Starch paste: 2 recipes for home cooking, application

Starch and PVA

Starch paste, unlike flour paste, has no color at all and does not leave any marks on the surface of the wallpaper, although it has slightly less outstanding adhesive properties. It is for this reason that this type of paste is most often used for gluing wallpaper in light shades.

Making it yourself is as easy as flour paste.

We just repeat the same steps as when preparing glue from flour, only we use sifted starch.
When the consistency of the glue resembles a batter, PVA can be added to it (it will increase the adhesive characteristics and give the paste moisture resistance). It is usually added "by eye" on the principle of "how many do not mind."
Bring the mixture to a boil again and filter through cheesecloth while still hot.
The cooled glue is ready to use.

Storage rules

You need to store the finished paste for no more than 10 days and only in the refrigerator. In this case, the container with the composition should be covered with a lid or plastic wrap. After long-term storage, a dense crust forms on the adhesive mixture, which must be removed before reusing the product. If mold appears on the adhesive composition, it means that it cannot be used for its intended purpose.

It is best to prepare an accurate portion of the paste, which will be enough for 1 day of the planned work, so that you do not have to store the composition, because every day its quality characteristics are significantly reduced.

An economical alternative to purchased glue, which is not inferior in performance, is a paste cooked from flour at home. It will be useful for construction work, and for joint creativity with a child, and for needlework. Ease of preparation, availability of ingredients, environmental friendliness, ease of removal of dried traces make the paste really worthy of attention.

How to make papier-mâché flour paste

Handicraft is stylish, fashionable and environmentally friendly. If you have fantasy and disused paper, start a real papier-mâché factory at home. Newspapers, notebooks, and even toilet paper are great for this purpose.

There are two ways to make papier-mâché at home. The first one involves pasting a pre-made form, the second the other is based on the formation of an object from mastic.

Any creative process involves perseverance and a step-by-step plan of action. The first step is to prepare the material. Tear newspapers and other paper into small pieces. All family members can participate in this process. Teamwork brings people together. While working, you can listen to music or watch movies.

Having prepared the required amount of material, switch to making glue. You will need wheat flour and wood glue, which gives an acceptable viscosity and quick hardening.

Making a paste at home is like making a custard. Pour two glasses of water into a small bowl, bring to a boil and gradually add flour, stirring with a fork. Two hundred grams of flour is enough.
To prevent lumps from forming, cook the glue on low heat. Then strain the mass and combine with four tablespoons of wood glue.
Leave the paste for two to three hours to cool completely.

Video recipe

How to make papier-mâché paste from flour

This kind of paste is used everywhere if papier-mâché is made on the basis of the shape.

Thanks to home glue, you can easily create wonderful toys at home, which, after drying and painting with acrylics or paints, will take their rightful place on one of the shelves and become a wonderful interior decoration.

It often takes several days to make one toy. In order not to have to re-make the paste, store it in the refrigerator. In low temperature conditions, it will retain its qualities for several days, and then it will become moldy and lose its stickiness.

Basic recipes and instructions

You can make a homemade adhesive from simple products and inexpensive chemicals that are sold at any pharmacy or home improvement store. The preparation of homemade glue takes a minimum of money and time.

Flour

Wallpaper glue has been prepared from flour for several decades. Over such a long period, the recipe has been modified and improved more than once. True, the main components of each composition are flour and water.

First

The composition of wallpaper flour glue includes the following ingredients:

4-5 st. tablespoons of flour;
1 liter of liquid.

How to cook:

pour all the flour into a bowl;
pour flour with 0.5 liter of cold water and stir;
pour the remaining 0.5 liters of liquid into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil;
introduce the flour mixture into hot water in a thin stream;
mix the composition, then bring to a boil again and remove from the stove;
cool the mass.

Second

An adhesive is prepared from flour according to this recipe:

2 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
1 liter of water.

How to cook:

pour flour into a saucepan;
pour cold water;
stir the mass;
put the saucepan on low heat;
with constant stirring, bring the powdery mass to a boil;
remove from the stove and cool.

Third

Flour glue is prepared from the following products:

5 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
1 liter of liquid;
50 ml of PVA glue.

