Liquid Paper Liquid Paper Liquid Paper is an American brand of the Newell Brands company marketed international that sells correction fluid, correction pens, and correction tape. Mainly used to correct typewriting in the past, correction products now mostly cover handwriting mistakes. In 1956, Bette Nesmith Graham, the mother of The Monkees' Michael Nesmith, invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of tempera paint she mixed with a common kitchen blender, she called the outcome fluid "Mistake Out" and
Correction fluid Paper. With the advent of coloured paper stocks for office/typing/photocopier use, correction fluid manufacturers began producing their product in various colours, particularly reds, blues, and yellows, so that corrections made on these papers would be less visually invasive. The exact composition of correction fluid varies between manufacturers, but most fluids are composed of an "opacifying agent" and a "solvent" (or thinner). The opacifying agent can be composed of a mixture of titanium dioxide, latex, and other polymer resins. Thinner originally contained toluene, which was banned due to its toxicity. Later, it contained 1,1,1-trichloroethane, a skin irritant now widely banned under