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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Indicates (true false) whether practical expedient was elected not to adjust consideration for effect of financing component when transfer and customer payment for product or service occurs within one year or less.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Disaggregation of revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	$ 261,162	$ 281,351	$ 284,188
Practical expedient - financing component	true
North America
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	$ 206,774	225,738
Asia
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	31,488	33,080
Europe
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	19,534	19,865
All other foreign
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	3,366	2,668
Adhesives, Sealants and Additives
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	96,208	104,796	101,690
Adhesives, Sealants and Additives \| North America
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	64,611	70,320
Adhesives, Sealants and Additives \| Asia
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	17,977	19,430
Adhesives, Sealants and Additives \| Europe
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	13,201	14,773
Adhesives, Sealants and Additives \| All other foreign
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	419	273
Industrial Tapes
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	118,960	129,845	130,598
Industrial Tapes \| North America
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	105,911	117,955
Industrial Tapes \| Asia
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	7,150	7,126
Industrial Tapes \| Europe
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	3,286	2,637
Industrial Tapes \| All other foreign
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	2,613	2,127
Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	45,994	46,710	$ 51,900
Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing \| North America
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	36,252	37,463
Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing \| Asia
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	6,361	6,524
Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing \| Europe
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	3,047	2,455
Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing \| All other foreign
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue	$ 334	$ 268