How to make a paste at home from improvised means

The modern consumer has the opportunity to buy any adhesiveSuitable for different types of work. But there are situations when simply no way out: for example, sticking Wallpaper lasted until the night, all the hardware stores are closed, and the wallpaper paste is not enough. How to Make a paste with your hands, what types of adhesives can still be made at home, and how to apply them - all this in our material.

In some cases, it may be useful paste

Paste - universal composition. Its easy to make your own and simple to use. After drying, it leaves no trace on the wallpaper and easily washed from the tissue. Where to apply the paste:

where applicable	Description
The repair work	Used for glossing over cracks in the cracks wooden framesFor priming the walls before pasting wallpaper and painting, wallpaper.
In gardening	Stickers for small seeds on the runways of the paper. For this purpose, the toilet paper, it breaks down rapidly when exposed to moisture. A safe paste based on natural materials will not prevent the plants to develop normally.
In the children's creativity	Safe natural composition of adhesive can be used in work with children of any age. He is not only easy to wash clothes by hand, and the child, but will not cause harm if accidentally swallowed or in contact with the mucous membranes of the eyes and nose.
The needlework	The paste is needed for scrapbooking, decoupage, Papier-mache, the manufacture of interior items made of fabric and thread. It is used to stiffen artificial floral compositions.

In short, the paste - very useful in everyday life composition, which should always be at hand. A cook can be literally a matter of minutes.

How to make a paste: quickly and easily

Before we talk about how to prepare a paste for Wallpaper, We shall understand, what are the advantages of paste composition prepared in front of the factory production? It turns out that they are many:

• it is easy to prepare at home from materials that have any housewife;
• the manufacturing costs are minimal (home structure will cost two to three times cheaper than purchased glue);
• paste is versatile and can be used for any type of Wallpaper;
• home agent does not contain toxic or other hazardous compounds to human health. It does not cause allergic reactions.

And now, how to prepare the paste. We picked up some of the most popular tips on how to prepare for wallpaper pastes made of flour or starch.

Several options for how to make a paste of flour

The adhesive composition can be made from wheat, corn or rye flour. For our purposes it is useful flour second or third grade. Its larger particles have a high viscosity, and it is good to glue.

Tip! For an ideal adhesive use wholegrain flour.

An important point: in order to on the paper was not noticeable adhesive composition, use wheat flour for light wallpaper, rye - for dark.

Additives and proportions

Some craftsmen recommend adding in a gooey mess of flour additional components: PVA, gelatin or carpenter's glue.

Tip! If you decide to add to the paste PVA, please note that it may be visible in the dark wallpaper. In this case, better to use the carpenter's glue.

There are situations where a natural part of the glue attracts small insects - ants and bugs. If there is such a danger - add a bit of the copper sulfate. Quarter teaspoon without top enough per kilogram of flour.

Important! Do not use carpenter's glue, PVA and bluestone in the production of paste for children's creativity!

To glue the heavy wallpaper, It is necessary to make a thick paste. For lightweight paper Wallpaper in the add less flour.

Proportion for flour paste:

The most common paste is obtained from one hundred grams of flour and a liter of water. By changing the aspect ratio, you get more dense or liquid option.

Important! The paste should be prepared immediately before use. Already two hours after cooking it will rapidly lose their adhesive properties. For this reason, it makes no sense to procure a home for future use glue.

How to change the density of the adhesive

While you are working, paste "infused" and gradually becomes more and more dense. To get it back on your state, take the blender and fill hot water a tablespoon, carefully mixing the whole mass.

Note! Dilution of the finished home glue water adversely affects its quality. To avoid this, after dilution is necessary to bring the composition to a boil.

Another problem: the glue will be too runny. To correct consistency in a separate bowl flour dilute with cold water until creamy state again Boil adhesive and gradually while stirring the mixture, pour it into surplus portion.

Note! If you begin to pour into the flour paste is dry, turn out lumps which have nothing to stir. We'll have to throw the whole lot.

Recipe

Now consider how to make glue out of flour Wallpaper.Vot two most proven recipe:

Recipe for light wallpaper paste

Take the 8 tablespoons of flour and pour in them about 1.5 cups of cold water, stirring constantly. Pour the resulting composition in boiling water, stirring continuously hot mixture spoon in one direction. After all boils glue, wait three minutes, is constantly continuing to interfere. After remove the container from the heat and set cools.

Recipe for heavy wallpaper paste

Heavy wallpaper need thick adhesive composition. For it is necessary to take 16 tablespoons of flour per liter of liquid. preparation principle is the same. But there is an option composition, wherein the conventional high strength. If you add in a mixture of gelatin, glycerin and alcohol - PVA will. On such a glue take wallpaper of any material.

Verified starch paste recipe

Starch composition is characterized in that it is completely transparent and does not leave any traces on the wallpaper nor on the fabric. How to Make a paste of starch?

You can use potato or corn starch, for household adhesive. The proportions of starch paste is the same as that of the flour. 8 tablespoons of liquid adhesive and more - for thick.

To prepare the starch mixture is first diluted with cold water, and then poured into boiling water resulting creamy mass under constant agitation, to the desired thickness.

