Correction fluid

Correction fluid is an opaque, white fluid applied to paper to mask mistakes. Once dried, it can be written over. It is typically packaged in small bottles and the lid comes with an attached brush or a triangular piece of foam that dips into the bottle. The brush or pen is used to apply the fluid onto the paper. As the fluid is highly volatile (i.e. it dries quickly), the unused contents of the bottle often dry out and become too thick to use. Manufacturers of correction fluid will often sell corresponding thinners to dilute the bottle.

Related Topics:
Paper - Volatile

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Before the invention of word processors, correction fluid was a

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critical element of typewritten documents.

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One of the first forms of correction fluid was invented in 1951 by the secretary Bette Nesmith Graham (who was also the mother of Michael Nesmith, an original member of The Monkees).

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1951 - Bette Nesmith Graham - Michael Nesmith - The Monkees

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