far.
Myself and my buddy are geeking out on the seemingly limitless possibilities of this goo!
Steeb on December 1, 2009 at 7:23 am
I’m just fascinated. It’s been an epiphany! All my life I have been looking for something like Sugru, and now it exists.
I have just placed my order and can’t wait to get my hands on Sugru. But before that my only concern is … how to remove it?
I mean, I live in a rented house, so any hacks will have to be “removable”.
Moreover, what about more conservative colors like black or white?
Nacho on December 1, 2009 at 7:54 am
I have fallen arches in my feet(i.e. Flat feet) and wondered if that SUGRU stuff would make good Prosthetics in shoes. Could save quite a few quid from not having to get them moulded in a Chiropadist. Just mould them yourself in the shoe. What do the Sugru people think?
michael on December 1, 2009 at 8:49 am
Jane and Team
This product is a winner for the boating industry. I’m currently rebuilding a 30yo, 42 ft sailboat in Miami, Fl., how’s that for “stop recycling start repairing.
Congrats
Gerry
Gerry O'Donoghue on December 1, 2009 at 11:42 am
Any chance you’ll be putting up an MSDS on this? Like one of the comments before, it should have a note of chemical issues if there are any.
Ken J on December 2, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Hmm. Just arrived here after scanning the Telegraph ‘site and must say WOW – sounds like its only limit is a person’s imagination!
As a long-time lover of stuff like Blutack, Polymorph plastic and various epoxys for sticking/ improvising/ repairing/ modding and enhancing all manner of objects, this sounds like an absolute must for my ‘toolkit’.
A couple of questions:
- is it non-toxic and/or food-safe?
- is it resistant to oils/ solvents/ petrol etc.?
Good luck with the launch, I reckon that if you can get the pricing right, you could well be on to a world-wide winner.
Airgead on December 1, 2009 at 1:33 am
Sorry it’s taken a while to answer your questions on here…
Airgead – regarding safety of sugru, it’s not toxic but it’s also not food grade. The H&S classification for the EU regs is ‘not dangerous’; do send me an email at jane@sugru.com if you’d like a Material Safety Data Sheet. Someday we hope to make food-grade sugru, but that will take a while yet 
I will ask my colleagues more about long term resistance to solvents/oil/petrol and post back in a few days when I have more info.
Nacho – the way to remove sugru is by cutting it off and then scrubbing off any residue, not perfect but can work out quite well… unfortunately hard to make a material that sticks really well but is also easy to remove !
Michael – I’m not sure if sugru will work for your shoes but my hunch is that it’s worth a try … maybe you could test on an old pair of shoes first?
Gerry – can’t wait to see what you do on boats !
Ken J – yep, we’ll put an MSDS up; people have been emailing me for it and I’ve been sending it to anyone that asks but would be handy to have a pdf on the instructions page I think – we’ll get onto it !
Thanks for q’s and feedback, I think we will try to make a forum area for all this kind of info … that way it will be stored and searchable, could be useful
Jane on December 8, 2009 at 8:40 am
YO YO !! Ta me ag sugru ?? Recently I got a horse newsletter …. So Im standin there and bang away i go!
What gives??
Yours
Dav ” Sugru mo newsletter” Brennan
David " Oh Baby Gimme Carpet" Brennan on December 11, 2009 at 4:45 am
FANTASTIC!!!!!! Mala for adults!!!
Ahhhrrrr on December 13, 2009 at 2:38 am
‘‘like a modeling clay’‘…but is it safe for kids ???
erol on January 25, 2010 at 9:59 am
Hi erol, nope, sugru is for adults at the moment not for kids yet unfortunately. thanks for posting
Jane on January 26, 2010 at 5:15 am
I want to use sugru to help children make a custom-pencil grip to help their handwriting.
They are over 9 yrs old, so we’re not really talking about swallowing the stuff.
If it is suitable, it could be a god-send, or a Clever Person-send.
Kate Nottage on February 5, 2010 at 11:04 am
@Kate, cool ! have you got some sugru? if not the best ideas / pictures sent to ireallyneedsome@sugru.com get a bit sent out to try!
Jane on February 6, 2010 at 4:54 am
Heard about Sugru on the radio and would really like to try but find on your website not available for the moment. When will it be available and how much? as nowhere does it say cost.
Ann C on April 28, 2010 at 9:57 am
@ann, hey thanks for posting !
we’ve developed our pack formats in response to what our first customers told us worked best and we’ll have a range of pack sizes when we go back on sale in a few weeks, priced between £6 and £11. If you sign up your email address on the buy page, you’ll be one of the first to know when it goes back on sale
Jane on April 29, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I’ve a long list of hard to do repairs that this could be just the thing for – liquid metal didn’t work as it didn’t set fast, fast enough. I need to mold the shape to avoid other components hitting the items concerned and araldite just won’t stick on the ABS plastic bits nor some of the metal moldings. Can I have a bit to try out and see if it is the magic elixir of the dedicated “I am NOT going to bin this if I can possibly repair it !!” school of environmentalists!
Malcolm Blackmore on May 10, 2010 at 7:21 am
If sugru isn’t food safe, can it be safely used to repair dishwasher racks?
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