Q: I heard an unusual home remedy on your radio show: using Elmer’s glue to prevent blistering on a burned hand. I burned myself last night and initially iced my hand. I decided to try the glue ...

That all changed in 2017, when tweens and teens began using Elmer’s to make slime at home, allowing the glue business to hit its renewed stride. The slime craze just happened to closely follow a ...

Some markets reported shortages of Elmer’s Glue, which has been a part of students’ school supplies since 1947, because of the slime craze. Hobby Lobby said it’s keeping up with the increase ...

In late February 2017, news stories about homemade "slime" (a mixture of white glue, water, sodium borate, and food coloring causing a purported shortage of Elmer's Glue were popular on social media: ...