...devised at the request of Krogers Grocery, which wanted a product that could clean coal residue from wallpaper.[5] Following World War II, with the transition from coal-based home heating to natural gas and the resulting decrease in internal soot, and the introduction of washable vinyl-based wallpaper, the market for wallpaper cleaning putty decreased substantially. McVicker's nephew, Joseph McVicker, joined Kutol with the remit to save the company from bankruptcy; he subsequently discovered that the wallpaper cleaner was being used by nursery school children to make Christmas ornaments.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play-Doh
Which explains why my tub of Absorene paper cleaner, smells like Play-Doh. I bet Absorene traces it's liniage back to the origins of the pre-cursor to Play-Doh
http://www.absorene.com/absorenecleaners.html
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