How to cook:

pour the flour with cold water;
put a saucepan with the mass on the fire;
simmer until boiling;
cool the mass;
add PVA glue to the cold mixture and mix thoroughly.

From starch

Composition:

1-3 st. spoons of starch;
1 liter of water;
45 ml of PVA glue.

You can weld the adhesive like this:

pour starch with 0.5 l of water at room temperature;
mix the mass;
add 0.5 liters of boiling water to the mixture;
put the mass on fire and bring to a boil;
Cool the mixture and add PVA.

PVA

Purchased PVA glue is added in a small amount to a homemade adhesive made from flour or starch. This additive improves the quality and adhesive characteristics of the home glue. You can make your own PVA paste.

Composition:

105 g flour;
25 g of ethyl alcohol;
5-10 g of photographic gelatin;
7 g glycerin;
1 liter of water.

How to cook:

pour gelatin overnight with 100 ml of water;
Dissolve flour in 100 ml of liquid until smooth;
add 800 ml of water to the gelatinous mass and put the mass in a water bath;
add the powdery mixture to the warm loose gelatin;
with constant stirring, bring the mass to a boil;
remove the mixture from the stove;
add alcohol and glycerin.

Joiner

To prepare the carpentry paste, you need to buy dry ingredients. Granules or briquettes are sold at any hardware store. On the packaging they say: a substance for the preparation of wood glue.

Before preparing homemade paste, the semi-finished product must be crushed into powder, soaked in water at room temperature. The granules are completely filled with the cooled boiled liquid and left for 11-12 hours. The swollen mass is heated in a water bath, brought to a boil and cooled. For 100 grams of granules, take 105 ml of liquid. In the process of preparing the paste in a water bath, hot water is added to the mixture to make the mass more liquid.

Universal paste

For wallpapering walls, you can make a universal paste of syndeticon. His recipe appeared at the end of the 19th century. Such glue can replace an expensive commercial product. It is prepared from wood glue (125 g), sugar (125 g), hydrated lime (35 g) and water (495 ml).

First, the sugar is dissolved in the liquid. Then lime is added. The mixture is boiled over low heat for an hour. The clear solution is cooled, pieces of wood glue are poured over it. Then the mass is boiled again in a water bath until the wood glue is completely dissolved. The mixture is constantly stirred and not brought to a boil.

Dextrin based

The paste is made from dextrin. This substance can be ordered online or made yourself from starch.However, a homemade product will not fully have all the qualities of dextrin. But it is suitable for preparing an adhesive solution for wallpaper.

Homemade dextrin is prepared like this:

Pour 100 g of starch on a baking sheet and put in a warm oven;
the substance is slowly dried for 1.5 hours at a temperature of 70 to 160 degrees;
dried yellow starch is poured into 0.5 liters of cold water and stirred quickly;
add 30 ml of glycerin.

At home, you can make excellent moisture resistant glue. The composition of such a sticky mass includes wood glue and drying oil (linseed oil). Respect the proportions - 4: 1. A little drying oil is poured into hot joiner's glue and the mass is thoroughly mixed.

Homemade recipes

You don't need any special skills to make slime. It is easy and quick to make such slime. All you need is a recipe and suitable materials. Some options for its preparation are considered below.

With shampoo

The peculiarity of a slime made in this way is that it must be stored in the refrigerator and not allowed to get into water.

You should play with it carefully, not allowing dirt and dust to get to it. Otherwise, the toy will be damaged, as it is impossible to wash it.

Making slime in this way is quite simple.

You only need two ingredients:

shampoo;
liquid soap (you can use shower gel).

Necessary:

Mix shampoo and soap in a small container in equal proportions.
If the desired mucus should ultimately be transparent, then the components for its preparation should be the same

It is important that the liquid used is homogeneous, without any granules. The prepared mixture must be sent to the refrigerator for a day.

The next day the slime is ready to play.

With careful use and proper storage, the toy will last for about 1 month.

With water

To prepare slime in this way, you will need starch and water. Although the consistency of such a slime differs from the purchased one, it does not contain chemical components, which makes it safe for young children.

