Editing Blu Tack (section)

== Similar products ==
Similar products of various colours are made by many manufacturers, including [[Faber-Castell]]'s "Tack-it", [[Henkel]]'s "Fun-Tak", [[UHU]]'s "Poster Putty" and "Sticky Tack", UFO's "Dough Tack", "Gummy Sticker" [[Pritt]]'s "Sticky Stuff", [[Bostik]]'s "[[Prestik]]" and [[Elmer's Products, Inc.|Elmer's]] "Poster Tack". Plasti-Tak by Brooks Manufacturing Company appears to pre-date Blu Tack, with a trademark registration in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trademark.trademarkia.com/plastitak-72198931.html |title=PLASTI-TAK Trademark of BROOKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Serial Number: 72198931 :: Trademarkia Trademarks |website=trademark.trademarkia.com |language=en |access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>

Versions of the product are also sold under the generic names "adhesive putty" and "mounting putty". The [[generic trademark]] or common name for mounting putty varies by region. It is known as "Patafix" in France, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Turkey, ''{{lang|is|kennaratyggjó}}'' in Iceland and ''lærertyggis'' in Norway (both meaning "teacher's chewing gum"), ''{{lang|sv|häftmassa}}'' ("attachment paste") or ''{{lang|sv|kludd}}'' in Sweden, and ''{{lang|af|wondergom}}'' in South Africa (an [[Afrikaans]] word, literally translated as "wonder glue").