Eaton's Corrasable Bond
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Eaton's Corrasable Bond is a trademarked name for a brand of erasable typing paper. Erasable paper has a glazed or coated surface which is almost invisible, is easily removed by friction, and accepts typewriter ink fairly well. Removing the coating removes the ink on top of it, so mistakes can be easily erased once. After erasure, the correction is typed onto an unprotected paper surface and cannot be easily erased a second time.
Because the coated surface does not absorb ink, erasable paper is apt to smudge. Since the coating is intended to be easily removed by friction, the typed pages are not very durable. Under some storage conditions, the coating is apt to make pages stick together. Erasable paper is not suitable for legal documents or archival records. It was available in a number of thicknesses.[1]
Eaton's Corrasable Bond was discontinued and is not available as of 2005, although erasable typing paper is available under other brand names.
In the United States, Eaton's Corrasable Bond was a very familiar brand of erasable typing paper during the 1950s and 1960s, and "corrasable" became almost a generic name for erasable typing paper. For example, in prohibiting the use of such paper for manuscript submissions, the Linguistic Society of America refers to "Eaton's 'Corrasable Bond' and similar brands."
[edit] In fiction
- The paper is used as a blotter paper for LSD in "Aliens While Zooming No Trick" by Daniel A. Foss.
- It is also mentioned in the Stephen King novel Misery, when Annie buys it for Paul Sheldon, thinking that, since it is the most expensive paper, it has to be the best.
- "Divorce or Corrasable Bond" is a poem by Daniela Gioseffi.[2]
[edit] External links
- Why disappearing ink isn't just for spies ZDNet.co.uk