To get such a toy, you need to follow a few simple steps:

Pour starch into a container suitable for stirring. The size of the finished slime directly depends on the amount of starch.
Stir in the starch with a spoon and gradually pour in the water. The resulting mass in density should be similar to sour cream.
If you want to make a colored slime, you can paint the resulting mixture with any available means:
- gouache;
- acrylic or watercolor paints;
- brilliant green;
- ink from a felt-tip pen.
It is worth noting that if a toy is made for a small child who can accidentally swallow a particle of it, food coloring is necessary.

The finished mass should flow through the fingers and harden upon impact. Enough of such a toy for 3-5 days.

With PVA glue

This slime recipe is simple and requires no special materials. The ingredients you need in this case can be found in every home.

You will need:

30 g starch (corn or potato);
15 g PVA glue;
20 ml of water;
dye optional.

To make a slime in this way, you need to follow these 3 steps:

Mix the glue with water.
Add starch to the resulting liquid, stirring gradually. The resulting mass should not crumble and stick to your hands. It should spread in your hands and harden if you squeeze or hit it. If the mass is too liquid, you need to add starch, and vice versa, if it is dry, add water.
When the finished mass has turned out to be of the desired consistency, you can decorate it at your discretion. At this stage, you can use any decorative elements that you only have enough imagination for. It can be ordinary dye, glitter, foam balls, and more.

In order for the slime to be more elastic and less sticky, it is recommended to add a couple of drops of vegetable or essential oil to the mucus.

Sometimes, instead of dry starch, liquid starch is used. It is intended for washing laundry, but it may well work as a thickener. But the method of preparing slime with liquid starch is slightly different from the previous one. In this case, as mixing containers a plastic bag is used.

For convenience, it is better to take a zip package:

Pour 70 ml of starch into the bag.
Add a couple of drops of dye.
Pour 25 ml of PVA glue into the bag.
Tie or lock the bag and mix well. The mixture should separate into a small curd and liquid.
A clot is a ready-made slime. The remaining liquid must be drained and blotted with a napkin, removing excess moisture.

If the resulting slime is too sticky, then more glue has been added than necessary. If the slime is crumbling or too hard, then the next time you need to add less starch.

With hair balm

At home, you can make a simple slime from just two components: starch and hair balm. Such a slime will turn out to be tender and pleasant to play. The main steps in making homemade slime are the correct selection of quality ingredients:

High-quality starch should be white or cream in color, have a crumbly structure

Be sure to pay attention to its expiration date. It is advisable to use cornstarch.
The choice of balm should also be considered carefully.

A good slime will not come out of an expired product. It is better to use a thick balm.
For better ductility of the toy, sodium tetraborate can be added.

Requirements

Kleister is positioned as a universal product that can be brewed and used for different areas, and not only for repair. This does not mean that the mixture may be of poor quality - the wrong consistency will not fix the wallpaper on the wall, so it will immediately come off. To understand which composition will be ideal, you should focus on the following requirements:

Moderate thickness (the glue should not be too viscous, but should stretch. If the mixture is too liquid, you do not need to immediately add a new portion of flour there - you can set the paste aside for 1-2 hours so that it reaches the dough condition by itself).
Neutral color (the mixture should resemble a classic glue - be white with a permissible shade of yellowness. If PVA was added, then the result may turn out to be more transparent, but harsh tones are excluded - this is a sign of marriage).

Advice
Some flours (such as corn flour) can give a richer color. But it is better not to take specific varieties as a basis. They will come out more expensive, and they will not work as a building ingredient.
Lack of lumps (if too intensively mixing, lumps may appear - you need to get rid of them by sifting through cheesecloth or carefully select by hand. No need to try to crush or grind them, otherwise ugly bumps may form under the wallpaper).

The main plus of the paste is in its basis. Since it consists of environmentally friendly materials, its organic composition can turn into a big disadvantage over time. These components are good food for all kinds of insects and microorganisms, therefore, it is advisable to add agents to the mixture that will make the composition "inedible", then the wallpaper will not become a habitat for parasites.

Application of paste

Glue is used quite often, in many things familiar to us, for example, in needlework, carrying out repair work and in many other things. It is non-toxic and environmentally friendly, so you can not be afraid that using it, you risk your health.

