STICK AROUND!

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 2021

                  STICK AROUND!

     We've all heard that old saying "Necessity

is the mother of invention." And necessity may

have prompted Richard Drew to come up with

the product he introduced on this day in 1915.

Richard was working with the 3M company,

testing a new sand paper at an auto body shop.

The workers were having a tough time separating

paints on a two tone car and that got him to

thinking and experimenting. He came up with a

masking tape that allowed the workers to safely

"seal off" the parts that weren't to be painted from

the parts that were. And that lead him to the invention

he unveiled on September 8th of 1915. It was a clear

adhehesive initialld called Cellulose tape. You probably

know it better today as "Scotch Tape!" Drew's invention

has saved me many a time! Hope it's helped you too and

that all your NEWS is good.