Who remembers gunge tanks? <\/p>
The gunge used on kids\u2019 TV shows, like the CBBC smash hit Dick & Dom in da Bungalow<\/em><\/a>, needs to be non-toxic, brightly coloured and sticky. There are lots of long chain polymers that can be used to make gunge, but in the UK, the most common recipe is water and powder paint, thickened with hydroxycellulose, which is plant-based and sold as Natrosol.<\/p>\n In the US, methylcellulose is used (although, it can have laxative properties, so try not to get too much goo in your mouth). Methylcellulose is also used in wallpaper paste (but actual wallpaper paste contains fungicide, so don\u2019t use that if you\u2019re making gunge at home).<\/p>\n Read more;<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Scott O\u2019Brien, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Who remembers gunge tanks? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28728,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-sticky-truth-heres-what-gunge-on-kids-tv-shows-is-made-from.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Who remembers gunge tanks?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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