File puptcrit/puptcrit.0603, message 43


Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:55:41 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Susan Kronenberg <susan-AT-carouselpuppets.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Wallpaper pastes for Paper Mache


I've used vinyl wallpaper paste.  I've heard it's 
less likely to mildew.  I also mix it with wood glue.

Susan



At 03:37 PM 3/3/2006, you wrote:
>Thanks Mark.
>In know the Golden Harvest wheat Wallpaper Paste brand,  but it seems to be
>unavailable here in Quebec, or I have not looked in the right places.
>We have aHome Depot in Montreal, but they are lacking a lot of the supplies
>which are sytandard favorites in the US.
>
>I might have to order some.
>
>I'm still having doubts about wheat pastes and all other food-based glues.
>They tend to rot when you don't wait for each layer to dry. It happend to me
>a few times.  Anybody here has experience with them?
>
>  I have been using white glue for many years, and not waiting between
>layers, and not a single occurence of rot or mildew.
>
>
>
>Mathieu René Créaturiste
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>Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
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>creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
>(514) 274-8027
>
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