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Platt
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Is this:

https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/19870

Not just this with a zillion percent markup?:


https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Pure-Filte......QAvD_BwE

Hoping I'm wrong but otherwise this is just simply unethical. I've used straight up beeswax and had zero issues. Haven't we gone through this with stuff like octopalm antigravity gel? If you want to make a stick of wax available on a magic site, cool, but do you really need the disgusting price-gauging margins?
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It's in line with all the other marketed roughing sticks prices. The added tutorial might also influence their price mark.
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Grip Stick is not just beeswax. It's a special formula that the team has tested many permutations of for quite some time. You actually wouldn't believe how long this has been in the works.
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On May 13, 2024, Mercury52 wrote:
Grip Stick is not just beeswax. It's a special formula that the team has tested many permutations of for quite some time. You actually wouldn't believe how long this has been in the works.


I was hoping that was the case. D. Jonathan himself had once recommended the beeswax I've been using for some time with absolutely no issues. But I'll take ur word this isn't just white labeling trickery and offers a real advantage.
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This is absolutely not like the old days of slapping a "roughing spray" label onto a can of Testor's Dullcote.

If this were just pure beeswax, it sure would be difficult to offer 2 different versions of it.
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Came to say the same as Kevin.
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I have never needed anything more than Elmer's Craft Bond. It also comes in extra strength. Unless you are attempting to keep a silver dollar attached to the bottom of your shoe while performing Bruce Lee style kicks, I don't see the need for anything stronger.
Pro tip #9734 Product doesn't have to be used by only rubbing it on a surface. It can also be shaved or cut to apply a larger amount.

https://www.amazon.com/Elmers-E4019-Craf......_dp&th=1
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On May 14, 2024, EZrhythm wrote:
I have never needed anything more than Elmer's Craft Bond. It also comes in extra strength. Unless you are attempting to keep a silver dollar attached to the bottom of your shoe while performing Bruce Lee style kicks, I don't see the need for anything stronger.
Pro tip #9734 Product doesn't have to be used by only rubbing it on a surface. It can also be shaved or cut to apply a larger amount.

https://www.amazon.com/Elmers-E4019-Craf......_dp&th=1

You are using a glue stick to make R&S cards?
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On May 14, 2024, Noobmaster69 wrote:
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On May 14, 2024, EZrhythm wrote:
I have never needed anything more than Elmer's Craft Bond. It also comes in extra strength. Unless you are attempting to keep a silver dollar attached to the bottom of your shoe while performing Bruce Lee style kicks, I don't see the need for anything stronger.
Pro tip #9734 Product doesn't have to be used by only rubbing it on a surface. It can also be shaved or cut to apply a larger amount.

https://www.amazon.com/Elmers-E4019-Craf......_dp&th=1

You are using a glue stick to make R&S cards?


Obviously, these are far more R and a lot less S.