GLUE, PASTE, OR MUCILAGE.
Lehner publishes the following /oftnula i'ov making a liquid paste of glue fi oit> starch and acid. Place five pounds of potato starch in six pounds of water, and add one quarter pound of pure nitric acid. Keep it in a warm place, stirring frequently for forty-eight hours. Then boil the mixture uutd it forms a thick and translucent substance. Dilute with water, if necessary, and filter through a thick cloth. At the same time another paste is made from sugar and gum arabic. Dissolve five pounds gum arabic and one pound of sugar in live pounds of water, and add one ounce of nitric acid and heat to boiling. Then mix the above with the starch paste. The resultant paste is liquid, docs not mould, and dries on paper with a gloss. It is useful for labels, wrappers, and fine bookbinder’s use. Dry pocket glue is made from twelve parts of blue and five parts of sugar. The glue is boiled until entirely dissolved, the sugar dissolved in the hot glue, and the mass evaporated until it hardens on cooling. The hard substance dissolves rapidly in lukewarm water, and is an excellent glue for usa on paper.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2481, 17 May 1909, Page 6
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239GLUE, PASTE, OR MUCILAGE. Dunstan Times, Issue 2481, 17 May 1909, Page 6
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