Dignity

Probably its greatest asset is its composition. Unlike glue, it consists exclusively of environmentally friendly and harmless materials, which is why it does not cause allergies and irritation, and its smell is absolutely non-toxic.
Another advantage is that the product is versatile and can be used for completely different purposes.
It is also much cheaper than glue, especially if large portions are needed, for example, for wallpapering in large rooms.
The paste will glue your wallpaper much better than the same glue. And your repair will last much longer. This fact can be traced back to the old Soviet renovation. The wallpaper was glued at that time to stay much longer, glued more tightly to the wall, did you wonder why?
The product practically does not leave marks on the surface.
Due to its composition, it is suitable for many surfaces, even for very dense wallpapers, adheres well to any material.

disadvantages

There are practically no drawbacks to the paste, but there are still some disadvantages:

A paste made from flour will serve you well before the first flood. If suddenly your neighbors flood you, the wallpaper may peel off, but this can be avoided by slightly adding to the composition during cooking.
It does not tolerate moisture well, but this problem is also easily solved if you add some products during the manufacture.
The process of kneading the paste is a little more complicated than thinning the glue, but this task can be done quite well.

What it is

Kleister is a DIY gelatinous adhesive. The composition is used in needlework and less often in repairs (mainly for gluing wallpaper). There are no harmful additives in it, which cannot be said about industrial products. It is thanks to the safety that the paste is still relevant today. It replaces PVA well.

What is the advantage of making and using paste for a modern person:

It is an environmentally friendly product. All stages of preparation are traceable. You can be sure that the composition is safe, unlike what the chemical industry offers.
Kleister replaces expensive adhesives, its cost is very low, in fact, it is equal to the cost of flour or starch.
Easy to prepare, groceries are available at any time.
Practical and easy to use composition.
If you need to remove the wallpaper glued to the paste, it will not be difficult: just wet the walls, and the coating will come off without leaving a trace.

Of the minuses, it is worth noting the short shelf life. At room temperature, it should be used within 24 hours. If you put it in the refrigerator, it will last 2-3 days, but it will deteriorate anyway, and you will have to throw it away.

To prepare the paste, a minimum of products are used: ordinary wheat / rye flour or starch. To make the composition as convenient as possible for use, you need to adhere to some principles in the selection of components and tools:

Flour is selected of low quality. It is such a product that gives the adhesive mass the required viscosity. Flour of the highest grade will not provide the desired consistency to the glue.
Before use, the flour is sieved through a sieve to get rid of lumps.
In order for the mass to mix well, you need a mixer or blender. But it is permissible to stir with a metal spoon - the main thing is that there are no lumps.
The pan or basin is taken non-stick.

Applications

Freshly prepared paste is used for gluing paper and cardboard, crafts, pasting walls and primers.

For pasting wallpaper

It is important to prepare a sufficient amount of glue in advance, remembering that you must first prime the walls with starch paste so that they are saturated, and only then apply the composition to the wallpaper. This is a very high-quality mixture of starch, which, when dried, does not leave traces, allows you to perform more accurate pasting of walls, regardless of the type of wallpaper and their color

Papier mache

For the manufacture of products using the papier-mâché technique, a universal composition of the paste is used. For modeling, children's creativity, a mixture based on PVA glue is prepared.

Corrugated board gluing

In the production of high-quality corrugated cardboard, glue made on the basis of potato starch is used. The composition is specially developed for technological processes for gluing paper and cardboard on special equipment.

Children's creativity

Without causing allergies, without showing toxicity, such an environmentally friendly starch glue can be used for handmade paper crafts, children's creativity, even for the smallest children. It can be easily washed off any surface, so there will be no problem, even if the baby accidentally drips onto the parquet, carpet or smears himself, clothes, or a work table.

Bonding paper bindings

A starch paste is used when processing paper bindings, because after drying it does not leave traces. Colorless, almost transparent, hypoallergenic composition, does not form yellow streaks on the white or printed surface of paper or cardboard.

Insulation of window frames

For pasting gaps in window openings, caring housewives who keep warm in the house prepare glue based on flour or starch. Then the composition is applied to paper strips, which are glued in the area of the formed cracks.