Are you a person who makes a lot of mistakes with typing, pens, etc? Well luckily, there's a product that is out there for you. The product is liquid paper, better known as white-out. Liquid paper covers up all the mistakes you make with your pen. This product comes in many shapes and sizes like pens, tapes, and correction fluids. Typing mistakes can be fixed, pen, markers, crayons, etc. This product can clear any mistake you make on paper.
Advantages of liquid paper
It doesn't make any smudges, scratches, and it doesn't damage the paper at all unlike an eraser which makes smudges, scratches, and may damage the paper. Also, unlike the eraser it doesn't get dirty when you use it a lot. Liquid paper's cost depends on the size and quantity of the product. Prices range from as low as $1 for one to $15 for a bunch. There are products for pens like Correction Pens, there are products for tapes like Dry Line Ultra, and there are products for fluids like 2-in-1.
Disadvantages of liquid paper
Although liquid paper is an awesome product, it does have some disadvantages. Some of these disadvantages are:
- If you use liquid paper on legal documents like a declaration form or on a health care form, they will be come invalid because if you make a mistake and use liquid paper over it, on a photocopier they won't be able to check it, and therefore it won't be valid. Also, on most documents, you'll have to do everything all over again just because you used liquid paper.
- Small children/teens tend to drink the fluid form of liquid paper and also they also tend to inhale liquid paper just out of curiosity. Inhaling this substance can cause hearing loss, kidney, or liver damage.
Forms of liquid paper
Liquid: Liquid paper is a white opaque-water base fluid applied over a mistake
Tape: Correction tape is so far the easiest and best way to fix a mistake
Pen: Correction pens is another form of liquid paper that comes in a bulky pen.