Tip! Before you can use starch, sift it through a sieve and remove any lumps.

The starch paste can also be added vitriol, PVA and carpenter's glue.

A method for the preparation of glue for papier-mâché

For papier mache require adhesive composition with salt. The proportions are: 3 cups of water (750 ml) cup of flour require half teaspoon salt. How to prepare a paste for the papier-mâché:

• flour and the water are mixed, added salt. Stir better mixer, so is guaranteed not to form lumps;
• After the mixture was gradually poured into boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes and cooled.

As a result, you get a fairly thick glue that securely attach pieces of paper in design. In some cases, the paper needed soak in the adhesive composition. For this purpose, the liquid paste is made from 1/3 cup of flour and a liter of water.

The best recipes of homemade glue for different jobs

A bit of science to fully understand the process of preparation of adhesives:

• sealants consist primarily of organic resins and water;
• acetone, benzene and ethyl alcohol can act hydrocarbon materials and solvents to be the basis of glue;
• for flexibility in the adhesive mixture was added plasticizers, it can be different types of liquid soap or dishwashing detergent;
• that the adhesive layer does not shrink, it is added to wood dust or sand;
• to enhance the resistance of polymer adhesives are added catalyst - a salt or acid.

And now several options for home glue, which can come in handy.

How to make home-PVA glue is not worse than the factory

We have already talked about the fact that at home you can prepare PVA glue. It's not as difficult as it seems. PVA glue recipe:

For the composition require 1 liter of distilled water, gelatin, sachet, 4 grams of pharmaceutical glycerin glass alcohol and 150 grams of wheat flour.

During the day, glycerin is poured a glass of water and leave to swell. After the gelatin diluted to creamy state flour and water is boiled on a water bath glue. After the mixture begins to thicken, it is added glycerin and alcohol.

Note! For better bonding of parts before applying the adhesive surface should be cleaned from dirt and dust and primed porous material when required.

Domestic PVA can be stored at room temperature for up to six months.

How to make glue out of plastic foam and gasoline for bonding metal

This recipe is already almost half a century. In Soviet times, it can be found in magazines for young technicians.

How to do:

• pour gasoline into the tank of any brand;
• foam cut into small pieces;
• gradually immerse the foam in the solvent.

As a result, you get a homogeneous mixture, elastic like chewing gum.

To join metal parts need to degrease the surface smear obtained adhesive wait for about ten minutes and hard to squeeze. Leave for a day under the yoke.

Some argue, what better adhesives styrofoam: gasoline or acetone? Spores wasted - and one and the other embodiment have the same strength in the gluing.

How to make the adhesive of acetone and linoleum skin, porcelain and metal

How to make super glue in the home of a solvent for nail polish and a piece of old linoleum? Everything is very simple! Linoleum cut into small pieces the size of a five-ruble coin. After they should pour the acetone in a sealed pot and put on a night in a dark place. During this time, linoleum should be completely dissolved. If not - just wait a few more hours.

It is securely fasten parts broken porcelain vase, the back of a wooden chair, leather upholstery sofa or metal parts of the candlestick.

How to make adhesive for electrical components

How to make your own hands conductive adhesives - think about it, many hams. By default, the mixture should include conductive metal powders, polymers binder and solvents. The easiest option - add any superglue graphite powder. To do this, just to sharpen a pencil and use powder graphite rod. The only negative - a lot of resistance from the graphite.

For the manufacture of household conductive glue pick previous recipe with linoleum and acetone, add to the powder composition of silver and graphite. The amount of filler is chosen empirically, but the average proportion required: 30 grams of silver x 15 x 60 g graphite gram adhesive. Carefully move all ingredients and store the composition in a sealed glass container. On the details of such a glue dries up for a quarter of an hour.

How to make water-resistant casein glue

If you managed to get casein powder, the problem is very simple. The powder is poured water and insist three - four hours. Separately in hot water borax diluted in the proportion of one to seven. This mixture was poured into water and the casein was heated to seventy degrees. After half an hour the glue can be used.

How to make hot glue in the home of the milk? If casein powder have similar composition can be produced from regular milk. His acidify and filter through a filter paper or cotton wool. After the paper or cotton wool covered with water and boiled to evaporation of matter - this will be the desired casein. Continue to operate according to the recipe.

Another recipe hot glue - from rosin, flour, alum and water proportions, respectively, 1.5 x 40 x 10 x 3. All excipients are filled with water, the composition is heated on low heat until thickened. Clay is used hot. After cooling, it is not suitable for use.

What else can you do glue:

• cottage cheese and slaked lime. The ingredients are mixed until uniform and used for gluing pieces of fabric and wood;
• of linseed oil and wood glue. 3 parts wood glue is heated on a water bath until dissolved, then added 1 part of linseed oil and stirred. This composition is also used in hot form. He is not afraid of water and fine pastes tile.

Results and video guide

As you can see, there is nothing difficult to prepare an adhesive composition at home from improvised materials. It is easy and fast, does not require any special conditions. If necessary, you can cook wallpaper paste or glue to repair household items. In conclusion, we offer you a video on how to cook the paste and superglue the house: