After months of tweaking, my homemade starch paste is holding signatures tight

I wanted to ditch synthetic glues and made a simple paste from kitchen ingredients. It worked flawlessly on a recent repair job, and the bond feels solid. Have you tried any natural adhesives in your work?

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ninas734d ago

My go-to has been a basic wheat paste for repairing paperback spines, mixed about one part flour to four parts water. It gets this smooth, almost rubbery feel when it dries that I prefer over the stiffness of PVA glue. I found the mix at my local art store works better than what I tried making from regular baking flour last year. Your starch paste method sounds like it hits that same sweet spot of being strong but still flexible.

zara_jones4d ago

Honestly, that rubbery feel from wheat paste doesn't hold up like PVA glue does for me.