Ingredients
30 ml corn starch
120-150 ml cold water
1 tbsp white vinegar
This is the ratio if you want to make more or less:
1 part corn starch
4-5 parts water
1 ml white vinegar for every 10 ml water (roughly)
Method:
Glue 2 Make your own GLUE
In a saucepan: make a paste with the corn starch and 30 ml of the water (to avoid lumps later on). Add the rest of the water and stir constantly over a low heat. When the mixture starts firming up, remove from the heat for a second and beat quite vigorously with a wooden spoon.
Return to the heat and heat (stir stir stir!) until the mixture is the consistency and colour of Vaseline.
Remove from the heat and add the vinegar. When it has cooled sufficiently, stir stir stir again before popping it into your airtight container. This will make it a bit more pastey again.
Note: A lot of recipes call for 3 parts water for every 1 part of corn starch ,but I find the resulting paste to be more bouncy ball than glue. Go with your gut. If you are concerned that the 1:5 ratio will be too liquid (IT WON’T), add 3 parts water to begin with and then add more if you need it (YOU WILL). You can always add more later. You can’t really add less later, hehe.
Uses:
Stick labels to glass jars semi-permanently
Make stickers by printing out pictures/cutting them from magazines and coating the back with this tacky glue. Let dry and lick when ready to use. (Takes about 24 hours to dry completely, but can be lick-and-sticked before then.)
Stick paper to paper/cardboard/wood quite thoroughly!!!
entrancedbymyGCC wrote:Scooter's kabob thing needs repair and/or replacement. Actually, I have already ordered a new one, but I'd like to repair the original if I can safely. The metal nut that is embedded in the plastic which the long part screws into is no longer embedded in the plastic. I'd like to use a dab of glue to resecure it, but most glues are fume-y. Are some better than others? How long would you let it air out, or would you just toss and replace?
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